Hello faithful readers! We began our first Wednesday here in South Africa at 7 am with breakfast and devotions led by Adolph (one of the South African consultants and my cool partner consultant for this venture.) After a meal that included tiny Portobello mushrooms covered with cheese, we jumped into our second “structured” day working with our clients. We were excited to have all our clients in attendance (an answer to prayer) and to see that the camaraderie between traveling and local consultants and clients has already increased immeasurably. I was especially encouraged to see one client speaking into another client’s difficult situation – how lovely to see clients supporting one another!

The morning began with a story of an executive that made the decision to make God the CEO of his company and a video with the following lesson: “you can separate church and business, but you cannot separate God and business.” This really resonated with our clients, with one client commenting that just that morning he had realized he had lost control of his business and that he needed to simply “give control of (his) life and business” to God. Great confirmation! Next we covered miracles in the marketplace. One person shared an insight he’d heard,

“Not believing in marketplace miracles is not realistic. If you’ve been in business long enough, you know God provides.”

On that note, we took time to pray into our client’s businesses, asking for marketplace miracles for the difficulties or complexities our clients are currently facing. What a privilege to pray expectantly for such things. The rest of the day was spent covering two more Ps, Product and Presence and developing strategies and action items to align our clients’ businesses in these areas with Biblical principles.

We’ve only been working with our clients for 3 days, but we can already see the impact this is having in all areas of our clients’ lives. It is encouraging to see that our intense training has proven useful, but more so that God is moving and showing up here in Helderberg.

I close with an encouraging verse that was shared today:

Stand at the crossroads and look;
ask for the ancient paths,
ask where the good way is, and walk in it,
and you will find rest for your souls.
— Jeremiah 6:16

peace and love from S. Africa,

— paige