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DESIGNING with DANIELA — Warm greetings to all and blessed wishes for the Christmas season! I’m sure we can all agree that it has been a year unlike any other. It started out very well with the Biblical Worldview Summit followed by the Great Commission Course which is always the best way to start the year! I especially enjoy exploring my city with friends, learning more about God, going on outreaches and hiking. The year was going very well until the unexpected happened! We heard about the virus spreading overseas, but we didn’t think it would come and affect us in Cape Town, at least not so quickly and drastically. Art and design jobs were suddenly getting cancelled, events that I was adverting, doing art for and marketing were cancelled. Coaching at the ice rink was put on hold. I lost my part-time job. Freelance work was cancelled. Things weren’t looking so good. The future seemed uncertain. I was discouraged. Knowing pretty much everyone in the world was experiencing a similar kind of Lockdown made it a bit easier, because we were all in this together. It was a really good time to slow down and catch up on all those things you never take the time for. It also brought my family closer together. We were able to slow down and enjoy each other’s company. We created some new traditions and learnt some new skills. It helped me remember what’s important and to be more grateful for all of our freedoms. It created a whole new respect for those who fought for our freedoms and to never take those freedoms forgranted. When things started to open up again, I got more and more freelance design work coming my way – more than I had had before! A great blessing this year was applying for and being chosen for a full-time position from the UK that I can do from home! It really was a gift from God. It is wonderful to be able to still design and create art as well as be close to my family and have the flexibility to still be involved at the Mission. I am also a part of a wonderful Marketing team for the upcoming Biblical Worldview Summit. In asmuch as it was a year of unfortunate, unexpected events, it was also a year of great change for the better! I greatly look forward to next year and all we must do to fight the good fight of Faith. May God bless you all richly. Thank you so much for your prayers and continued support to our family! — DANIELA 6
FILM MAKING with CHRISTOPHER — Twenty twenty. Wow. This is not a year I want to repeat in the near future. I think it’s pretty safe to say it has been a year full of surprises. I also think it’s fair to say that everyone’s ambitions and plans for this year have been turned upside down! Like most people, I have fallen victim as an online student for the year. I have had to swiftly adapt to online studies for the majority of this year. This has been hard grunt work as 75% of the studies I am exploring are practical based. One can imagine how frustrating and mind-numbing this can be. On the other hand, it has given me flexibility to campaign out into the freelancing community. I’m still settling into this role and it has been a great opportunity for self growth. As hard as lockdown was, I couldn’t have asked for a better family and support group to get me through it. I am beyond grateful for parents who support and love me and for siblings who also have my back. God is good and I am trusting him for a more productive and fruitful year ahead. For all of your prayers, we appreciate it so much and we say thank you! I humbly ask for your continued prayers as I tackle my final year of studies next year in the creative field where far left and progressive liberal way of thinking is shoved down our throats! God is good and faithful to those who are rooted in His Word. “Trust in the Lord with all your heart and do not lean on your own understanding. In all your ways acknowledge him and He will make straight your paths” — Proverbs: 3:5-6 Merry Christmas! Wishing you a blessed Christmas and a joyous New Year. — CHRISTOPHER 7
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