Derek PuffettBorn in Johannesburg, South Africa, in 1942 but raised in Port Elizabeth, Derek became a managing company director in the business world. Whilst working in Namibia he met and married Beryl. They have been married for more than fifty years and have tw wonderful children and five beautiful grandchildren. In Namibia Derek and Beryl pioneered Life Line - a non-profit secular telephone counselling service. After becoming Christians they used this experience to establish Telefriend, a Christian telephone helpline in South Africa. Called to full time Christian work, Derek spent twelve years in pastoral ministry, with Beryl alongside, in a large church in Pretoria. They have always had a special interest in helping hurting and broken people and a desire to see them restored and equipped. When they discovered that Ellel Ministries had a similar vision and experience in this area, they sensed a strong call of God to change the direction of their lives. They hence made the huge step of leaving their church and spending two years in the UK, being equipped and receiving healing ministry for themselves. Since their return to South Africa in 2001, they have been pioneering and establishing Ellel Ministries in Africa, including Shere House in Pretoria and centres in KwaZulu Natal, Rwanda and Kenya. All these centres offer help and training to Christians who are earnestly seeking healing and all that God has for them. Derek and Beryl understand the challenges and struggles faced by pastors and leaders. They have a heart to encourage them and see them healed and free of any bondages that would prevent them being effective in their service for the King of kings Read More Read Less