Masterbuilders Conference 2010

Over the Easter weekend Dihlabeng hosted the 6th annual Masterbuilders Conference. This is a conference for leaders from the churches in our sphere of Newfrontiers - the Eastern Free State, Lesotho and now Dubai. This was the most international conference yet as we also had visitors from the UK and from Zimbabwe.

It was a fantastic weekend. Once again we had the privilege of having the father of Newfrontiers, Terry Virgo and his wife Wendy, come and speak ot us over the conference. We had times of fantastic praise and worship, and some excellent teaching. I was particularly impacted by Thabo's preach about bearing fruit that will last and Colin's preach about following spiritual parents. We also fellowshipped over fantastic food.

This is a big conference for a smallish church like Dihlabeng to host. We had 300 people attending, many of whom then have to be hosted by local families, and all of whom are cooked for for 2 meals a day in our little kitchen. It's quite a logistical achievement, especially when the weekend follows a week of some of the heaviest rain of the year making our marquee unusable for meal times! There were moments in the week before the conference when cars couldn't even get up the road to church as it had turned into a mudslide but thankfully by the weekend it was safe enough to use.

It was great having the Zimbos with us, and as usual they had a great impact. They had come to the conference full of faith that they would never be the same, an attitude that they take everywhere they go. It was so refreshing and such a challenge to many of us.

All in all I can't think of a better way to spend the Easter weekend, celebrating the death and resurrection of our beautiful Saviour, than by spending time in His presence delving a little deeper in the riches He bought for us on the Cross.