Here is a short video showcasing our new Sunday School project; where the children come together for devotions, arts & crafts, songs, games, and snacks. We are grateful for those of you who helped get it off the ground, and excited to see it continue!
Even though both of our vans have alternately been out of commission in the last weeks, thanks to the help of friends we have been able to continue our work; both missionary outreach and humanitarian projects. Many thanks!
Many medicines are designed to be taken with food; we are so happy to have this fresh bread available for the patients of this local government clinic. It makes it easier for the patients to take their pills, and we hope also will help them remember that Someone cares for them, and knows their needs.
At 2:35AM on Saturday, April 2nd, 2016, little Kristen Larissa -a beautiful baby girl – was born to Chris and Ester! An amazing miracle of life and joy! Hallelujah!
March was a busy month, with a large amount of fresh fruit and vegetables collected, sorted, and distributed to dozens of centres, institutions for the disabled, clinics, orphanages, and elderly care homes, – in addition to hundreds of individual families! More than 7000kg of fresh produce made its way to those who desperately needed it. Below you can see some pictures of loading/unloading. A big “thank you” to you our friends and sponsors, for both financial donations and donations in kind. You make this possible!
The 2016 KKNK Festival Outreach was a great success and wonderful opportunity to spread the message of Forgiveness of Sins, The Power of God, and the Eternal Love of our Jesus to thousands! The final statistics from our team: 90 individuals accepted the gift of Salvation and received Jesus into their lives! More than 8000 Gospel pamphlets were distributed! 232 Activated magazines given out. 60 people received Bibles and Gospels of John. 11 faith-building books for people to grow in faith. Many more prayed for and encouraged! A great resounding “THANK YOU” goes out to our sponsors and prayer friends, without whom this outreach would not have been possible. You share in the rewards of each soul saved, life changed, each individual (and every family) brought closer to Christ, and all the hearts reached with His Love! Below are a few testimonies from the trip. —————————————————————————- – As I walked down the main road, I felt prompted to walk down a quiet side street. I crossed paths with a young man and offered him a Gospel pamphlet. He stopped to read it , and as he did I took the opportunity to ask him if he knew Jesus already. He replied humbly that he knew Jesus but that he hadn’t personally accepted him yet. I took the opportunity to explain to him that Salvation is God’s free gift to us just as we are, and all we have to do is accept it. I asked if he would like to receive that gift and he quietly responded yes. right there on the street he bowed his head and accepted Jesus into his heart as his Saviour. When we finished I asked if he needed a Bible and he replied that he had at home. I gave him some inspirational reading Read the full article…
(From Jean and Kristina and their children Kodie, Gerry, Nathan, Estelle, and Anna-Mae: France) Written by Kodie (16yrs) The children made cards for a local retirement and frail care home. The staff was very touched and asked if we could join them for their Easter celebration. There would be other children there as well but they were more than happy to have us hand out our cards. The event started with everyone doing an Easter egg hunt together. Afterwards the kids did arts and crafts and talked with the elderly. This was followed by a snack for everyone, and then the kids gave out their cards. The Director of Operations specifically thanked us. She said that they had organised activities for the children so the elderly folks were pleasantly surprised that our kids had made something for THEM. Dad was talking with one lady who was sitting very quietly by herself. She asked about the children and was happy to hear that we have a family of five! When Dad shared how he believes each child is a gift from God, she heartily agreed. We are so glad to be able to share some cheer and show the Love of Jesus to these dear senior citizens, who deserve every bit of love they can get.
For Easter the children and teenagers of Helping Hand went around delivering chocolates and sweets to hundreds of residents of an informal settlement and a center for women in crisis and the elderly residents of a frail-care center. We also shared a message of hope and joy with each gift bag and, of course, a big hug for everyone!
