Bill Hebner

Final instructions…. Thankfulness… Rejoice always,   pray continually,   give thanks in all circumstances; for this is God’s will for you in Christ Jesus.   1Thes 5:16 - 18 Hebner Family Christmas 2015 As our time comes to a close in Wales, I feel it is appropriate that we turn our hearts and minds to these wonderful final instructions by Paul who has an incredible way to keep things succinct and clear. God’s will is to be thankful for what we have, where we are, within that or any situation.   These words have rung more and more  true as I have spent the last few years ‘fluttering’ around various African and European countries.  I have seen souls that are truly thankful with nothing, living in a poverty that could make you weep, and I have encountered souls with everything in life, wealth freedom,  choice,  family and a faith of sorts, facing isolation and pain due to their inability to see what was s...

     Middle Park Camp      As we complete the take-down of the 2016 Middle Park Camp I must admit I am trying to figure out where the summer has gone.  (Normally in Wales it is on a Tuesday) (Kidding) More importantly how everything was setup, used, taken down and stored with such precision.  I can only attribute that to the remarkable team that has grown over the past 9 years of summer camp here in Middle Park now under the leadership of Howell & Nita Hodgett.   Not only was the Wales National MP3 camp held, but new to our calendar the Sporting Marvels group from the Rhonda Valley, the Farmers Community Network prayer meeting and a wedding.  Most work was completed this year by not only our regular volunteers but also a concerted effort by a group of local farmers who have adopted the camp and see its value in the local Christian community.  I must admit that as I washed the dishes for the MP3 camp and facilitated pr...

‘Stop the world I want to get off’….. no, not really.  I love the adventure! I must admit the pace is a little more than I wanted and the scheduling at best has been a little chaotic.  However, over the past 3 months so many great things have happened to help the poor and the needy in South Africa, Gambia, Kenya and yes, still in Wales, that it has been worth the step of faith from the safety of YL. I will provide an update for each. Our change in season is in actual fact more of a personal seasoning… Releasing the skills we have developed over our adult lives to do more to make a difference in the world for which we were appointed bond servants to the most high God.  Our lives will always be about HIS ministry, His work and for His glory.  Thus, the name of our new venture into humanitarian and low cost housing solutions for the poor - Hebner Innovative Solutions (HIS). Though we are no longer part of a larger national charity it does not make wh...

All times are his season, the fruit of his hand. His mercy lie waiting in the son of man.... Way back in the 80's, new to the Christian faith I was still wondering, 'Lord What', 'Lord When' and 'Lord How', do you want me to spread this amazing gift of salvation. Like any young believer I was anxious to get on with this adventure and make my mark for Him on my new world of colour.   But, as the years pass by we develop an understanding that is not about the rush of youthful energy quite so much as it is about learning to wait on Him to guide us into the next seasons of life.   That HE must become more and I must become less rings true in scripture and in all believer’s lives.   Pouring our lives out as a fragrant offering as Paul talked about, ready to go anywhere, any-time as a bond servant of the most high God.   Not rushed, but with a 'relaxed concern' as Frank Tillipaugh talked about in the mid 80's.   I believe that God has now brou...

We are starting to build structures with locals in Johannesburg as well as bringing teens from the UK and Canada to help.  Please take a look at the system of construction we are settling into in order to help others in Africa and around the world. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2p9F7Bhn4kc

mo·men·tum mōˈmen(t)əm,məˈmen(t)əm/ noun 1.     1 . PHYSICS the quantity of motion of a moving body, measured as a product of its mass and velocity. 2.     2 . the impetus gained by a moving object. "the vehicle  gained momentum  as the road dipped" 1996 Kelowna Amor Mexico build In 1991 a group of teens from Kelowna BC built the first Canadian AMOR house in Mexico.  The simple beginnings of this 7m x 7m ‘garage on steroids’ as we called it has had huge implications on the way we have shaped youth outreach over the years and has left a tangible mechanism that we could use to help the poor at the same time.   Always centred on relational development, the trips have been about doing life together to discover Christ, while at the same time holding true to scripture ….. do not forget the poor. Fast forward 20+ years and nothing has changed philosophically, but everything is changing kinetically....