DTS in Roodeval

On October 12th, we had the graduation  of our first discipleship school in one of the underprivileged communities of Worcester.

This DTS (Discipleship Training School) was 9 months long - as opposed to the normal 5 months ones, and had its focus on the restoration of God's purposes and plans for the coloreds of South Africa. Part of the strategy to develop this community is through performing arts to celebrate the Colored culture and history. 

The students were lead by a former Hollywood producer from South Africa  and this ministry, called South Roots, has 2 very good musicals - Broken Shackles and The Bride. The first tells the history of the Coloreds, from before their slavery, through Apartheid, social problems and how God has restored those who trust in Him.

After a intense DTS programme and several miracles, they left for Germany and Holland where they did their outreach, performing the musicals in different towns and cities, sharing their personal testimonies of what God had done in their lives. They had spend many weeks doing outreach within South Africa as well.

In the picture below we can see Irena van Venter. She was the pioneer of this ministry and she is being honored for all her hard work and years of standing in the gap for the Coloreds of Roodewal. Today, she works as one of Worcester's social workers.