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Sweet reflections on the change at Media Village

Posted on | August 20, 2010 | Comments Off

You’ve got to let go (posted by Dianne Vermooten)

Today I drove to Media Village over Boyes Drive. It was 8am on a Saturday morning. The early light was beautiful and I even stopped to take some photographs. There was a sense of urgency in my heart. Why ? After 10 years of driving that route, I may only do it a few more times.

Today was the day we moved most of Media Village out of Kalk Bay and over to our new campus in Durbanville. Talking to my son Ryan, we discussed this idea of letting go and the concept of really appreciating something when you think you are going to loose it.

Stories abound of loved ones feeling cheated when they cannot say “good bye” to family or friends who suddenly die in a car accident. We all want that time of closure, of letting go, or looking backwards.

It was in December of 1999 that we moved into the old Innisfail Hotel. We stood on the deck and counted the minutes waiting for 2000 to start. Now 10 years later I stood on the deck again and recounted an amazing decade. Tears & laughter, success & failure, growing in intimacy with the Lord, friendships and most of all changed lives. As I walked down the stairs the photos of all the past students are still hanging on the wall.

Everyone has added a piece to the MV history and story. Media Village is not a building it was merely a gathering place, that allowed us to touch lives and create a community. So many memories came to mind as I stopped in front of many of the schools and thought about the most amazing people who have spent time with us at MV. We have done what we have done because of you. There have been school leaders. Our DTS leaders have changed the lives of hundreds. Thank you Christa, Cathy, Janice, Paul, Mark & Donna, Kobus and Carol.

I looked at our very first 2 MV schools and stood amazed at how far you have all gone. Penny heads up Create International in Perth, Sarel has made his dreams come true in film, Deryck has just completed the Lion of Judah, and Adrian continues to lead so many within the College of Communication.

We’ve had hundreds of lectures who have given of their time and shared their knowledge. How do we thank Mark Manley, Fiona Gifford, Aujke Brouwer, Dee Harris and the list goes on and on. We’ve had 4 marriages, and at least 20 media companies started by MV graduates. We have had prophetic words of encouragement, we had times of correction.

As we look back we thank God for NK and Butho who have served the Lord at MV for nearly 10 years. And also for Anne and Akex Abok who have shown such a passion and determination to follow Jesus and to grow MV in Nigeria. They have faced persecution and even death and still remain steadfast. We honour you both. Annemarie Barnard also served MV for nearly 10 years and we still miss her today.

The list is long, but the memories even longer. God has been with us. God has blessed us, But now is the time to LET GO so that WE CAN MOVE ON.

We are ready to discover the new things the Father has for us. We want to discover new elements of a unique and original adventure. The Bible makes it clear that every story of faith is completely original. It is God’s creative genius. There are no mass-produced copies. Each student, each school is a new fresh canvas and we are ready to begin a new art work & process with the Lord.

We see WHAT is possible. We believe in the new dream. We are ready to fuse spontaneity and purpose as we participate in the journey that God has taken us on.

So, we say goodbye to old at Kalk Bay, but welcome the new in Durbanville. We carry a debt of gratitude to every graduate. Pray that God will give us another decade, but this time one that is even more impactful for the King of Kings.

Jesus encouraged us to let go, to loose everything to inherit much. This week we will let go of the old, but we long to inherit a spiritual blessing that we cannot contain in the new.

Originally posted at http://mediavillage.wordpress.com/2010/06/12/youve-got-to-let-go/

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Great Follow Up to World Cup

Posted on | August 19, 2010 | Comments Off

A friend forwarded me this story. I haven’t verified from our friends in South Africa, if they share the same opinion as this writer, but it would be thrilling to think if this news was even half true.

It also makes me think of the part Media Village played in creating and airing their anti human trafficking Public Service Announcement.

SOUTH AFRICA: How God Worked through Prayer at the World Cup

Source: Joel News International 740, August 11, 2010

On Sunday, August 29, Christians in South Africa will hold a Day of Thanksgiving for the Soccer World Cup 2010. In the last six months many churches and believers prayed for this event and there were multiple prayer initiatives in and around the stadiums. 24/7 prayer watches covered each of the ten stadium cities, while many [additional] prayer groups prayed consistently. There are many amazing testimonies all over the country of how God worked, people received Christ as savior [and] others were healed physically and emotionally.

“We acknowledge that all the credit and glory must go to God alone. He is a prayer-answering God and he is a ‘rewarder of those who diligently seek him’,” says Bennie Mostert of the prayer movement Jericho Walls. “It is public knowledge that crime was curbed in a significant way,” reports Sarah Gerhart of OCI International.

“Many feared that human trafficking would be a big problem, but exactly the opposite happened… CNN stated that ‘no one is interested in sex’ (prostitution). One high-profile escort agency reported a drop of 80 percent in business. All over the country police [also] confirmed a significant drop in crime and especially violent crime.”

“Literally thousands of churches reached out to local people and foreign visitors.”

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Our appointment service for becoming missionaries

Posted on | July 7, 2010 | Comments Off

You have to love us to watch the entire thing, and actually we’ll know you love us even if you don’t watch the entire thing. We just wanted to post it because it was a significant event in our lives. Many missionaries at WorldVenture have told us it was a fork in the road that will define much of our life going forward.

http://vimeo.com/13164645

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