Rietta de Villiers has a passion for seeing God work at such a time as this.

When I think about the excitement of it and see what the Lord do in places like you were

in the Dominican public, and now in America, I'm really excited to think that the Lord can do it in South Africa.

And I look forward to see what he's going to do.

This is the Revive Our Hearts podcast for Wednesday, December 2nd, 2015. What time is it?

Well, for the last two days, we've been addressing that question on revive our hearts.

You look around the world and things may seem very bleak, but as children of God, we have a powerful reason for hope.

This week, we've been encouraging you to ask the Lord, what would you have me do for such a time as this?

A dear friend of our ministry named Rietta has been asking that as well. For many years, Rietta has carried a burden for women in South

Africa to know God's word, to embrace God's calling and is designed for their lives, and to see God

visit that country in true revival. At times, Rietta has felt alone with that burden, but instead of

losing hope, she asked God

what he would have her do for such a time as this. And then, once she got the answer, the

challenge was, would she say, yes, Lord? We'll hear Rietta's story today. Now imagine you

were traveling to another country, and you sensed that God wanted to speak

through you in that country in a language that wasn't your mother tongue, and you had no idea how.

Sounds pretty daunting to me. Well, Rietta knows what that's like, as we're about to hear. Let's listen.

For the last couple of decades, Rietzza de Villiers has been driven by a passion for women

to teach other women God's word.

I think it's really necessary for women teaching women.

That passion has led Rihanna to launch many ministries in Pretoria, South Africa, where she lives.

I'm involved in a Bible study group at my home now for 25 years, and now I'm more busy with

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