Correct nutrition is vital for the growth and development of children, and we were blessed to be able to bring fresh oranges (as well as vegetables) to this settlement! We unloaded outside the community leader’s house, to much excitement from all around. Thank you, our friends and sponsors!

For Women’s Day, youth volunteers packed parcels with beauty and hygiene products, and we then brought them to ladies at a home for women in crisis. As we had tea together with them, each lady received her parcel, as well as an inspirational book on love. After tea each one had a chance to have portrait pictures taken, which they very much enjoyed! Other parcels went to women at a small informal settlement, where we were greeted with much joy! Children were given candies and fruit, and the women each got their own special “appreciation bag!” To women everywhere, may you be blessed on this day!

What a blessing to be able to affect change! We each have that power in the everyday things we do. Here is a reaction from Pastor Raymond, who runs a feeding scheme in Heidelberg. We were able to assist the project with some foodstuffs. “When they arrived with the food last week, it was right on time. I (Oom Raymond) was cutting the bread and there was nothing to eat the bread with. And suddenly Jesus appears with peanut butter. Right on time as the first child was given their slice of bread, which was their supper. The joy that they had! They started shouting “thank you Jesus” as we told them that Jesus supplied. Thank you Helping Hand!!!”

At Sunday School, the children enjoyed the Bible stories, colouring, and songs. They participated, laughed, sang, and chattered excitedly. But oh how their faces lit up as we handed each one a large chocolate chip cookie! An extra treat and manifestation of His Great Love for them. Hallelujah!

This soup kitchen serves the community three days a week, and we are proud to be able to support them, with the backing of our sponsors! Here you see a load of fresh bread being delivered.

(Testimonies from the Helping Hand team: Frank, Michelle, Chris, David (and Tino from Grahamstown, who joined the team for outreach on some of the days) Stopping with a group of 6 young men, chatting and laughing, I offered them each a tract. They all went silent and accepted the tracts curiously. As I was handing them round, I said “sorry if I interrupted your conversation” and the “ringleader” replied, “no man, it’s cool. This looks worth stopping for!” James and I began a conversation on one side of town, and continued it as we walked. More than half an hour later we were at the other side of town, and had covered topics ranging from relationships to prayer, current world events, and personal commitment to Jesus. I told him how I gave my life to Jesus, and he explained how he grew up in a Christian family, but couldn’t quite understand who Jesus was and why he should receive him. We talked together for a while more, and at last he agreed to give Jesus a try, and accepted Him as His personal Saviour! We exchanged details and I encouraged him to stay in touch and to pray, cause Jesus is always listening. Ikiwe was sitting in his car by the side of the street, and after I gave him a tract, he turned off his engine and we struck up quite a conversation. He was not sure if he could fully accept Jesus, but was very willing to listen and we discussed language barriers, changing the world, and how we each have a destiny and are not forgotten by God. Towards the end of the conversation, he said “Look, we may not agree on everything, but I want you to know that you’ve fulfilled your mission. I know you’re Read the full article…

For Mandela Day this year, we organized projects and events for a creche, a soup kitchen, an informal settlement, the homeless, a quadrepledgic centre, three clinics, Sunday School, a fire station and a police station! Thank you to the Lord; as well as to our dear friends and sponsors!  

Thank you all for your support and prayers towards the Grahamstown Arts Festival Outreach; it was blessed and a huge success! In fact, more people accepted Jesus as their Saviour during this festival than at any of the previous Grahamstown outreaches! Hallelujah! The final statistics are: 132 individuals prayed for on the spot; with a variety of different requests 224 decisions to accept Christ as Saviour 222 inspirational Activated magazines given as faith-boosters 127 Gospels of John given; to make Jesus’ words more accessible 17 Bibles given to those who wanted to learn more 17 700 Tracts distributed Scores of numbers were also exchanged, and many interested individuals have now been added to the weekly Whatsapp devotional lists, ensuring they will receive further spiritual “nourishment.” Our praise and thanks go first to the Lord, and of course to our dear friends and sponsors! Without each of you, this would not have been possible. Thank you! God bless you.