From: Adriaan Fourie

The African arm of TFC Global, under the direction of Adriaan Fourie, has been restructured to have two primary focus people reaching out to the trucking ministry. Ms. Tunu Lamek ministers in Kenya while Mr. Joseph Jackson serves in the Mwanza area of Tanzania. This move will allow a clean slate for ministry to happen with accountability, continued training, and guidance from our African director who himself lives in South Africa.

In the photo below, Joseph met this driver who is a very young man (boy) who needs to work to provide for his family. He was very receptive for prayer and welcomed Joseph to talk to him. This driver is a reflection of the great need for income that urges all family members to earn an income. During the past two weeks, two trips were made to minister to drivers. Of the 54 people that were reached, ten have committed their hearts to the Lord Jesus.

Sister Tunu reaches out on the Mombasa Highway where the truck traffic is constant between Nairobi and the Kenyan harbor port. The last time her team shared the gospel with thirty people, many came to know Jesus as their Savior. As a woman in Africa, Tunu faces the constant challenge where men will not listen to a woman. But God is faithful; we enjoy seeing how she perseveres in this work. Pray for a female driver who was hijacked and kidnapped recently to be released so she can return to her family.

Adriaan spoke with a former driver who lives in the port city of Durban. As a former truck driver, he understands the need to care for the trucking community. Under Adriaan’s direction, Leonard will serve those drivers in his area. Pray for this team as they encounter drivers and share the gospel with them. Please support this work financially by giving to TFC Global’s International Ministries.

Adriaan Fourie shares this devotional in his series called Truckers Call.

When you are asked to attend an event, do you take the required dress code to heart? Do you abide by the dress code? If you don’t, the host could remove you from the event. We don’t decide the dress code if we aren’t hosting. That’s the host’s job.

In Matthew 22:10-14, a king sent out invitations to many family and friends, highly regarded and distinguished people, for his son’s wedding feast. Sadly, this invitation was ignored and in the end, people from the highways were gathered and invited to attend the event. These people who ended up attending the event didn’t have to abide by the dress code. It is reasonable to accept that these people would not have the desired dress and he surely made provision for them to be “acceptable.”

Scripture gives us some understanding of this garment. In Revelation 3:18 the Bible states through John, that God makes the “correct” garment/dress code available so that our shame would not be revealed, but rather concealed. In Jesus Christ, He makes this garment available, when He redeemed us from the curse of the law (as the result of our sins) by becoming a curse on our behalf (Galatians 3:13). Scripture is clear that we are born without the correct garment. If we do not accept the redemption of Jesus, we will be removed from the event or wedding feast. Such a decision has the cost of true repentance and a change of life.

If we accept His invitation and are clothed with the right garment, we will be welcomed into the kingdom of God.

If you need guidance regarding your spiritual walk and relationship with God our faith in His Son Jesus Christ, by the working of the Holy Spirit, you are welcome to contact Adriaan, the African ministries director for TFC Global at 0829598005 (WhatsApp). You can also email him at info@tfcglobal.org.

By: Adriaan Fourie (in Malawi Africa)

The photo is of two mechanics working on a driver’s vehicle. After sharing with them the good news of the gospel, all three received Christ as their Savior. (Reported by Tunu Lamek in Kenya)

Ms. Lamek is a passionate person who shares Christ wherever she goes. She loves to see members of the trucking community come to Jesus and start to share their faith with others.

This is Brother Martin Banda ministering to Aubrey Gadama of Rashy Motors at the Mwanza border post in the Mwanza District here in Malawi. Martin ministered to this truck driver in December 2023 and the driver received Jesus Christ as his Lord and personal Savior. We have a wonderful living testimony that this driver’s past ways of living have changed since meeting and being ministered to by the TFC Global Malawi team.

From: Igor Smits (in the Netherlands)

In a recent conversation on WhatsApp, Igor shared about the struggle to speak with truck stop management trying to gain permission to use a room for weekly worship and devotional time. Pray for the hearts of these managers to be softened toward Igor’s desire to support the professional drivers. Pray for Igor to remain encouraged with the calling God has placed on him to minister to the trucking community.

From:  Adriaan Fourie

Dear truckers and friends: Have you heard of or met the 30-year-old HendrickChebanga from Hammanskraal who has had a passion for building model cards since he was 4 years old? What a character with a broad smile! His work is appreciated worldwide. Many people and businesses have contracted with him for true-life replica models of their private or transport company vehicles. Across Africa and in England, his work has made an impression. This man is an example of someone who has taken his God-given gift and turned it into a successful business through which he can provide for his family. This passion and endurance has resulted in a worldwide respect and admiration of his art and work. In the same manner, Joseph in the Bible, Genesis 41, had a gift of interpreting dreams and as such was able to interpret Pharoah’s dream on request. Using this gift, he gave God honor and was used for His glory as Joseph stated in verse 16, “It is not in me; God will give Pharoah an answer of peace.” In serving with this gift, Joseph received respect from the ruler. Therefore, let us take our God-given gift and use them where we are for the glory of God. There are many testimonies of believers who have shared their passions, selfless to those around them, and received respect in turn.

Dr. Norbert from TFC Global Tanzania was able to host our Director of African Ministries, Adriaan, recently. This photo is at the bookstore that provides resources for the various ministries that Norbert and Friends Mission manages. Dr. Norbert does a great job of oversight of several teams who support and care for the trucking community in Kenya, Mwanza, and Burundi, among other locations and border crossings. Pray for continued wisdom for both Adriaan and Dr. Norbert.