Restoring Water
Several years ago, God gave Dave and Amanda a plant-based organic formula for cleaning and restoring water to its natural state.  While God’s purpose for their product and business was clear,  “Extending God’s kingdom by uplifting impoverished communities through delivering water management  solutions that bring life, health, healing, and restoration,” there was disagreement about the rest of the business plan and setting up the business had stalled. Because the potential impact of this product is so great and many people want a piece of it, Dave and Amanda have had to carefully steward the innovation, making sure their actions and decisions about it were in line with God’s will. 

What the rep venture offered Dave and Amanda was help on the business side and showed the importance of all 10 P’s (Purpose, People, Positioning, Presence, Product, Process, Place, Planning, Partnering, and Profit) to a business.  During the venture it was hard to get them to focus on the business aspects until the second week, when one day Dave and Amanda came to class after an all night prayer session where God had revealed to them that the time to launch the business had begun.  In the morning, He had miraculously aligned everyone’s thoughts and they are now going to apply the principles they learned from rep in their business.

Restoring People
Engela was inspired to leave her job as an accountant to start a film business dedicated to producing movies which told God’s stories and brought Him glory.  Her first documentary is about the life of Ntsikana, a Xhosa man.  God met him as he was walking one day.  Immediately, he washed off his body paint, told his second wife he could only have one wife, and taught many people in his tribe how to read and write.  Initially, Engela’s target audience was the white population because she wanted to increase their awareness, understanding, and respect for the Christian tradition among black South Africans. 

Through the venture’s prayer and visioning sessions, God expanded Engela’s vision to make the target audience of the documentary everyone, especially the black population.  Her goal in reaching the black population is to motivate them to follow Ntsikana’s example of turning and giving back to their own community as up to now there haven’t been many missionaries from within.  By showcasing Christ’s care and direct interaction with the black population, Engela’s documentary is part of a restoration of all people in Africa back to God.

Restoring Relationships
Marius, and his wife Karien, own an employment solutions company.  Their business was doing fine, financially, but at the beginning of the venture, Marius would not allow Karien to visit the office, and their marriage was facing serious problems—in fact, others had even recommended divorce to them. 

After much prayer during the venture, God performed a miracle in their hearts and restored their marriage.  Once the relationship was restored, God revealed many new ideas to Marius, including a new meaning for their name, Empsol: Eternally My People Says Our Lord.  Also, by the end of the venture Marius thought of Karien as a full partner in the business.  On the final day, Marius and Karien dressed in their wedding clothes and recommitted themselves to their marriage.  We all shared in a prayer for the couple and took communion with them.  And this was all before the actual presentation began!


At the end of all the presentations, it was strange to realize that this would be the last time we would see many of the people we had spent so much time with in the past two weeks.  It was such a blessing to work alongside God and fellow brothers and sisters in Christ in order to bring more glory to Him.  The past two weeks have been hard, but so rewarding.  We met the awesome team in South Africa who taught us so much in the way they worship God, we met such faithful servants in our clients, who have committed their businesses to God, and we were blessed with amazing team unity and fellowship.