Bloem 2005

The NCMI Bloemfontein Leadership Training Time was held last week, and it was an amazing time. 4500 people praising God is really something to see.
There were some really good messages that were brought as well. I recommend downloading the talks from http://www.ncmi.net/Bloem_LTT_Audio2005.htm

Some of the highlights for me were:
-Tyrone Daniel talking about different picture's we have of the church and how they all need to be embraced, and also how the early church did church!;
-Tony Rainbow speaking on encouragement;
-Leon van Dahl on what to do when leading a church (so much of this talk is relevant to other areas of leadership!);
-Starla Bell (an amazing young woman) speaking on the Psalm 119 generation, a people who love God and his word;
-Ian Mckeller speaking on the call for businessmen to work with the apostolic team in opening doors for ministry, using Priscilla and Aquila as an example (this was an amazing talk, and I highly recommend downloading it from the link above);
-Rigby Wallace followed up on Ian's talk with a perspective on the apostolic ministry (if you've downloaded the above message, you need to listen to this one as well!);
-Grant Crawford brought an amazing message on creating a heart for the lost;
-Chris Wienand brought a message on developing new wineskins for God's new wine (allowing ourselves to be flexible to the outpouring of God's presence);
-and Tyrone's message on welcoming warriors into the church.

All challenging and powerful words that have caused me to relook how I view my walk with Jesus Christ. And what a priveledge to have Heather with me during this time. What a wonderful time to share together.

It was made even more special by the fact that we travelled home from Welkom, paying a visiting to Heather's folks after the LTT, on our 1st wedding aniversary. It was a great trip, made even better by the good friends we had to travel with. Jaco and Anita, thanks for a great week.