Teaching Kids For Christ

We just wanted to keep everyone up to date with what is going on here in Cape Town. I know that we don't get to talk to most of you much, but know that we are praying for you all and remembering the good times we had visiting most of you in the States last year.

The church that we are working with, Calvary Chapel Cape Town, started a JOY club in one of the schools here. Basically what it is, we can go into the school from 2:30 - 3:30 on Tuesday and do a Bible teaching. It is completely voluntary on the child's part, but we do get to make announcements and hang up posters and speak at an assembly.

We didn't know what to expect on the first day, yesterday. Well, I must say that the Lord was working wonders. We had almost 100 kids show up for our first class!! What a huge blessing.

They had the opportunity to hear about David and Goliath and we got to talk to them about their fears. Now this class represented grades 1-7 so you can imagine the things we got to hear they were afraid of! Everything form snakes and spiders to "this girl sitting next to me." It was quite a treat.

We got to sing worship songs with them and also pray together. If you think about it, please pray that the Lord would use this in a mighty way for the kids. The school has a large Muslim population so this is a great inroad to share the Gospel and let our light so shine before men. Pray that the hearts of these precious kids would be turned towards the Lord.

That is it for now, more updates coming soon. Thanks for all your support and prayers, we would not be reaching the lost for the Lord without all of you.

Grace and Peace,

Bob, Suzanne and Bobby Scott

A Big Answer to Prayer

Bobby enjoying some avocado and tomatoes

First of all, I want to thank everyone who is praying for us and supporting us in so many ways. Please know that your prayers do change things.

We have been praying since we got here for a place to stay. We had some pretty specific prayer requests, but the Lord is faithful. Today we officially signed our lease to live in a home of our own! This is quite monumental because we have not had our own place in 4 years. I am sure that we are both going to think it is pretty quiet now. So, all are invited to come a stay when you have some time. We may put you to work though.

As you can see from the picture, Bobby is getting pretty big. He love avocados and tomatoes (along with whatever else we are eating at the time) He turns one on March 3rd, we can't believe how fast he has grown. He is walking around really good, preferring to walk more than crawl. Though, towards the end of the day he is pretty tired and crawls a lot.

We are still really busy with ministry. Suzanne had a weekend women's retreat that was in French Hoek. It is the chocolate country...go figure. I got to spend three uninterrupted days with Bobby and we had a blast!! He really is a blessing from the Lord.

I am still helping out with some ministries at the church. They run a discipleship training school throughout the year. They do teaching similar to a Bible College on one Saturday a month. I am going to teach on love this Saturday, should be a great time. The College ministry has also started up again for the new semester. I am involved with that as well. I got to teach a short sermon on Wednesday to the students. We have a couple dozen students that come out for 30 minutes of worship, fellowship and teaching. It is such a great ministry as we are reaching college students from all over Africa. So far, I am the only American.

Once again we want to thank you for all of your support on our behalf. We would not have been so blessed with this house had you all not been praying with us.

Grace and Peace,

Bob, Suzanne and Bobby Scott

Our Life in Cape Town now

Bob praying with some of the kids at JOY Club

So we have been here in Cape Town now for three weeks. My how the time just zips right by. It seems like just yesterday we were landing in the U.S. for the first time in two years seeing our friends and family.

I want to share with you what we have been doing over the past three weeks, not too much detail as that will be in our newsletter. One thing is for sure, there is a lot of ministry going on.

Sunday we have church (obviously) in the morning and then in the evening we meet for prayer. This prayer group is really focused on revival in Cape Town and to see the Lord's hand working in the lives of the believer. Also at church I have begun to get involved with the youth group and Suzanne assisting with the children's ministry.

Tuesday we have a staff meeting in the morning. We discuss what the week will look like and also what the church is doing as a whole. There is also the homework club day. This is where some of the people go out and help the kids in the urban areas with their...homework. We have not had the opportunity to participate with this yet though we pray for the continued fruit of the ministry.

Wednesday is the men's prayer group in the afternoon. This is pretty cool. We meet in a park, pray for about 30 minutes then go out passing out tracts and witnessing to people. I have had some pretty cool conversations with people. There is a high population of Muslims here that are always ready and willing to talk.

Thursday is a pretty busy day too. In the early morning we meet at the church's cafe/bookstore, God's Army, for a time of prayer and fellowship. Then, in the afternoon we go to a Salvation Army hospital and pass out tracts to the patients, pray for them and just answer any and all questions about the afterlife. I also got the chance to pray with some pretty sick people. It was great to see the Lord working even though these people are so close to death. Then, Thursday night is our midweek study. We are going verse by verse through 1 Chronicles right now. Needless to say, at the end of Thursday, we are ready to chill.

Friday is the JOY Club. JOY Club was started to reach out to the kids of a very unique area of Cape Town. It takes place in Woodstock. This area is part of the old District Six. I encourage you to check out some of the information about District Six. It is filled with a rich history of Cape Town.

Saturday evening we meet for prayer again. As you can tell, the focus of the church is prayer and reaching out to the community.

Also, Suzanne has had the opportunity to work at the church's cafe, God's Army, a couple of times a week. This is volunteer work, but she is loving it. She will expand more on what she is doing there in our next newsletter.

Until then, we pray the Lord would continue to bless you and keep you.

Grace and Peace,

Bob, Suzanne and Bobby

We Made It...God is great!!!

Bobby at Christmas 2011

So, we made it. From Detroit to Amsterdam then on to Cape Town, South Africa. Jet lag never really has set in because we didn't sleep for about 24 hours and then landed at 10:30pm here and crashed until about 11am.

We never would have made it except for your faithful prayers. Thanks for all the love and support.

We will give more details later.

Please continue to pray for a place for us to live. That is our top priority right now.

Grace and Peace,

Bob, Suzanne and Bobby

Great News!!

Wee Bobby with his cousin Kaitlyn 

So, it has been a long road for us here in the States. We arrived back home to Michigan on Sept. 18th to a warm family reception. We were greeted with open arms and sighs of relief when our family saw that all three of us had successfully made it across the globe. We were both excited to see everyone and comforted by their hugs. Of course, there were no shortage of volunteers to take hold of our newest edition.

But, with all things, change is around the corner. We were recently approved for a three year visa to South Africa. This allows us to stay in the country for the next three years and easily extend it as long as we stay out of trouble :). We are going to be working along side Calvary Chapel Cape Town for a few months then venturing off to plant our own church in the Cape Town area. This is what we believe God has for us.

Though we knew that we would be leaving, it is still bitter sweet. We are excited to start our next phase in life and service to the Lord; but exceptionally saddened by the fact that we are leaving. We had such a blessed time with our friends and family. Each one taking care of us and making sure that we were well attended to. We have nothing but thankfulness and gratitude in our hearts towards these people.

We pray God's most abundant blessings upon all those who pray for us, support us and take care of us in general. We would not be able to do what we do without you all.

Grace and Peace,

Bob, Suzanne and Bobby Scott

Merry Christmas

Merry Christmas from the Scott's to everyone who is praying for us and supporting us in so many different ways. What a blessing it has been to be home and be treated like family where ever we have traveled. We pray that each and every one of you will be blessed this Christmas season.

Home Safe and Sound

So, from the Scott group...Thanks. For all of your prayers and support as we traveled over 7300 miles in 39 days!! The rental car company had to put in some "adjusted" numbers as their computer system would not take the real numbers.

We had  a lot of "firsts" on our trip, but this was one of the priceless ones. Bobby's first taste of snow. At almost 9 months, in Wyoming at Devil's Tower National Park he ate some fresh snow. He liked it, but not at first. It took him a few minutes to put it into his mouth, but once tasted he was hooked!

We have been home for a few days and relaxing with friends and family. We had a great Thanksgiving and look forward to seeing all of our friends and family here in Michigan. We are so thankful for all the new friends that we made along our journey.

Grace and Peace,

Bob, Suzanne and Bobby