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Alon
farm is located in the northern province of South Africa, just
outside the small town of Tzaneen. The Alon ministries extend
way beyond what happens on a daily basis on the farm which is
our base, in fact it has become international in a few short
years. Indeed, God has even blessed us with a beautiful base in
Israel, something to continue to pray for! At the moment we are
very involved in different ways in the local community, we have
doctors, lawyers, accountants, teachers, physiotherapists etc.
all working on a daily basis in the town of Tzaneen or in the
local community. We have a bible school which runs according to
the season and is very much taught "By the Spirit" i.e. What is
taught is intended to make the students to become more aware of
the ways of God and to be more surrendered to His voice and the
practical outworking of their faith in Him. The focus of the
school is not academic and the goal is not to equip the students
with some certificate of achievement, which would simply enlarge
their heads with knowledge about God.
It
is rather to pave the way for the operation of His word as a
two-edged sword (Hebrews 4:12)
and by the ministry of the Holy Spirit to enlarge the students
hearts and lives so that they can be better equipped for their
calling in God's eternal purposes. We often witness the powerful
work of His Spirit as He uproots "age-old foundations" and
prepares the soil of people’s hearts for the "planting of the
Lord", and this is all done in the school and as we live our
lives together under His ever present hand. t is an exciting
part of the ministry on the base and we also enjoy the teaching
of those who come in from the wider body for a season. The base
in Tzaneen is over 50 hectares of sub-tropical farm which is a
mixture of agriculture and also indigenous bush which we have
purposefully left to encourage the natural wildlife of the area
e.g. bushpigs, porcupine, vervet monkeys, bushbuck and diverse
bird life. We have mainly sub-tropical fruit including mangoes,
litchis, avocado's, paw-paw, banana and guava, macadamia and
pecan nuts and even our own coffee plantation (but that's a
secret). We also grow our own herbs and vegetables. Various
smaller industries have been born over the years that provide
the way for contact with the public: carpentry, designer
furniture, interior decorating and art department continue to
grow and provide finance in some way through the works of our
hands in serving the public as a testimony.