Adventist Family Ministries is a worldwide ministry directed by Jongimpi and Nomthandazo Papu at the Southern Africa Indian Ocean Division Headquarters and is represented around our Division through the 9 Unions, 3 Union Missions and 1 Attached Field Mission.
SOUTHERN AFRICA INDIAN OCEAN DIVISION (SID)
Jongimpi Papu, Director
Nomthandazo Papu, Associate Director
Pretoria, South Africa
BOTSWANA UNION CONFERENCE (BUC)
Benza Winken and Thekololo Bender
1. Number of children: children a son and a daughter.
2. Wedding Anniversary:
7 July
3. Family Mission Statement:
“We have nothing to fear for the future, except as we shall forget the way the Lord has led us and his teachings in the past.”
4. Interests:
Farming and construction, which are trades that run in our family.
INDIAN OCEAN UNION CONFERENCE (IOUC)
MALAWI UNION CONFERENCE (MUC)
MOZAMBIQUE UNION MISSION (MZM)
NORTH-EASTERN ANGOLA UNION MISSION (UNA)
SÃO TOMÉ AND PRÍNCIPE MISSION (STP)
Pastor Fonseca and Leonor Bonfim
1. Number of Children: 4
2. Anniversary Date:
21 September
3. Our Family Mission Statement:
Psalm 37:5 ”Commit your way to the Lord, Trust also in Him, and He will do it.”
4. Our Hobby:
Going to the beach
SOUTH AFRICA UNION CONFERENCE (SAU)
Trevor and Zodwa Kunene
1. Children: Tebogo and Siyoyo
Grandchildren: Peo-Yethu and Kgathoentle
2. Wedding Anniversary
12 June, 1984
3. Kunene’s Family Mission Statement:
We honour God by nurturing and embracing each other by our kind deeds, kind words and providing meaningful service to others.
4. Interests:
Traveling, music, eating out, exploring different cultures, spending time with family and friends, photography and watching National Geographic
SOUTH-WESTERN ANGOLA UNION MISSION (SWA)
Daniel Cuvalela and his Wife
SOUTHERN ZAMBIA UNION CONFERENCE (SZU)
Silas and Reacy Chabala
1. Number of Children: 4
2. Wedding anniversary:
29th September
3. Our family mission statement:
“We have nothing to fear for the future, except as we shall forget the way the lord has led us, and His teaching in our past history.” Ellen G. White, Counsels for the Church, p. 359.4.
4. Family Inspiration: We love the song: “I Expect to Get to Heaven.” Apart from the fourth stanza that seems to suggest that all the dead saints are now in heaven, the other three stanzas are a sublime encouragement to the missionary pilgrims on earth.
5. Shared Hobbies:
Travelling, music, baking, cooking and special family meals on Sabbaths as well as family anniversaries and special events, getting designer clothing for special events, reading devotional books, gardening and taking walks together.
ZIMBABWE CENTRAL UNION CONFERENCE (ZCUC)
ZIMBABWE EAST UNION CONFERENCE (ZEUC)
Evans and Sylvia Muvuti
1. Number of children: 4 (3 adult children & one teenager)
2. Wedding Anniversary:
31 July.
3. Our Family Mission Statement:
“No man is safe for a day or an hour without prayer” (GC Page 530).4.
4. Hobbies:
Prayer walks/ running, nature walks, traveling
ZIMBABWE WEST UNION CONFERENCE (ZWUC)
Dr Simanga and Eulet Ngwenya
Blessed with four boys: Delight, Desire, Deliverance and Diligent
