We prepared appreciation packs of chocolates and cool drink, together with a Gospel poster, for 206 hard working ladies who help to run a orphanage, creche, soup kitchen, frail care, skills training centre, and library! These wonderful community pillars deserve every bit of thanks they get plus much more, and we were very pleased to see how happy these gifts made them!

For this Sunday School class, we divided the children into two groups of about 25 kids each, and had a friendly competition back and forth to see which group could name the most things they were thankful for, without naming the same things as the other group. We laughed and praised and were amazed to see how many beautiful unique praises the children came up with! We were also able to sing songs together, play some football, and send each one home with a cup of delicious warm oats!

“She was beautiful, for the way she thought. She was beautiful, for the sparkle in her eyes when she talked about something she loved. She was beautiful, for her ability to make other people smile, even if she was sad. No, she wasn’t beautiful for something as temporary as her looks.” -Scott Fitzgerald

How wonderful it is to have ladies in the world who are beautiful in their souls – who love Jesus and thus love others. Such women who hold on to their faith and are sure to share it whenever possible are absolutely stunning. God sees and knows, and His beautiful Light shines through such ones. Happy Women’s Day!

For a memorable and uplifting Mandela Day, we partnered with a whole team of volunteers from ASICS (who donated the wors and rolls) to hold a big event for two rural communities. We set out the braais, tables, and all the items, then worked together to make hundreds of food hampers – packed with fresh food and non-perishables, as well as basics like tissue paper and a Gospel poster or tract – and hand them out!
After receiving their hampers, each man, woman, and child also got a delicious boerie roll, together with a juice of their choice!

The fires were hot, all the hands busy, and the whole thing a great success!

What a great joy it was to see the many happy faces, and know that the seeds of care and message of “you are loved” linger and grow in the hearts of all who were there.

The two-week Grahamstown (Makhanda) National Arts Festival Outreach this year was wonderfully blessed, exciting, and full of God’s setups! The team was able to visit many individuals that had previously accepted salvation or exchanged details, and spend quality time ministering personally to them.

Immediate, known results are…

We were contacted and asked if we’d like to partner with The Department of Health in reaching out to new mothers. The plan from the department was to hand out pamphlets with much needed health info, and they thought if we could add practical items like nappies, it would make it a much greater blessing and immediate help for these moms and their little ones! By God’s Grace and through miraculous supply of items, the project has taken off! Over the last months, we have been a part of over 1500 moms receiving these packs with pamphlets, nappies, soaps, lotions, and clothing items!

Our outreach team is on the road since Wednesday! With the new miracle van packed full of Bibles, tracts, Activated magazines, and other Gospel material, they have been witnessing and ministering up along the way to Makhanda. (Grahamstown) They will be witnessing there for the duration of the Arts Festival, and come back down again 7th July Lord willing. Two weeks in total.

The rest of the mission team here is continuing with local outreach, Bible studies, food distribution, and projects. Hooray for the miracles and testimonies to come! Thank you for your prayers and support!
The rest of the mission team here is continuing with local outreach, Bible studies, food distribution, and projects. Hooray for the miracles and testimonies to come! Thank you for your prayers and support!

There are many different kinds of fathers, and each with his own fathering style, but the unending, sacrificial love a father has for his children is a reflection of the way God is with us.

So here’s to all you fathers, dads, papas, and daddies, who lay your all on the line for your family, who will spend sleepless nights and endless days unseen fulfilling your role, who do your best to be the best image of God our Father for us.

“Hereby perceive we the love of God, because he laid down his life for us: and we ought to lay down our lives for the [children].” (1 John 3:16)