Dear friends, brothers and sisters in Christ,
We stand in awe of our Lord’s mercy and grace, His constant provision which we have done nothing to deserve! The last three months was filled with smaller groups visiting and blessing us, each in their own way. First we thank Carla and her team for the glasses. The fortunate receivers of new spectacles were indeed extremely thankful! Towards the end of April, Barend Vermeulen, Pieter, Pusetso and Jon did a first scouting trip higher into the mountains to Ha Mapheelle. They flew with MAF (Mission Aviation Flight) and met another missionary Meryl, whom has been in Lesotho for 25 years. During this time she and Pieter could encourage each other and share experiences. God knows what we need and when we need it! The third week in May we spend in Bethlehem. Pieter had the opportunity to share with Bethlehem Oos NG congregation about the work that is done in Malealea. Bethlehem Oos - thank you for a time of refreshing and rest! We truly appreciate each and every one of you, you support us and we value your friendship. Thank you for blessing us – with fellowship, reading lessons, material, sewing patterns, lots of laughs, clothing vouchers, facials, a deep freezer and open hearts J Thanks to Andre, A4J Kimberley for the two sewing machines – Maki and her ladies has been making tracking suits to as a business start up – pray that it will sell well! Thank you Lea for the patterns! God is awesome! We are amazed at His provision and His children’s eagerness to give. Thank you Biker’s Church Kimberley for the plastic bikes for the pre-school! Each morning there is 22 kids on bikes on the front stoep of the church building! We give a HUGE thank you for Benna, Schalk, Clint and Andre from Kimberley and P.E. for the jungle gym for the kids. Thank you for bringing it and the bikes all the way to Lesotho and putting it up. During the beginning of June, Rita and Ackerman from Cross Training, did a 2 day workshop with Mpho and the other pre-school teachers from the Valley. They blessed the community with R10 000 worth of handbooks. Please pray with us that this relationship with the pre-school teachers will grow and that they will be open to the gospel to reach all the future children that will be tutored by them. Our home church from Kimberley visited for a weekend middle June. It was good to see brother and sisters whom we haven’t seen for a while. An added blessing was Pieter’s parents that came with. A cold weekend and warm fellowship! In this time there was an environment day where the village joined hands to fill in a donga and fight erosion. The girls (ausi’s in Sesotho) went to Ha Jobo to evangelize. It was Maki’s first trip and they were extremely thankful for “Jamblik” for taking them half way. They had to walk back two days later though and Maki nearly ‘died’. The Good News was spread and they lead some people to accept Jesus. Even on herd boy who apparently has been running away each time people from A4J came to the village. Shows that you can run but God has an appointment with each of us! The last but certainly not the least of our news, is the visit from Sally and Rob from St. John’s Anglican Church from P.E. Thank you for each and every one of the ladies from St. John ‘s who has been knitting and crocheting for the past three months. During the Sunday service everyone received a beanie. The pre-school kids has also been blessed with beanies. Sally handed out blankets to the elders in the villages and to our chief from Sekhutlong and our new Morena from Malealea (MeMagouta’s son who took over from her after she passed away). From a cold Lesotho, lots of love! It snowed twice thus far. Prayer requests:
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