For this project at a youth centre in Phillipi, we had a vanload ready of household items, appliances, blankets, linens, and brand new shoes! (which were donated in many boxes of odd/incomplete pairs, and David here at the mission spent many painstaking hours matching shoes till there were quite a few complete pairs for use!) At this centre they offer both lifeskills training and spiritual upliftment to young people coming from orphanages, juvenile court, and other difficult backgrounds. These young men and woman often stay long term, and many get job placements; becoming able to face the world and their future lives with a much better foundation. When planning, we prayed if we should go to deliver all the things on Tuesday or Wednesday, and in spite of the fact that Tuesday was extremely busy, felt led that it should be then.

So, everything was loaded, and off we went. When we arrived, the house “fathers” gasped as they began looking through the various boxes. Turns out that the kettle for the one dorm had just broken, and there in a box was a replacement kettle! Then “are those curtains?” they asked. “You won’t believe it, but TONIGHT some young ladies are moving into the one room, and we didn’t have any curtains for the window! We were concerned about privacy, but didn’t have funds to get curtains. Now we can put these up right away!”

And the shoes…oh what excitement! Several of the young men enjoy running, and had just recently completed a half marathon – albeit in old uncomfortable shoes. Imagine their joy as they tried on brand new top quality pairs! There were pairs for everyone!

We gave each of the young people and the house fathers inspirational Gospel material, and prayed together with them, once again rejoicing in God’s perfect personal care and timing in so many ways!

Thank you so very much for your prayers and support for our outreach in Oudtshoorn during KKNK! It was such a blessed and anointed time, with many people reached with the Gospel and a lot of follow-up visits and discipling from previous outreaches – visiting people again from 13 years ago all the way to those met last year.

Immediate and known results are… (click for more!)

The children of Helping Hand enjoyed giving chocolates and smiles out freely to over 120 elderly residents of this care home “Tehuis.” Many of these individuals are suffering from loss of limbs, loved ones, and even mental capability. What a joy to bring them sparks of kindness and special treats for their enjoyment!

At our Sunday School, the children experienced the Easter story in a special way through a home-made flannel-graph, which was used to bring the message to life! They also received hand-packed treats packs with a reminder Gospel message inside! They enjoyed some of the sweeties immediately and took the rest home to enjoy later! What a happy Easter, praise you Jesus!

How special to spend a special time uplifting these ladies – who are staying at a crisis centre and were not expecting much of an Easter celebration. With gifts, treats, and a message on the unwavering Love of Jesus, it was a day to remember!

Up from the grave he arose;
with a mighty triumph o’er his foes;
he arose a victor from the dark domain,
and he lives forever, with his saints to reign.
He arose! He arose! Hallelujah! Christ arose!

‘But God demonstrates His own love toward us, in that while we were still sinners, Christ died for us.”(Romans 5:8)

Blessed Good Friday to you and yours as we remember Jesus. Let us praise our dear LORD for loving us enough to come live and love and die for us, so that we through Him we can live and love forever!

The Lord supplied SO abundantly – more than we could ask or think (Ephesians 3:20) and much more than we could ever afford to do with our own ability – that we had an amazing time distributing food parcels to these many families in great need! Flour, cereal, tea, coffee, sugar, hot cross buns, apples, bananas, potatoes, carrots, onions, gemsquash, tissue paper, and Gospel tracts were all inside each parcel! We are also grateful to have had several volunteers join us, both for preparing and packing the items before event, and at distribution itself! Prayer —> Provision —> Packing —> Prayer —> Project —> Praise!