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A Testimony from Bruce Fanin Dear Michael,
I have been meaning to write this letter for some months now, and have at last got round to it. I would like to take you back in time to February 1972 when you led a Christian Mission to Hilton College, with no doubt the permission and blessing of the then headmaster, Raymond Slater. On the 17th February during the course of the Mission, I committed myself to the Lord in the school's chapel. It was not a Paul-ine conversion, but rather a Peter-type conversion - just a quiet decision in the back pew with no bells, whistle or thunderbolts. I am now 50 years of age, and just have felt the need to say thank you to those who have made an impact on my life, and you are one of those people in the chain of interactions that I have had in my walk. They say that the unsung heroes of the Christian church are the Sunday School teachers - they sow they initial seeds, and others water, but without them, no seed would be planted. You, and your organisation African Enterprise are one of the unsung heroes, and certainly in my life I have am eternally grateful to you and what you have done. My wife, Heather and I have been happily married for nearly 27 years and have led active lives in the various churches that God has led us to - Pinetown Presby (with Doug Muller), CEZ in Harare, Butterworth Baptist Church, Nelspruit Methodist Church, and presently Bryanston Methodist Church, where I am presently serve as an Elder. We have 4 children - all of them actively involved in church activities - the older son and his wife at NCF in Pietermaritzburg, my older daughter in Kokstad (she is serving her community service year there), my younger son while at Pretoria University at 3CI, and my younger daughter an active participant at St Annes' SCA in Hilton. My older brother came to faith in 1983 and is presently in full time youth ministry in Nelspruit, and my sister and her husband serve the Lord in Australia. All this because of the seed planted back in 1972. If I know anything about you, you will give God the glory, and He richly does deserve it. Thank you Michael for the call on your life, for your obedience and faith. And thank you for touching my life - for without God and His continuing controlling influence, who knows where I would be now. God bless, Bruce Fannin | |
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