Ministry News December 2024
December 2024 Update
Chris & Nancy Maphosa
12/30/20245 min read
MERRY CHRISTMAS GREETINGS
AND WISHING YOU A BLESSED NEW YEAR 2025
Isaiah 9:6
For to us a child is born, to us a son is given, and the government will be on his shoulders.
And he will be called Wonderful Counselor, Mighty God, Everlasting Father, Prince of Peace.
It is so wonderful to know that it is only because of our born, died, and arisen Lord Jesus Christ that we are taken into the kingdom of God by faith and
born again. As a result, we desire to see children in Southern Africa and beyond having a personal relationship with the Lord
for the rest of their earthly life till everlasting in heaven. Amen and Amen.
Special Christmas Season’s Greetings from Chris and Nancy, T4T teams and the children in Southern Africa and beyond. We would like to express our sincere gratitude to almighty God and the prayer and supporting partners for all that God enables us to achieve. Reaching to over 25,000 children through over 1500 trained volunteer teachers in the Region and beyond is incredible. Coming to the end of 2024 we say to God be the Glory. Doing God’s work God’s way.
A special thanks to each one of you for serving together with us to advance the kingdom of God by reaching the upcoming generation, as result the church of Jesus Christ is growing with strong foundation.
END-OF-YEAR GIVING
As you plan your end of year giving, would you consider giving a special end-of-year gift towards our Ministry.
Please help us meet our target for year 2024, so that come January 2025 we will begin the year in blue as God opens new doors for ministry.
There is so much need for T4T in the Region of Southern Africa.
Go to the DONATE tab to make your gift. Thank you!
SIM Canada online giving instructions: 1. Go to sim.ca 2. Click on Donate 3. Search workers
4. Scroll down to “to give to unlisted worker” (Maphosa serve under the South African field) 5. Fill in amount 6. Give name Maphosa or #040234
7. At Support Account scroll to “Ministry Account” 8. Add to basket 9. Fill in all the bank details, etc. You can expect a tax-deductible receipt.
The 2025 Focus Ministry Activities are:
➢ T4T Trainings and expansion in Zambia, Kingdom Eswatin (Swaziland),
Mauritius, Zimbabwe, Madagascar, Namibia, Mozambique South Africa etc
➢ Two (2000) thousand and more lesson books to teach the children to be printed and
one (1000) training manuals to train children’s volunteer teachers or workers, such as
Sunday school teachers, community teachers, church leadership and community leaders.
➢ T4T intensive evaluations and strategical planning for 2026.
➢ Children’s camps in different countries within Southern Africa.
T4T Children’s Camp in Zimbabwe
Nancy and I had an opportunity to visit one of the T4T Children’s Camps in Zimbabwe where 350 kids attended from Various Districts. Forty teachers and five (5) Pastors also attended the Conference Camp. These children were taught the following topics
1. Peer pressure
2. Our bodies are growing
3. Drug and substance abuse
4. Kidnapping
5. Child abuse
Photo above: Wildred Gonese in T4T yellow T-shirt
Photo above: A 5-year-old child memorizing verses
One of the success stories and the achievement of T4T is that some children who were taught and discipled in T4T are very active in the ministry these day since they grow up in the ministry. One of them is Wilfred Gonese whom the Lord called to full time Ministry after he went through T4T. Wilfred went to Bible College and is now a full time Pastor and Vice District Children’s Pastor. He is very active in T4T. We are praying that he may be part of the T4T training team in the Region.
Pastor Wildred Gonese who is T4T teacher
and District Vice Children’s Pastor
As you have been praying for Nancy’s studies, she finally did it! She graduated with an Honors Degree in Development Studies which is very helpful in T4T. To God be the Glory!!
I'm writing this prayer letter from Malawi on a mission trip with GTP with the following schedule:
GTP Malawi Trip Schedule
12–19 December 2024
Amon Chanika – Malawi representative for ShareWord Global
Tionge Chile – STUM Project Coordinator
Chris Maphosa – GTP Regional Volunteer Facilitator for EPSA and Sim Missionary
John Msowoya – STUM Country Director and GTP Country coordinator
Samuel Mujyanama – GTP Multimedia Speciali
Purpose: This trip has 3 aims in view:
1. Go to Malawi to visit our partner, STUM, and connect them with a new collaborator, Share Word Global.
2. Grow new relationships for STUM in southern Malawi to help expand our reach and impact as partners.
3. Give Bibles to 500+ mission-minded participants in churches in Southern Malawi to empower them to share the gospel all round including the children.
Trip Verse: I have much to write to you, but I do not want to use paper and ink. Instead, I hope to visit you and talk with you face to face, so that our joy may be complete. 2 John 1:12
Praise the Lord for:
Thank God for good health and safe travel always
All that God enabled us to achieve for His Kingdom’s sake in 2024
Prayers and supporters
Two successful two children’s camp in different Regions under United Baptist Church of Zimbabwe
Pray for:
Good health for the Maphosas as a family, volunteer teams, and the children in each country.
T4T Children’s Camp in Ketlehong Johannesburg South Africa 27 and 28 December 2024
For our volunteer teachers to remain committed to teaching children and that the children will remain rooted in Christ.
For resources for the ministry to continue its expansion.
Prayers and supporters
Restful Christmas time as we celebrated the birth of our Lord Jesus Christ and have a holiday.
Editing the T4T Material beginning of 2025