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To those interested who are dispersed abroad: Greetings.
Grace to you and peace from God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ.
I must begin by saying that I am sincerely sorry that I have not sent out
a newsletter in the last month. Time to write and send newsletters has
consistently eluded me especially over the last couple of weeks.
The most recent in my recollection of work for GWC has been an assignment
for "The Work of Christ" which, for me, was an essay on Jesus' being
forsaken and what that means. I must say, it has been one of the most
beneficial essays that I have written at college; it was one of the
assignments that, once finished, leaves you loving Jesus more. I felt
privileged to be doing it. I've had assignments for just about every
subject though and so time studying and writing has been exhausting. One
other 'assignment' that I should comment on is preaching in class. I had
to preach a parable from Matthew and so I chose to preach on the parable
of the unforgiving servant (from Matthew 18) and I felt that it went well
(and I mention it because I had an awesome time doing it).
In spite of the busyness, I have had the chance to do a few other things.
I visited YWAM a few weeks ago which was interesting as GWC doesn't have
much to do with them and so it was a good chance to meet with them. They
had a missionary from China do a talk encouraging people to go to China
but don't worry, I'm not feeling pulled very strongly in that direction.
GWC has just had their annual lecture, Peter Jensen (a big-shot from
Australia) was the guest speaker and he had some thought-provoking things
to say.
I also went through to the city to see the wildlife photo exhibition; in
first year I went to the WWF Wildlife Photographer of the Year display and
it was a treat so I took the opportunity to do so again. It did not
disappoint but as I think about the photos, I realise that no photo can
truly capture the grandeur of its subject. On Friday the 1st TGIF Cape
Town (an early morning meeting around a talk which is aimed at thinking
Christian business people) began, the topic was beauty and I was reminded
that the beauty of this world is only pointing to that of the next.
A bunch of the guys at college have recently started taking advantage of
the diversity of culture and minds available and we have been meeting to
talk about African Theology (a relevant topic given our context). I have
found these discussions incredibly stimulating lately and I've added this
interest to my thoughts about the future. Speaking of the future, please
keep that in your prayers. I'm home for the holidays right now so I'll
have some more discussion with my parents, doing honours has recently
popped more strongly into my radar. I'll be going down to KZN for ministry
week though which promises to be good. I'm leading a team to my uncle's
church in Hilton and hopefully I'll leave there with some more direction
regarding next year.
Please keep ministry week and plans for the future in your prayers. I've
got a pile of work to do in this break (which is only the next week) and
then I have an even busier term to look forward to. Please pray that
college work would keep pointing away from itself rather than drawing
attention away from its glorious subject. This year has been challenging
but exciting, so please pray that I would be enthralled by the studies
because of their goal.
Finally, thank you for reading my newsletters.
In Christ who saved me!
James Cuénod
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James, a bondslave of God and of the Lord Jesus Christ.
http://www.rekindle.co.za
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