“God sent you all to deliver us!” exclaimed a group of African youth who were touched by the Bible studies presented by four Hartland students this winter.

“The studies on righteousness by faith helped many young people have a closer,
genuine walk with God and to avoid extremes,” shared Loago Setswalo. “They
discovered that God empowers them to live a Christlike life, and that they can’t do it in their own strength.”

Aaron Wilson, Ike Anurukem, Noah Hill, and Loago Setswalo, all pastoral evangelism majors at Hartland College, visited three countries in southern Africa for four weeks. Their purpose? To share the gospel and do ground work for establishing health and Bible training institutions similar to Hartland.

“I would say the greatest need in Africa is to get resources for the people that will help them study for themselves,” Noah commented. When students finish at Hartland, they are able to study the Bible for themselves, and they have countless resources to share with others. With this in mind, Loago is planning to establish a training institution where many African young people can study and go back to their own people, shining like rays of light throughout the dark corners of their homeland.

“These were the best two weeks of my life,” one young lady shared after participating in a Bible camp where the students were guest speakers. She had been able to learn about Daniel and Revelation, conversion and righteousness
by faith, and outreach.

Aaron says, “The Bible camp youth have gone back to study for themselves.” The
team shared resources with them, which will enable the young people to continue
learning. Now they are going out and sharing in their own communities.

During the day, participants went out with an outreach group to minister to the
people through health ministry and Bible work. The evenings followed with public
evangelistic meetings, where Aaron and Loago preached for one week each. During
the meetings, about fifty people came out, ranging in age from little children to adults. In the end, about thirty of them took a stand for Christ.

This winter, an impact was made in Africa. Aaron believes that God really prepared them at Hartland so they could do the work there. It may seem small now, but seeds have been planted which are about to be watered by the Holy Spirit. Streams of water which cannot be stopped will cause those seeds to germinate and spring forth to bear fruit for God’s glory very soon.