The weekend before my most recent trip to South Africa I had a hair cut appointment. This would be no ordinary hair cut , as the person who had cut my hair every four weeks for the past 15 years was on vacation and had arranged for a friend of hers (I’ll call her [...]
We have an angel in Herman Stoffberg, a South African man who has made it his mission for the moment to help 25:40 construct the new, expanded pre-school, aftercare and help us create a practical skills center in Canzibe.
Herman lives in Oyster Bay — a good 10-hour-drive from Canzibe — in a good car. [...]
“And the God of all grace, who called you to his eternal glory in Christ, after you have suffered for a little while, will himself restore you and make you strong, firm and steadfast.”
- 1 Peter 5:10
This year will make the eighth year Team 25:40 has run the Marine Corps Marathon. Each year [...]
Continue Reading →There are few times in the Bible where Jesus utters the words “what if.” Indeed, the only one I find is in John Chapter 6. And appropriately for Easter, it pertains to Jesus rising again. After telling His disciples that to
remain in Him they must consume His flesh and drink His blood, Jesus reacts [...]
Continue Reading →Editor’s Note: Herman Stoffberg is director of Living Water, a South African non-profit dedicated to supplying clean drinking water and preaching the gospel of Jesus Christ to the remote communities of the Eastern Cape and the rest of South Africa. Herman is providing the construction labor and equipment for the Hlalani Kum Learning Center, a project [...]
Continue Reading →Last week, South African Health Minister Aaron Motsoaledi reported that the latest AIDS figures show at least 28 percent of school-age girls living in South Africa are HIV positive. He also reported that the rate of
infection for boys this age is 4 percent. He told the Sowetan Newspaper that these statistics “destroyed my soul.” [...]
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