Tuesday, January 25, 2011

Teichert Prayer Letter for January

Karl and Jenny Teichert are serving the Lord as missionaries with OC Africa, in South Africa. They moved to Johannesburg in November, 1997 with their four children; Ann, Scott, Stephen and John. Karl serves as the Southern Africa Director of the Southern Africa Regional Team. Their vision is to see a healthy, Bible-based church established in every un-reached village and community in South Africa, Swaziland, Zimbabwe, Zambia and beyond. Their strategy is to partner with key African church leaders to research, train, and mobilize the body of Christ to complete the Great Commission. They are striving to equip local leaders in Southern Africa to reach their nations for Christ and send missionaries into other countries as well. Karl’s ministry focuses on research, church planting, and leadership development training. In addition to caring for their four children, Jenny enjoys ministering through hospitality and equipping Sunday school teachers

January Prayer Letter, ...

Sometimes you need a little help from a friend — or two friends, for that matter. In our team’s case, we had the privilege of having Daniel and Ellen Oh, life-based mentors from OC International and Safe Harbor Ministries, facilitate a one-week session of team building and healthy family life cultivation. The Ohs travel around the globe ministering, coaching, and helping people seek transformational growth and change in Christ.

The Ohs came alongside our team as personalized life coaches and life-based mentors. They listened. They encouraged. They guided. They helped us examine our life experiences; positive and negative, as teachable moments.

Each life experience provides a life-giving and transformational message from the LORD. For our team which spends the majority of our time coaching, mentoring, listening, and caring for the felt needs of others in southern Africa, this was a week of blessing, rejuvenation, and refocus.

As we mentioned, the Ohs have a ministry called Safe Harbor. Daniel says:
Ellen and I have had the privilege of providing a “safe harbor ministry” in a life-based mentoring context to people throughout the world. Our hope and prayer is that we can encourage them to listen to God as they try to discern his life messages for them, so that they can gratefully embrace the shaping hand of God in their past, humbly walk in the present where God has placed them, and boldly move into the future with confidence and conviction.

Are you in need of a safe harbor? Our team has experienced the significant impact and blessing of Safe Harbor firsthand. We highly recommend them to you. You can contact Daniel Oh directly at his e-mail address: danieloh@oci.org


After all, we all need a little help from a friend,
Karl, Jenny, Ann, Scott, Stephen, and John

OC Africa is an interdenominational ministry committed to developing, equipping, and mobilizing church leaders to multiply healthy, Bible-based churches in every community in Southern Africa and the world. OC is a faith-based mission who depends on the Lord to provide committed, financial supporters and partners. The contributions from these individuals help generate ministry opportunities around the world, impact missionaries and their global work, and provide a means for the International Mobilization Center to function. CLICK HERE to learn how YOU can be a part of mobilizing church leaders around the world by donating to OC.

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