 At the end of February, we say good bye to another incredible person, Miemie Swart, who many of you know is moving on to take on another
challenge in her life. I am sure ‘little Swarts’ will soon be running around as
well. Miemie has been my personal assistant for the last three years and
has taken an enormous load off my shoulders. She is uniquely gifted by the
Lord to handle a lot of pressure with grace. During the last three years, Lydia and I have
often been in the field, laying groundwork for Live Schools, which means we could not be in
South Africa as much as we would have liked. But Miemie held the fort, taking on the role of
our representative. We will miss her dearly but know that she and her husband Christopher
will stay a part of our hearts and family.
While losing Miemie is difficult, we rejoice that another WMC staff member, Marietjie
Fourie, who has faithfully served for many years, has moved back from the Ukraine office to
take over where Miemie has left off. We are honored and blessed that she is willing to take
up the role of personal assistant in the Pretoria office come March 1st! Welcome Marietjie!
40 Days of Fasting and Prayer
There is so much happening in the world and at WMC, especially with the Live School. The
vision broadens and grows by the day. The requests from pastors and church leaders who
need the training that the Live School offers are coming in from literally all over the world.
We are overwhelmed by the need and humbled by the responsibility. We are in constant
need of hearing and knowing the Word of the Lord! We look to the Lord of the Harvest to
provide both the human and financial resources needed for the vision He has given.
As an act of humbling ourselves and seeking the Lord, our team worldwide is currently
taking part in a 40-day prayer and fast. We are acutely aware that without HIM, we can do
nothing.
Many blessings
Willie Crew
www.liveschool.org
P.S. In next month’s update, we will report on the start of the Swahili-language Live
Schools in Northern Mozambique as well as on other exciting developments in the
works. |
In early February, Chip Carroll and Eddie Robinson
travelled to Nigeria to train the first 17 Live School
facilitators in the country. They also carried the
material needed for 10 schools which will start up in
the next few weeks. The target territory of those
trained – pastors and lay people – is northern Nigeria and ultimately the countries of North Africa. 
The need for training is enormous. In follow-up
meetings in other cities in Nigeria, pastors are asking
when we can return to train others and release more
Live Schools. In Ghana, Chip and Eddie visited and
spoke to a number of leaders about the Live School
who expressed great interest in the Live School. Lord
willing, we hope to return to the region before the end
of this year to train the next group of facilitators and prayerfully see more schools started. 
Chrissie Naude, our 73-year-old prayer coordinator best-known as Tannie
(Auntie) Chrissie, just celebrated her 15th year of service at World Mission
Centre. In 1995, she started out with us organizing the registration process