What a great opportunity to be able to add some needed equipment to four different homes this month; a youth centre, an orphanage, a quadriplegic centre, and a home for women in crisis.
There were many amazed and smiling faces as we unloaded air-fryers, blenders, plates, bowls, cups, glasses, cutlery, a huge TV, wall heaters, and much more!
These centres all run on love and a prayer and we are honoured and grateful to be able to assist in any way in their worthy causes.
(from David and Chris) Thank you so much for your love and prayers – we really feel them and the Spirit is truly working here! Wonderful people to work with on the ground and amazing fellow missionaries. Will write and tell all about it when we return middle of the month, but for now here are some photos to enjoy. (so much has already happened, thank you Jesus!) Please keep praying!
The children of our weekly Sunday School had been faithfully committing Bible verses to memory. Today was the day they would be tested. All the children lined up excitedly as teacher Amy put them to the test.
She wrote one word on the white-board and each student would share as many Scriptures as possible with that word in it. Competition was fierce and all the children prided themselves in knowing God’s Word by heart. We were impressed when the winners were able to recite 24, 19, and 17 verses, respectively.
There were prizes for the top three winners, (as well as a consolation snack for all other attendees)
What a fun way to spend the Sunday morning and well done to all the faithful ‘studiers of God’s Word”!
For the past several years, David (one of our full-time mission team) has been uplifting children through coaching sports! He prays with the children before their training and sports matches, and by God’s Grace is able to be a mentor and fun positive influence in the lives of these kids.
Recently the club held their end of season event, and David felt led to make it extra special for the children of his team. After praying and brainstorming, he reached out to different individuals, and miraculously, step by step the plan began to happen – and, better than planned! One company donated gift vouchers for play sessions, another friend helped with the cost of medals, still another with printing labels for the medals! David committed time into the evenings to write 12 different personalized feedback messages, which were then printed on certificates! We also added a “Man of Love” Gospel poster for each child.
When the day came, oh what a beautiful scene it was! The children and parents were absolutely thrilled, and the effort David put in was well worth it! A super big thanks also to those that jumped in to make this extra special touch of Jesus’s Love a reality!
Thank you for your prayers towards Hermanus outreach – it was amazingly anointed and the kids absolutely shone with the Love of Jesus and enjoyed themselves! All kinds of people received the message and we had good conversations with younger and older.
12 individuals accepted Jesus Christ as Lord and Saviour, and thousands of pieces of literature were given out!
Perfect weather as prayed for, no rain. Just great. The Lord is so faithful!
We are receiving a lot of fresh bread from a new sponsor – such an open door and blessing! Bread is of course always a welcome staple, and so far we’ve been able to give over 6500 rolls to feeding schemes, our Sunday School children, rural communities, soup kitchens, and homeless shelters!
At one food distribution, we gave out age-appropriate Bible books to the children, which they were extremely appreciative of!
We were given over 40 fruit trees as part of a local initiative to support sustainability. A youth centre and community farm in Phillipi was thrilled to receive many of them, and we’ve beenable to plant some at our mission centre too!
God bless Intercape, who not only donated bus tickets for David and Chris, but also the transport of two large boxes full of brand new shoes and clothing items!
(From David and Chris)
Getting to give these shoes and clothes to so many children in need was really heartwarming – and a great open door to remind them how much Jesus loves them. These young ones have so little, yet are so kind, respectful, and grateful. It just makes you want to do more and more!
One special happening was when we wanted to hike up a mountain to reach an isolated village. Multiple people in the village told us it was dangerous to hike up, as the trail was very wet and slippery. So we both desperately prayed and sought the Lord for His Will, as we didn’t want to fail those dear ones, but neither did we want to be careless with our safety. We prayed, and got the Scripture “The law of God is in his heart, none of his steps shall slide!” (Psalm 37:31) So we went, bringing Gospel material, snacks, and a pair of shoes in our bags. (The chief’s son loves Jesus and is ministering in the village, even though his father himself is not saved and doesn’t really understand or support him. We thought that maybe this pair of sports shoes would fit this young man, so we brought it up, and lo and behold, it did!!! We then found out that he used to be a runner in school, and so appreciated them even more! What a blessing!) We were safe both up and down, and the time was very blessed!
