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AFCA and GREEN ISLAND VISION Partnership in Zimbabwe - September 2019 Newsletter

It is hard to be away from the ranch at this time, but then, it is ALWAYS hard to tear ourselves away from home! Right now though, we are...

Chris and Norma Ferguson

Sep 8, 20196 min read

The Story of a Young Man, continued...

UBUNTU Definition: Kindness, caring and looking after the people around you Nkosi has started High School! On 7 January 2019, Nkosi,...

Chris and Norma Ferguson

Feb 3, 20192 min read

Unexpected miracles

Sometimes stepping out of the front door can trigger a miracle! When Norma and I are in town, we usually go for an evening walk. On most...

Chris Ferguson

Jan 3, 20193 min read

UPDATE ON JABULANI’S CONDITION 🚑

Firstly, we would like to thank the amazing humans who responded to our September post asking for donations to assist Jabulani. You truly...

Norma Ferguson

Nov 23, 20183 min read

AFCA and GREEN ISLAND VISION Partnership in Zimbabwe - August 2018

Lord of all he surveys, is our Bruce! Here he is investigating how he can join us in the area fenced off around our Homestead. What he...

Chris and Norma Ferguson

Aug 28, 20182 min read

Vacation With A Purpose - Summer 2018

Have you ever been on a summer Vacation With A Purpose? These guys travelled over 5,000 miles from the USA for a 40 day VWAP on Morning...

Chris and Norma Ferguson

Aug 10, 20181 min read

Ten days!

That’s all the time it took for Lance and his team of twelve to complete enclosing the sports hall and adding a store room and utility...

Chris and Norma Ferguson

Jun 3, 20181 min read

YOU WON’T FIND HIM ON THE INTER-STATE!

Six weeks ago, Norma and I were on the Interstate between Atlanta and Florida. What an eye-opener – three lanes going North and three,...

Chris Ferguson

Apr 16, 20182 min read

Thabo has a pushchair!

His granny was so excited when it was pushed in to her homestead. ‘This will help me so much to make his life more interesting and mine...

Chris and Norma Ferguson

Mar 20, 20182 min read

Bend with the wind

Visiting a remote village in the rural Matobo Hills this week, we were asked if we could help a grandmother source a wheelchair for her 4...

Chris and Norma Ferguson

Jan 19, 20182 min read

What were you doing yesterday afternoon?

Driving through the community yesterday, I came across two young girls on the road. I waved and they smiled and waved back. I stopped,...

Chris Ferguson

Dec 14, 20171 min read

Sharing Great Stories

In the summer of 2017, a group of college students from Johnson Ferry Baptist Church in Marietta and Southbridge Community Church in...

Chris and Norma Ferguson

Sep 7, 20172 min read

A Widow's Story

Nokuhle Ndlovu’s story is not a lot different to many other widows’ stories in our community. She and her husband left Zimbabwe for...

Chris and Norma Ferguson

Sep 1, 20173 min read

gEt iT wHiLe iT's hOt!

BREAKING NEWS! Our first ever T-shirt has arrived! Inspired by the Goat Project and how quickly we have fallen in love with the...

Chris and Norma Ferguson

Jun 30, 20171 min read

Mad dogs & Englishmen...

Why would twenty fanatical English rugby supporters spend their own money to fly half-way around the world to a remote corner of Zimbabwe?...

Chris and Norma Ferguson

May 4, 20172 min read

Goat Project Update from Tara!

Tara is on Morning Star with us helping set up AFCA's Goat Project. Here's a quick video from her featuring all of the goats! After the...

Chris and Norma Ferguson

Dec 15, 20161 min read

AFRICAN DRUMS 4 – From Goliath to Bathsheba

In my last message, I referred to a quote from Richard Foster’s book, ‘Celebration of Discipline’: ‘… conformity to a sick society is to...

Chris Ferguson

Nov 30, 20152 min read

AFRICAN DRUMS 3 – Pure religion is… (James 1:27)

Dear Friends When we are exposed to totally different environments or lifestyles than the one they were raised in, are usually shocked by...

Chris Ferguson

Nov 28, 20153 min read

Alice exchanged her Palace for an African hut in the bush

Reflection on Summer in Zimbabwe 2015 - by Alice Hall This year I had the incredible opportunity of spending the summer in Zimbabwe with...

Alice Hall

Aug 26, 20153 min read

Renewed Minds – Be Still And Know

In a previous message, I referred to Romans 12: 1 and 2 and drew the analogy of a caterpillar changing into a butterfly. It is an...

Green Island Vision

Jun 15, 20152 min read