Wow… not sure about you but you’ve heard the saying “time flies when you having fun”. 6 months into 2022 and no surprise for us to confirm and say God is good!!! We are constantly aware of the leading of the Holy Spirit and to see how His work unfolds around us is such a privilege. We love what we do and are learning all the time. People are incredible teachers, we can learn so much from interaction with folk from all walks of life. To keep you up to date on where we are
Food Parcels
In the last 3 months we have been able to give out 326 parcels within the Edenvale, Boksburg, Kempton areas as well as 51 parcels to families in Tembisa. We are thankful for donations of chicken that enabled us to included hearty homemade soup in our parcels as well as nice fresh produce. Additional food hampers were also handed out to Edenvale child welfare, Hospice, Harvest ministries towards their winter bible school programme. What a privilege it was to be able to take a very large hamper through to Hillbrow to a lady who cooks and feeds street people as well as taken in 6 orphans t o her home, we are planning to support this cause on a regular basis.
eDonations Received
Thank you to:
– The Moore Foundation for their contribution to monthly parcels as well as food collected at their fund raiser
– Mandela day donations are coming along, we have 16 days to reach our goal….. .
We would like to take this opportunity to thank all who have already donated, we are extremely grateful.
– Senior Saints of newDAY church, made a generous donation
Great quality second hand clothing which has been sorted and distributed to many elderly folk, Love in action NGO in Kempton park, LRC church for their outreach into Alexandra township.
The baby clothes and blankets were donated to the Ruth pregnancy crisis centre.
Vegetable Gardens
We were so excited to harvest our first crops from the garden at newDAY church and even use it in our chicken soup!! We have planted new seeds and wait in anticipation to see growth.
Winter Beanie & Blanket Drive
We have been overwhelmed by the response and support of this project and thank all who knitted beautiful blankets, scarves and beanies WELL DONE !! your hard work was so worth it. To those who bought items we sincerely appreciate you. To date we have handed out 219 beanies, including 115 in Hillbrow by the team from Newday church who minister on the streets.
96 scarves have been handed out
84 blankets
Thank you to all who contributed we could not have done this without you.
Creating Awareness
In May, we spent the morning with our senior saints of Newday church and presented a video of our journey and chatted about the different projects we are involved in. In June, we published an article in our local news paper, to share the journey from modest beginnings to who and where we are today. Thank you to Charmaine for meeting with us and documenting this story in hope of reaching more sponsors to feed into our many initiatives. Please follow us on facebook or on our telegram channel
Ongoing Projects
– Monthly donation of 50kg of maize to LRC church in Linbro park
– Monthly donation of R1000.00 to Manor Community church towards their outreach in Alexandra
– Hillbrow, we support the ministry team from Newday church with 100 sandwiches per month
– Street outreaches in Edenvale with REVIVE, supplying cooked, healthy meals
Mandela Day – Current Project
Mandela Day, we are busy raising funds to be able to distribute a minimum of 67 extra parcels. Each parcel is priced at R150.00. Currently we stand at 42 parcels. Please donate any willing amount to help us reach our goal.
Donations can be made by clicking on the donate button
Please support us, no amount too small
Farewell
Ending on a somber note, our very dearest friend Lynda has moved to the Lowveld, we miss you very much. We are so grateful for all the fun, laughter, wisdom and care you brought to our lives. Lynda is getting married on 16 July and we wish her the very best of everything God has for her.
Until next time!
Debbie
