Carrots, Potatoes, Onions, Marrows, Oranges, Apples, Bread, Instant Cereal, Tea, Milk, Sugar, Jimmy Sauce, Bananas, and a Gospel Activated magazine went into parcels for the dear people of this impoverished community. Through the hours of distribution, the tender smiles that dawned when we reminded them – man, woman, teenager, or child- that Jesus loves them, showed us it’s worth it all.
How wonderful to see God work! Someone showed up at the mission in the evening with an unexpected donation – 166 loaves of fresh bread! (And just that morning we’d been praying for the ability to reach out to more in need!) The bread went all over, to patients at clinics, quadriplegic centres, a creche, an elderly care centre, and to displaced or homeless individuals. On behalf of all the recipients, our thanks to Jesus and to the kind individual who gave all this bread!
In addition to specific focuses and projects; picking up, sorting, and distributing foodstuffs to soup kitchens, centres and individuals keeps us busy all week long! We at Helping Hand are 24/7, so whenever some of us take an off day, others keep the ministry going! And whenever help is given, it is given with the message that God’s Love is the reason why; that all may know that they are Known by Him.
Over 7 hours harvesting!
The Spinach went to:
– 5 Soup Kitchens
– An Orphanage
– A Home for Disabled Children
– A Quadriplegic Centre
– Parcels for Individual Families
A Huge “Thank You” to the farmer who donated the fresh produce, as well as the extra volunteers who assisted our Helping Hand team in harvesting!
We have recently assisted this centre (one of our long-term beneficiaries) with multiple loads of foodstuffs, both fresh and non-perishable, as well as Gospel material for the staff members!
It is a true blessing to be able to assist this very underfunded local creche in their reopening efforts by supplying them with foodstuffs! The teachers faithfully take care of 30-40 children, and the food the kids get at creche is sometimes their only good meal of the day.
To give a hand of hope and upliftment to mothers, we visited four clinics in Wellington, Kraaifontein, Fisantekraal, and Brighton, giving special parcels to the moms and their babies! Cereal, fruit, diapers, baby clothes and shoes, toy rattles, lotions, soap, milk, coffee, tea, sugar, and treats all were joyously received! We took time to give each mother a word of encouragement, and remind them that God sees their care and sacrifice for the little ones. It was wonderful!
Here you see a project for women’s month at two communities – milk, coffee, tea, sugar, treats, butternut, cabbage, bread, flour, lemons, instant cereal, apples, and Gospel Activated magazines for all! Then, for all the ladies, special hygiene packs, and a chocolate bar!
Each man, woman, and child received their gifts and parcels with so much thankfulness, and the women especially felt special to be recognized as the pillars of their families that they are. One lady – obviously pregnant – came through the line, and humbly asked if she could not have butternut, as she didn’t want to seem ungrateful, but they did not sit well with her stomach during this time. We gladly swapped in other items for her, and were able to bless her with a little extra in the parcel overall! A little thing, but it makes a difference. May we all count our many blessings every day.
