How lovely it was to see how the children and staff of Baphumelele Orphanage reacted to the gift of several inflatable swimming pools, toys, armbands, and also some awesome donated sports equipment!!
Some awesome fun in the sun for these dear little ones, who have already suffered much in life, and can do with every bit of love, care, and joy!
Thanks to the wonderful gift of two VANLOADS of mealie corn, we distributed this precious staple to many families and soup kitchens in various areas – paired with a whole lot of “Jesus-Loves-Yous!”
Anthony (who cofounded Helping Hand with his wife Anja (Talitha) ) has recently launched a Youtube channel – @ChristianComix! Please subscribe and share; doing all we can to get the Gospel out in relevant ways in these times. Thank you!
For many years since first meeting at a Grahamstown Festival Outreach, Michelle has been following up on and ministering to this dear gentlemen “V.” He’s mentioned that he passes on our devotional audios to many of his contacts, and that so many people look forward to receiving them weekly. He also gives out Gospel tracts regularly to customers and strangers alike; sharing with them the truth he has learned. So this visit, we were excited to equip him with a whole box of tracts, Activated magazines, and other devotional books to use in his own witnessing and winning efforts! What a joy to see our teaching and training bearing fruit and leading to others spreading the Gospel as well! (2 Timothy 2:2)
After their Bible lesson, each of the children at our Sunday School enjoyed cold fresh milk on a hot morning! We rely completely on donations of funds and in kind to keep running, and are extremely grateful for this gift of milk which made them all so happy!
Two quadriplegic centres and a safe home for women in crisis received special eye-and-face safe sanitizer, coffee, tea, and big bales of tissue paper! Supplies for a happy new year!
We don’t know what the future holds, but we know who holds the future. The things we need to know, the Lord tells us, and sometimes the things we want to know, He tells us, but most of the time He throws a veil over the future so it is known only to Him—and that really keeps us close to the Lord.
He’s promised to never leave or forsake us (Hebrews 13:5). “I am with you always, even unto the end of the world” (Matthew 28:20 KJV). He’s also given us the torch of His Word to show us where our path is going. “Your Word is a lamp to my feet and a light to my path” (Psalm 119:105).
In the middle of the very busy Gospel outreaches of the season and our full time members being stretched in every direction, it was lovely to have some volunteers come to help distribute two vans and two cars full of Christmas hamper items to over 500 people! Together we prayed with the crowd before beginning, and then the activity began in full! One by one down a long long line, we gave out potatoes, carrots, apples, oranges, cereal, rusks, tea, coffee, goodie bags, sanitizer, and toys for the children! It was a wonderful success, both in the volunteers being able to hands-on share His Love, and the many many younger and older that received a physical touch of that Love.
