From the Principal's Desk

Hello to all UBI supporters and friends. We are already half way through the year. How wonderful is our God! He keeps on doing great things for His chosen saints. We started the 2017 academic year with the Lord’s blessings of twenty-nine first year students. When we were praying in 2016, we asked the Lord to give us thirty first year students in 2017. When we reopened in April we welcomed another five first year students – thus surpassing the thirty students we had asked for.

When we broke up for the Easter break, three teams of students which were led by staff members went to do a week of ministry work in Cape Town, Nigel (Gauteng) and Mozambique. The Lord’s had was upon all three teams. We have received success stories from these teams.  

The UBI Alumni Association is planning the 2017 Alumni Conference, to be held at UBI from June 19 to June 23. For more information on the conference, please contact the Alumni Association Secretary or the UBI office. We look forward to receiving many alumni members. Mr. Xolani Nkosi, our Deputy Principal has been away in Norway on a six month Sabbatical leave. We are thankful that he will return to us this month.

Our previous Maintenance Manager in the person of Mr. Kaleb Zulu left UBI and went back to Zambia on April 30, 2017 because of work permit problems. Please pray with Mr. Zulu to be able to cope with this big change in his life.

Thank you to all our local and overseas supporters (through prayer and gifts) who continue to be part of what God is doing at UBI. We value your general and specific support at all times.

Your humble servant,

George Mnisi

First Term Ministry Trips

Every year at UBI, the second year students have the privilege of going on ministry trips to various locations around South Africa and internationally. Here is a brief report of the first term trips.

Dr. Richard Murray with his team of six students visited Pastor Mathe in Pretoria and Pastor Mashinini in Duduza. They ministered in churches, in four schools including a school for disabled children, and in Nigel Prison. In addition to house visits in Pretoria and Duduza, the team set up and led a tent crusade and joined the Foxfires from AE for open air meetings. The students shared that they were blessed to see lives changed, to learn important leadership lessons, and by the power of prayer. 

The Cape Town trip, led by Mrs. Bongi Dumisa and Mr. Keegan Noble, comprised eight students who collaborated with Pastor Puthukezi of Pentecostal Holiness Church. During their time, the team did door to door evangelism in the neighbourhoods surrounding the church, organized and led revival services in the evening and children’s meetings during the day, and participated in open air ministry near the hostels. Younger members of the church joined the team in house to house visits and they are continuing to have an impact in the community now. 

The Mozambique trip, led by Eric and Susan Binion and alumnus Dominic Dass, consisted of nine students representing six languages - a real "rainbow nation" team. They visited Pastor Ntuli at in Manguzi, assisted Alumnus Pastor Ernest Phoseka in Zitundo and Momoli, and Pastor Vilanculos in Maputo. The team ministered through home visits, Sunday services, three True Love Waits programmes with youth in churches, three open air meetings, and a Sunday school teacher training workshop. The students were impacted by the challenges of cross-cultural ministry, leadership lessons learned, the love and generosity of the people they met, the joys and challenges of working on a team, and left with a desire to return and continue to support these pastors in their ministries.

To see more photos from the trips, visit our Facebook page here.

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