Dr. Amanda Buys was born in Port Shepstone, Natal, into a family of five children, of which she was the fourth. Life was not easy growing up in a dysfunctional and alcoholic home, but the LORD used that childhood pain in her own life to bring healing and understanding to others, as well as restoration. “….all things work together and are (fitting into a plan) for good to and for those who love GOD and are called according to (HIS) design and purpose.” Romans 8:28.
After completing high school, Amanda studied Bsc. at the University of Pretoria. She then worked full time as a teacher at a high school for the next three years. During that time, Amanda met and married Roly, and by GOD’s Grace they have now been married for more than forty years! Roly and Amanda have three children and six grandchildren. Roly and Amanda strongly believe that the family is called together as a unit in ministry. Strong family ties are emphasized with Godly Order in place.
Amanda has been called into a teaching and prophetic ministry. Her main gifting has been to find ways to present GOD’s Father Heart to His children in the clearest way possible. Much of her material is now available on DVD and CD, as well as in the form of manuals and books. Roly has also written books on the understanding of our Hebraic Roots – understanding the Messianic perspective of the Feasts – and how to restore the family blessings, the important role of the fathers.
Amanda ministers throughout South Africa – presenting seminars, workshops, and teachings on a variety of topics ranging from deliverance, inner healing, and intercession. Amanda also works together with the prayer leaders of South Africa, ministering on cleansing the saints and training the soldiers for war. “The LORD has blessed Amanda Buys with revelation and insight to achieve a lifestyle of victory in Messiah through practical experience, coming face to face with the reasons for failure of victorious living, and through extensive and intensive research, the result of which is her series “Journey2Freedom” and “Journey2Wholeness”, as well as other advanced training courses.
In addition, many churches and fellowship groups are using her manuals and DVD’s to teach and train their leaders and members on how to live a life of victory. Amanda also works in prisons using the J2F and J2W material and DVD’s. Much growth and blessings continue to be seen through this program. Amanda also has a heart to restore South Africa’s First Peoples, the Foundation Nation, also known as the Khoi.
The international ministry involves travelling to Europe, often two to three times anually, for many years, visiting mainly Germany and Switzerland. Amanda has also ministered in Portugal, Austria (Maria Prean), Italy, England, Ireland, Taiwan and the United States. Some of her works have been translated into various languages including French, Italian, Hungarian, Arabic, Albanian, Russian, and Finnish, the bulk being translated into German. Her international ministry has also been founded on the principle of relationships based on the networking of like-minded ministries who recognize the calling of spiritual fathering and mothering – and the release of generational blessings. It has been a wonderful privilege to work together with leaders from all over Europe, building the ministry on the basis of RELATIONSHIPS. We give ABBA FATHER all the Glory for the Godly network He has formed and the precious friendships that have followed, based upon the completed work of His Son, Y’shua (Jesus) our Messiah.