Much Love in Cape Town!

What a welcome it was. I had the privilege to go crusade/tour the message of Red Revolution in South Africa with Sho Baraka, Dawntoya, Kevin Rudd and little one Zipporah. There was so much love, so much beauty, in culture and creation, the fields are ready to be harvested there, very tough to come back.  The people that impacted our experienced the most where Johnny C, Noeline, Clive, Peter C, Marlon, Jeremy K, the kids at the Poolsmoor Prison, Gerald P, Olivia, Grace, Benoit, Dj Easy. These list of names may be insignificant to some but they were revolutionary to our soul as we fleshed out the gospel.

The reason we went initially was to spread the message of Red Rev in Cape Town. One year ago I had the privilege of going to preach at a Lifeway international conference in Colorado. After I gave the message of Red Rev the Lord allowed Noeline, who is from South Africa, to be burden by the truth of the message and the need for it to go forth in South Africa. In light of the splintering affects of the apartheid within the church Noeline felt the Lord speaking to her to bring the redrev team over. Long story short, by God’s grace we were able to take a team over to South Africa to minister and be ministered to, courtesy of Lifeway. We ministered in seminaries, churches, a prison, colleges, did radio interviews etc.

So much happened in our souls during this time, laughter, crying, preaching, krumping, singing, food, fellowship it was if we knew the people there for decades. Some might chalk it up to us being Americans and them being hospitable but I chalk it up to the gospel fleshed out biblically. Paul uses the word adelphos many times to speak of his brothers in the Lord, which means of the same birth canal. This matters because he is trying to express the supernatural happening and call when one is reconciled to Christ. You are drawn and called to love a person you never knew as if you had known them your whole life despite tensions. This was experienced to such a deep level it was captivating, you wish you could take it back to the states where we carbon copy many things from evangelism, fellowship, to preaching, I digress. The culture of linger as I would say, no one saw you as one of many priorities to get to, they saw you as the priority. I loved it, they loved us hard, puts southern hospitality to shame.

But one of biggest heart piercing moments for me was learning from them. Learning the identity struggles, the truth about apartheid, the division it caused in the church, the truth about ethnic labels, their insight into the scriptures, their perception of Americans and hope of the gospel. I was very thankful to have went to South Africa but my prayer is that this is the beginning of a group of believers in two different countries whom the Lord is uniting to bring in the harvest of his kingdom. We truly felt welcomed but I pray we return.
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