Today we celebrate the Son of God’s sacrifice on the cross of Calvary and His triumphant victory over death! Jesus died and rose again; that we might be saved from sin, redeemed from death, and have an eternal home with Him in the wonderful Kingdom of Heaven! A very joyous Easter to you and yours!
Once again we have a team reaching out to the many visitors at the KKNK in Oudsthoorn. They have set up their tent at the local sports field and have boxes with Gospel tracts, Activated magazines, and Bibles ready for the people they will be meeting there. Before departing, the van for the trip broke down and we had to switch it with the van we normally use for picking up food. This was not easy for us since we had two tons of vegetables and fruit to pick up the next day and no way to do it, but the Lord encouraged us just to be ready to go to the KKNK and trust Him for the rest. So there we were at 10:30 at night with our food pick-up van loaded up for the road trip and a commitment to pick up food without a van; both happening early the next morning. An impossibility except for the Lord’s assurance that He was working it all out. We were tempted to tell HIm that He didn’t have too much time left since we were all going to bed and had to get going first thing the next day, ha! But as always He knows EXACTLY what He’s doing! A little later we received a message from a dear friend (who wasn’t aware of our dilemma) who said that when he was just about to go to bed he got a feeling to offer us his Toyota Hilux bakkie for the trip! Wow! what an amazing answer to prayer! And God bless this dear friend! Praise God for His wonderful supply. We would appreciate your prayers for the team in Oudsthoorn for the next few days. Yesterday there was a downpour of giant proportions and the whole place got flooded Read the full article…
This donation of 373 bags of gems-squash (over 2500kg!!!) went to low income families, elderly and frail care centres, counseling homes, and homes for the physically challenged.
We were blessed with over 1000L of long-life milk, which was still within the best before date of May 2016! This milk went to hundreds of patients at government clinics, as well as quadriplegic centres, crèches, centres for woman and children in crisis, an orphanage, hospices for homeless men, and a frail care centre.
Some good friends of ours organized a surprise baby shower for Ester and Angela – our two expectant mothers. It was a fun, happy, wonderful time, as all the ladies celebrated the miraculous gift of new life!
We received a unexpected call to come collect butternut – more than one TON of fresh, large butternut, as it turned out. It was divided out for several centres, as well as to hundreds of families at this local township. Here you can see some of the distribution and also the team with Chief E, who is in charge of the settlement.
On Sunday, our two teenagers (Stefanie and Amy) led Sunday School in a settlement off the N7. (towards Malmesbury) We use a wendyhouse classroom, which is part of the community preschool during the week. Each child was greeted and given an “entry sticker” as they came through the door. The children’s voices blended with the guitar’s rhythm as they sang “Yes, Jesus Loves Me; the Bible Tells Me So!” They filled in their own colouring page, (Jesus with the children) and received paper heart “necklaces” with “Jesus Loves Me” written on them. It is our hope and prayer that these children – and more in the weeks and months to come – will know God’s Love in a deeper way, and see that they are important and valued going forward. Thank you so much to all our sponsors!
Each Sunday afternoon we hold a house church fellowship – with songs, testimonies, a word, and prayer requests. It is so wonderful to worship Jesus together, and to hear all that He does week by week! (Psalm 133:1 “How good and how pleasant it is for the brethren to dwell together in unity.”)
