Odette Coetsee

Odette has been a Training Facilitator at Petra Institute since August 2013.

After reading about the Walking with Wounded Children Course, she felt so drawn to it and something stirred within her heart that day. This is her passion – wounded children – and seeing them come to healing. So, she attended the course at Petra in 2013 and a few months later joined us with the wholehearted belief in our values and mission. She wanted to be a part of this movement too.

In 2019, God took her to the jungle in Borneo, Indonesia, to the Living Waters Village, where she spent seven months. This ministry houses almost 1 000 children, coming from very desperate situations. Odette presented the Entering the World of Children Course, and the Walking with Wounded Children Course to the 75 leaders of Living Waters Village.

She says it has been such a privilege to present these courses in Indonesia, Singapore, Ghana, Tanzania, Malawi, Mozambique, Swaziland, and South Sudan.