Meanwhile in Africa...

These people are not bringing amazing skills or bring the right formulas. The just have the right heart and a willingness to go to the places that have a need for hope.

You can't have one with out the other, and think that you'll grow up as a mature follower of Christ.

Simple, ordinary people who discovered contentment and the joy of giving - it burns within when you experience that!

George shares his experiences from Germany and Swaziland. "Maybe you are carrying big burdens. Come to me who are weary...and you will find rest."

Sometimes I feel so inadequate and so unequipped to share of the thing I know so well from the last 20 years. We have this light shining in our hearts but we are like fragile clay jars. But in the people to whom I spoke I saw hope - and I realised hope b

Witness was heavy on my heart. Everyday it is a privilege to fight for her and many others.

George shares a compelling story of courage. To bring hope in the places that have no hope.

The moment we went into the first community, everything changed. Church leaders from Australia, USA and Germany united together in Christ.

Its not my favourite because it’s so beautiful But because of whats happening in the middle of Honde Valley.

We chased the neighbours cows out of her fields and she shared the challenges of raising 4 girls in a rural village. She told me with fear and anxiety, just how vulnerable they are...

When people watch us while times are tough it changes peoples lives. The mundane things of life need to be grinder out faithfully. How I work in the valleys being faithful to the people I met in the mountain tops is maturity.

We invited all of the churches from the community and those nearby to come and stay with us in the life centre. At the end of our time we felt we were blessed to have shared this time more than we blessed them.

Abraham carried a burden that no 14-year-old should carry. As he heard the hope of a Father who cares deeply for him, his face began to change.

It's all about love. Why can't I reach deeper and give more? The honest answer is a lack of love.

I met an old friend again, Bahati. His family was the first family we visited in Goma. He's got and incredible joy and peace about him. He's a simple man who embraces life and sees God in everything.

"Are poor people not just lazy? If they work hard will they not do better?" George Snyman tackles the lurking question supported by decades of working with the poorest of the poor.

David is already over 60 and he has had a tough life... He's caring for more than 100 children, yet when he sees just one, he knows exactly how to fight for that particular child.

She was stigmatized and experienced that very same rejection that she saw in so many people that she had shown love to for many years.

Her name is Maria and He knows her name!

So many of us have been hurt in the past by things we did or labels people gave us. I want to tell you that we serve a God of many chances. He can even use that very story to bless others.

This is the last episode of Meanwhile in Africa... for 2016. We'll pick up again in February 2017 with more weekly stories from the ground in Africa. "There was a holy discontent in my heart. Have you got something that makes you so discontent? What blo

We are focused on the power of one to one, regardless of how seemingly insignificant it seems.

Deep, meaningful relationships - where we keep each other accountable, hold each other up and take care of one another...

In a community where everyone is desperate and poor - for them to see this girl who had been so ill - and now to be healthy and going to school. What an encouragement!