Ruan // Belonging to The Father Pt. 1

In South Africa, near the birthplace of Nelson Mandela, Ruan Cilliers left behind a successful engineering career to follow a divine calling—one that would take him and his wife, into one of the country's impoverished villages. What began as a leap of faith into Zithulele, a rural community scarred by generational poverty and fatherlessness, became a lifelong mission to restore purpose and belonging.

Through his ministry efforts Ruan learned the hard truth: it was not his words or Bible studies that broke through, but the act of a father changing a diaper—a quiet image of love that shattered deeply rooted beliefs about worth and manhood.

This is the story of how God transforms not only broken communities but also the very people He sends—shifting transactional faith into relational living. A story of purpose, pain, and ultimately, the power of the Father's love.