On July 12, 2016, at just after 2:00AM, Michael and Angela were blessed with a healthy and beautiful baby boy – Samuel Aidan Grant! Many prayers were answered and our hearts rejoiced to welcome this little bundle of God’s Love into the world!

Early this morning our four-member team left Cape Town; on their way to do outreach at the 11-day Grahamstown Arts Festival! Here you see them with boxes of Bibles, Gospel tracts, and inspirational Activated magazines. Please join us in prayer for safe travels, good weather and health, souls saved, lives changed, and many reached with the Love of Jesus! Thank you! (Romans 1:16) For I am not ashamed of the Gospel of Christ: for it is the power of God unto salvation to every one that believeth… (Mark 16:15) And he said unto them, Go ye into all the world, and preach the Gospel to every creature.

The main purpose of Sunday School is to bring children closer to Jesus, and to help them feel His Love. This time, our weekly efforts bore wonderful “fruit.” The teachers told the story of Jesus’ death on the cross, His Resurrection, and the ability for each person to receive Him, have forgiveness of sins, and reserve an eternal home in Heaven. The response was amazing; 25 children eagerly bowed their heads and prayed to accept Jesus into their lives! How the angels must have rejoiced, and how we rejoiced, and now we hope you will rejoice as well!

A very Happy Father’s Day to all fathers out there. You fill and have filled a hugely important role in your children’s lives – whether you realise it or not. Let us all remember our Great Role Model Father, and be better examples of His Love, day by day. Psalm 103:13 “As a father has compassion on his children, so the LORD has compassion on those who fear Him.”

For this cold and wet winter’s Youth Day, we drove around the neighbourhood with special gifts ready! Two large pots of soup were loaded into the van, as well as winter clothing items. Each homeless person we met was the grateful recipient of a steaming bowl of soup, a scarf, cap, and blanket, and to round it off, a waterproof winter jacket! Each was also given a Gospel tract with a simple Salvation message. One group of “friends” united in poverty immediately began eating their soup, and thanked us profusely. Then, when the youth volunteers returned a second time from the van with the clothing items, their astonishment knew no bounds. One of the men held his new jacket at arms length and felt the material, exclaiming again and again “this is a real winter jacket! Look, it’s waterproof!” Another man rose up from his makeshift bed in a corner between two buildings, and we were shocked to see that he had on only a tshirt and an old tattered pair of pants. We were nearly moved to tears as we realized yet again how blessed we are, and how much we take for granted. Another large group received their gifts thankfully, and then surprised us with a request. “Will you please pray for us?” With glad, humble hearts we bowed our heads and led them in a simple prayer. Isaiah 59:1 says “Behold, the LORD’S hand is not shortened, that it cannot save; neither his ear heavy, that it cannot hear:“ We clearly saw the need that night, both physical and spiritual. Our thanks go to our friends and sponsors, as well as the youth volunteers, without whom these dear ones would have faced a far more difficult winter’s night.    

During the month of May, we have collected, sorted, allocated, and distributed more than 4600kg of fresh produce; fruits and vegetables! These healthy foods made their way into soup kitchens, quadriplegic centres, an orphanage, youth training homes, drug rehab institutions, community upliftment street outreaches, crèches, and dozens of individual food parcels! Thank you to you, our dear friends and sponsors, for your donations, which help towards petrol/storage costs, as well as giving in kind. Your generosity impacts many, many lives!

Hundreds of donated pairs of shoes were sorted, paired up, and set aside for both needy centres and individuals. With winter coming on, proper footwear is a must-have, and we pray that many will truly benefit from these shoes!

This donation of hundreds of kilos of meat and many dozens of eggs went to centres and feeding schemes all around Cape Town; benefiting young and old(er).