Village Worship

Dr Emery, another CVM veterinarian currently teaching at the same place I will be serving posted this great video to his facebook site.  He has been assisting two African pastors who are planting a church in a neighboring village called Lokaleng.  This is a video from a recent worship service where four locals from the village found the Lord.



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October Prayer Letter

Hurry, hurry, read all about it!  Breaking news from the front lines!  It is with great excitement that I share with you a quote from Dr. Emery, a Christian Veterinary Mission (CVM) veterinarian currently serving at North-West University (NWU) in Mafikeng, South Africa.  

“God blessed us tonight in Lokaleng (a small village on the outskirts of Mafeking) as we were privileged to join Him in worship and song! The Lord brought nine people into His fold tonight! Moruti KG preached and we had a blessed turnout! The Lord is building His church in the village. What a blessing it is to be here! Words can't express the joy! Please pray with us for this village and for the ministry God is doing here.  Hallelujah!”- Dr. Tim Emery

Dr. Emery and I will be working together in the NWU small animal hospital once I arrive. God is moving in the area where I will be serving and I can’t wait to get there! 

The opportunity for Dr. Emery and me to work at NWU in South Africa all relates back to the hard work of another veterinarian, Dr. Dale Beighle.  Dr. Beighle, a Southern Baptist missionary and veterinarian, started teaching animal health in South Africa in 1979 at what was then the Taung College of Agriculture.  Eventually, Taung College was incorporated into the University of Bophuthatswana and then, after apartheid, it was amalgamated with two other universities into North-West University.  Dr. Beighle’s goal was to “come to South Africa to advance God’s work and to teach animal health at the same time.”  Because of his hard work and dedication, the animal health department continued to flourish and grow and was able to build a small animal hospital to service the needs of the local community and provide a training ground for the students.

The small animal hospital entrance

Since Dr. Beighle’s retirement in 2007, the university has been eager to have more veterinary missionaries come teach and indeed, would love to have Christian missionaries teaching in every field!  What an amazing opportunity to openly live for Christ at a secular university.  Thankfully, through CVM, two other veterinarians have served in the Animal Health Department since 2007 and now I will be the third.

The Mafikeng campus of NWU is located about a four hour drive west of Johannesburg and Pretoria (the capital of South Africa) in a rural area on the border with Botswana.  The campus is quite large with over 9,000 students from over 24 countries.  The Dale Beighle Centre for Animal Health Studies at NWU is located on the main university grounds, but is situated in a secluded area with a separate entrance.  The department also has a training farm a few miles out of town with a dairy herd, pig unit, poultry unit, and additional classroom/research facilities.

Lecture and office block

As a teaching clinician at NWU, I will be working as a veterinarian in all the same aspects I do now, but with the added benefit of teaching and mentoring the students.  The first item on my official job description from NWU is to “be a Christian witness to the students.”  Can you believe it!  What a blessing to be able to openly combine the veterinary talent and skills with which God has blessed me with the opportunity to speak into the spiritual lives of students.

During the next few months, as I continue the support raising process, please pray for the Lord’s patience to fill me since waiting is not one of my strengths.