“I just want to know if possible for a donation for a family staying in Eersterivier. The mom died after being hospitalized for Covid now only the father with 3kids to take care of.
Two of the kids is wheelchair bound with no mom anymore the father have to depend on his mother’s help which is also a pensioner. Can you please help with a food parcel for this family the father is working but it’s really difficult to keep food on table and also to see to other needs
Thank you very much.”
(From Anthony and Chris, who recently went on a faith trip, visiting various towns, farms, and people.)
Thank you for your prayers for the outreach trip; it was a great blessing and success! Lots of conversations, especially about prayer, hearing from the Lord, the Endtimes, faithfulness, and not being discouraged when we face problems!
We were also able to minister on the streets and speak to/pray with quite a few people. One morning we were invited to give a word to 41 workers on a farm, and gave a Salvation message as well!
We always miraculously were offered a place to stay, and had enough to eat, plus gifts of fuel when we needed.
Thanks to your support (and the donations of clothing) we held “free shop” events for nearly 200 people in need. We had sufficient clothes for each man, women, and child to be able to select several items, including scarves, pants, jackets, jerseys, shoes, and more! With the weather still quite cold, and considering that most of these dear ones live in tents or broken down dwellings, you can imagine that they each received their personal armload of clothes most appreciatively! Each person also received a Gospel message to take home!
We gave hand-knitted gloves and other warm items – snoods and headbands – for all the children at Sunday School! A huuuge thanks to the lady who made each and every one – a true labour of love, for which the children were so very thankful!
We were invited to harvest a whole lot of cabbages, which was a great experience! They were then distributed to many needy families, along with bread, fruit, and Gospel magazines!
Below you can see some pictures of three different Women’s Day Celebrations! We spoke at a ladies’ function, giving encouragement to women who are facing extremely challenging home situations, and sharing a lovely lunch together. . Another team went to a rural community, bringing quality chocolates and cool drink for each of the women there; reminding them that they are loved and valued. As we spoke with each one personally, they were delighted to be able to choose their own chocolate and cool drink flavours! Our third team visited a centre for pregnant women in crisis, (with cakes and cookies galore) in order to bring a women’s day tea to them all! A wonderful Women’s Day!
In our general operations over the last two weeks, we’ve been busy with soup and bread to children and low-income families, sorting and preparing non-perishable donations for distribution, polony sandwiches for children at Sunday School, large food parcels for unemployed mothers, Bibles for the homeless who have recently received Christ with us, and more!
Helping those who are uplifting others in the Name of Jesus has always been one of our main operating methods, and why we chose “Helping Hand” as our name. We’re really pleased and thankful for what’s been accomplished in July – cleaning supplies, basic household items, and toiletries brought to a quadriplegic home, and all manner of furniture, baby cots, heaters, linens, urns, and more given to an orphanage!
