My name is Salome van Niekerk and I’m 26 and (fairly obviously from the blog) single. I studied at the Afrikaans Baptist theological seminary in Kempton Park, South Africa, from 2001 until 2004 and ever sinee my final year have wanted to be involved with missions in some way. My desire to possibly work with SIL in Bible translation led me in a roundabout way to using my (limited, believe me) administrative skills to come and help Dr Charles Woodrow, from Grace Missions (see page), out with his backlog of admin from February until August of 2007. I was so happy doing that, though, that I wanted to return and thus did, by the Lord’s garce and guidance, in January 2008.
Basically I am Dr Woodrow’s administrative assistant and also am involved with ministries connected with Editora Fiel, a Reformed publishing house in Brazil. This involved managing a bookstore we have downtown, mailing books to pastors who are on a reading programme, and helping to organise an annual pastors conference. I’m very passionate about Biblical and theological literacy and hope that eventually the bookshop with have an impact on many local pastors’ ministries. Other than that I am still learning Portuguese, and at the moment am getting ready to move into a very Mozambican apartment with 2 other girls at the end of March - I still have much to learn in terms of cultural adaptation!
