South African Orion Duet Ministries

 THE SOUTH AFRICAN ORION DUET AND MATUNDA YA YESU

MATUNDA YA YESU is under the direction of Lungile. This choir is comprised of African refugees who are resettled in Albuquerque. They sing in their African Languages: Kirundi, Kinyarwanda, and Swahili.  The SAOD sings in South African languages such as Xhosa, Zulu, Ndebele, Sotho, and English.

"We Are Here To Serve"

Perfoming arts is their specialty. They sing, preach,  and  dance, depending on the occasion, but most of all, we are here to serve,advocate for the dignity and rights of the refugee and other vulnerable populations of the world.  

Singing:

The SAOD sings in churches, schools, theaters, weddings, and even in funerals.

They have perfomed around USA from New York to California. Their CD's have been sold in USA, England, Canada, and South Africa.

Preaching:

Elder Lungile Sinandile is an ordained Elder(Bishop) and a church Organist. If you would like a sample of his sermons please do not hesitate to ask. He specializes in :

•  Second Advent           (2nd coming  of Jesus)
• Prophecy
• Salvation/Gospel Presentation
• Relationships, etc
•  They also have a program they call 'Midnight Cry 2, which incorporates music, scripture and prophecy. This program is about the 2nd coming of Christ, right at the final hour, to the time we enter in to heaven.          

Dance

To celebrate and retain their cultural identity Lungile and Nkazi perform South African cultural dances, music and drumming when invited by the schools for a cultural programs.  Many of the songs they sing are composed and arranged by Lungile.

Who are  we

•  Lungile and Nkazi Sinandile, husband-wife vocal, recording artists, often called "papa Lungile and "mama Nkazi, in New Mexico by the newly arrived African refugee families ( new Americans) were born and raised in South Africa.  They attended Andrews University, a church affiliated school in Michigan, and De Vry University in Los Angeles Califonia.  They were also anxious to experience life away from the suffocating strictures of apartheid. 
  
  Their next stop was Southern California-Loma Linda specifically- in 1989, where their love for others and fellowship and a desire to start an African church in Loma Linda, led Lungile into mobilizing other Africans and students, inviting them to their house for meals, fellowship, singing, Bible study and prayer. He accomplished this by the use of telephone books in the Library, calling every last name that looks African.  
   
  Soon thereafter, other African students,  professionals and other diaspora Africans joined in hosting fellowship dinners/evening house worships, hence the beginnings of the All Nations African church of Seventh-day Adventists, in the early 90's. The church is located at 2282 East Pumalo Street, San Bernardino, California, 92404. Praise be to God for what He has done for the African communities and their friends in the San Bernardino County. 

The duo temporarily lives with their two daughters and grand children in Albuquerque, New Mexico.

Milestones:
Lungile: accomplished Composer, Singer, Guiterist, Key board and organ player, Ordained Elder, Preacher, Refugee Youth Choir director, Community Support Coordinator for African Refugees- New Mexico, HIV/AIDS orphans advocate, grand father, Certified by Family Dynamics Institute, "to lead the most, powerful and effective course for strengthening good marriages, revitalizing stagnant marriages, and saving marriages that seem to be lost”.
 
Nkazi: Accomplished Singer, Community Support Coordinator For African Refugees-New Mexico, ESL Tutor and Founder of Tutoring At Bambanani Village (TABV) for refugees; grand mother,  Family Dynamics Institute certified and director of Women's Global Pathways New Mexico, a newly established organization that creates small business journeys for refugee and other immigrant women and girls.
  
Their thirty years in the United states has been riddled with misfortune ( has truly been a worthwhile wilderness experience for them, hence the book Lungile wrote - Second Chance),  however, in spite of that, they have allowed God to use them to be His voice, the hands and feet for the less fortunate.  "Their heart for Africa has not waned, even though the couple moved to the United States in 1981", says Patrick Dunn, for the Albuquerque Journal, New Mexico.