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Ikageng Gap Year 2014 – News Letter 1 Page 1
“In the end, it’s not the years in your life that count. It’s the life in your years.” –
Abraham Lincoln
YFC – CYARA TRAINING CENTRE
Ikageng Gappies 2014 have already been through month 1 of the year! They arrived thrown into
a new environment, new people, different cultures and sudden adjustments that they had to
make. Most of them have said they were thrown off guard but now, they are feeling at home!
This is home for the rest of the year – team is home!
MEET THE TEAM
Kutlwano Mofolo
Born on the 13th march 1995
From Dal Park, Gauteng
Encouraged by Philippians 4:13 – “I can do all things through Christ
who strengthens me”
Aim for the year – “To really get out of my comfort zone; physically
and spiritually.”
Tinyiko Nyathi
Born on the 23rd February 1995
From Alexandra, Johannesburg
Encouraged by romans 1:16 – “For I am not ashamed of the gospel,
because it is God’s power for salvation to everyone who believes.
For in it, god’s righteousness is revealed from faith to faith, just as it
is written: the righteous will live by faith.”
Aim for the year – “to learn and have fun.”
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Monique le roux
Born on the 17th July 1995
From Eldorado park, Johannesburg
Encouraged by Ecclesiastes 11:9 – “Young people, enjoy your
youth. Be happy while you are still young. Do what you want to do
and follow your heart’s desire. But remember that God is going to
judge you in whatever you do.”
Aim for the year - “To serve and build my relationship with myself and God, to learn more and do
what I love – working with people.”
Hannes Vosloo
Born on the 25th February 1994
From Pretoria
Encouraged by Philippians 4:13 – “I can do all things through Christ
who strengthens me”
Aim for the year – “To grow spiritually and know what’s God’s plan for
me, to learn as much as what I can that can build on a strong
foundation for myself.”
Mluleki Nkosi
Born on the 25th April 1996
From umlazi, kwa-zulu natal
Encouraged by Joshua 1:9 – “This is My command – be strong
and courageous! Do not be afraid or discouraged for the lord
your God is with you wherever you go.”
Aim for the year – “To grow in wisdom, spirit and learn more of
the word of God. To have fun. To learn more about the people, cultures, activities and adventures
around me.”
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Johanna Weiss
Born on the 23rd October 1993
From Stuttgart, Germany
Encouraged by 2 Thessalonians 3:5 – “May the Lord lead your
heart into full understanding and expression of the love of God
and the patient endurance that comes from Christ”
Aim for the year – “To experience a different culture, grow
spiritually, and learn about facilitation and experience God’s miracles.”
Debora Hoffmann
Born on the 21st November 1994
From Mulheim an der Ruhr, Germany
Encouraged by proverbs 3:5 – “Trust in the Lord with all your
heart, do not depend on your own understanding.”
Debbie has spent 6 months with us in which she has developed
a stronger relationship with God, learnt to get involved more,
experienced different cultures and people and truly experienced south Africa, she will be leaving
back to Germany at the end of February.
Jeremiah 29:11-13
For I know the plans I have for you,” declares the LORD, “plans to prosper you and not to
harm you, plans to give you hope and a future. Then you will call on me and come and
pray to me, and I will listen to you. You will seek me and find me when you seek me with
all your heart.
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What have they been getting up to all this
time???
Youth week – no plan B!!
They attended Youth Week and have been talking
about it ever since! They often walk around singing the
praise and worship songs and have already asked to
come back next year! For some of them Youth Week
was a first time experience. They made many new
friendships and have been inspired by speakers like Rob
Malan and Howard Fischer.
Training
They have done extreme life training, basic facilitation training,
some personal development training with YFC-KZN and even
physical training! In training they actually do the activities
therefore they have all done anything from jumping off a bridge to
taking out their frustrations on a hula-hoop!
YFC-KZN has been a great help in doing training with the team.
They spent a lot of time
looking at themselves
personally, where they are
going and what they want to be doing with themselves.
“After the training with Stacie, I feel I know a lot more about
what I want to do and what I need to do to get there...” says
Monique. Thank you to YFC-KZN to all the input you are
placing into the lives of these young people!
For more on Youth Week:
Facebook Page: Youth Week / Website: www.youthweek.co.za
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Skaba Training
The team spent a night at our bush campsite
in the Karkloof Mountains. They had to hike up
with everything they needed for the evening (a
strenuous hike may I add), make their own
fires, cook their own meals, spend the night
sleeping on a wooden floor or the grass and no
shower! For some this was a total first – some
of the girls hadn’t even ever slept in a sleeping
bag before never mind chop their own wood to make a fire!! According to Kutlwano, “Skaba was a
nice experience, I think it really pushed us to our limits,
but next time can we drive up with the car!”
On the mountain the team showed a true sense of
togetherness, they helped one another up and no man
was left behind! During a camp I was telling the
campers that it’s
not about the
activity but about the people in your team and what you
make of every moment you have with them, Monique
quoted me back, adding that Skaba was proof of what I
had said, that if it wasn’t for each individual, who forms
part of the team and how each one had a role which
helped encourage her up the mountain, she wouldn’t of
made it.
Upon getting back off the mountain the
following day they all ran for the showers, a
lovely cooked meal and their beds! Waking
up from their rest the comments were,
“Now I know what it’s like to appreciate a
bed and a shower!”
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Facilitation
The team has facilitated 4 camps already this month, 3 high
schools and one really busy primary school! They are gaining
a lot of confidence in facilitation – and often practice their
debriefing skills on one another at the end of the day! They
have had to jump in the circle and do ice-breakers, and yes
they have all been embarrassed but went back in and fixed
their mistakes! They are wearing those facilitation T-
shirts with pride now and showing to be a fun group of
facilitators! On the primary school camp the kids even
clung onto them everywhere they went!
The part time facilitators have also welcomed them
whole-heartedly and started forming friendships with
them and a lot of inside jokes!
They facilitated their first camp with no help from part time facilitators down at L’Abri, our KZN
Campsite, and had a very successful outcome! The camp was a highlight even though it rained
all the time and they even got involved in a giant mud fight with all the campers! “And we would
do it all again… “ according to the team!
Please keep these special young people in
your prayers as they have committed to a
year of serving and as they face many
challenges that lay ahead.
We thank you for all your support!
Lauren Haworth and the Team
For more on Ikageng Gap Year and Camping:
Website: www.yfc-cyara.com / www.labri.org.za
Or contact Lauren:
Email: [email protected] / Office: 014 576 2131