What people said about the tour at the end. . .

What people said about the tour at the end . . . ~ Posted by Michelle (Photos by Lourens) ‘This trip was a highlight for me in many ways. In each city, we saw people respond to Jesus during the evening worship events, at Sisterhood, in the prisons, and leadership sessions.  This past week proved to be more than a “music tour” or a series of “concerts”. Rather, it was real ministry by our entire team to thousands of people. When we get outside of our comfort zone, it is…

What the Dooleys said on the way home from Harare . . .

What the Dooleys said on the way home from Harare . . . ~ Posted by Michelle (Photos by Lourens) Phil: ‘It was a ground-breaking week for us. It was pioneering, which is the spirit of our church. We’ve built some great relationships with church leaders. And I feel like people just had great times of worship with us. The whole deal with something like this is that it’s never about a show; it’s never about a group up on stage. It’s about encouraging people to have a worship encounter…

‘Can we have your guitar?’

Hillsong Prison Ministry – ‘Can we have your guitar?’ ~ Posted by Andrew May Over the course of the Hillsong Africa Worship Tour we had the privilege of visiting five different prisons.  Whenever we finished our visit to a prison, this was inevitably the last question we would be asked.  This is not significant in itself—prisoners often ask for gifts and favours, and it was a beautiful guitar.  What made the question striking was everything the prisoners were not asking. Many of the prisons we visited did not provide beds…

A grand finale in Harare

‘Parting is such sweet sorrow’ – a grand finale in Harare on Friday night, flying home on Saturday, and some final thoughts ~ Posted by Michelle (Photos by Lourens) Being back is bittersweet. It’s Monday morning, our second day home after touching down in Cape Town on Saturday night, and my husband Lourens and I have taken the day off (although I know that most of our group will be back at work today). Of course, there’s no place like home, and it’s been really lovely to see family and…

A Sisterhood story in Harare

A Sisterhood story in Harare ~ Posted by Michelle (Photos by Lourens) I have a friend in Harare, a Zimbabwean lady named Sifelani, who I met in church, in Cape Town, when she was going through a tough time, looking for a job, and missing her family back home. She eventually returned to Zimbabwe, but we stayed in touch and, in the run-up to the Worship Tour, started looking forward to hooking up in her hometown. On the eve of our three events in the city, she sent me the…