Okay, so its been awhile since I updated this blog. Sorry for leaving you with the scary post about Xenophobia. We haven't had any violence related to xenophobia in the past 2 weeks. All the people that were staying in our church went home last week - I haven't heard that there have been any problems - God has answered our prayers for peace.
The gov't is now trying to figure out how to help the displaced people find homes again. The number of refugees was as high 30,000 I think - now I think it is less than 10,000. Many of the people from other African countries have gone back to their home countries - others feel they are better off in South Africa, even with the problems with xenophobia - others can't afford to go anywhere else - still others have been here so long, that SA is their home.
I'm coming up on one year - amazing how quickly it has passed. I'm most likely going to branch out in what I do here - Cheryl and I have been talking about me getting involved in a new organization that right now is called the International Door of Hope. The paper work is in with the government now to establish it as a non-profit organization. They submitted 3 names, so we don't know what its official name is. Anyway, the organization will be helping with others who are taking in orphans and vulnerable children and other organizations who are helping the disadvantaged. Seems as if there are a lot of folks who want to help kids, but they don't have the contacts or knowledge to do it legally - IDoH will help them get set up. There are others things the organization will do, its in its infancy stage now. I'm excited to be involved - in helping others - in branching out.
We had a little visitor for a couple of days this week. On Wednesday night at church, Josh found a little black kitten by Cheryl's car - he tried to find someone in the church to take it, but no one would. Amber and I decided that we couldn't leave it out in the cold, so we took it home. She was cute - we named her Shiloh. I debated with whether to keep her or not - it would have been fun to take care of her - to have a pet to cuddle - but today I realized that when you adopt, its for life and I wouldn't be here for her whole life. It would be better to take her to the SPCA while she was still young so she would have a better chance to get adopted. It was a little tough handing her over, but it was for the best.
Right now, I'm watching Freedom Writers - previewing it before showing it to the youth tonight. I figured that they are in the midst of exams, so it would be nice to see a movie tonight.
thats all for now...all is well!
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Supporting the Ministry of Troyeville Baptist and the Touch Life Centre
Many of you have asked about how you can support the ministries here in Troyeville. We love your prayer support and we know that God is answering in wonderful ways!
If you'd like to support the ministries financially, here are some of the current needs:
Sponsor a Child at Touth Life Centre: Tuition for our preschool is R300 (~ $40), but most families can only afford to pay about R 50 - the rest is provided by donations. If you sponsor a child, you will enable us to continue this ministry to the community - we'll send pictures of your child and have
him or her write to you. The sponsorship would last for 3 - 4 years depending on how long the child attends our school.
All finanical contributions should go through the Virginia Baptist Mission Board (VBMB) in Richmond, VA. You can get donations to us by sending them to the VBMB office at
VBMB
Glocal Missions and Evangelism Team
Attn: Jeannette Hildebrand
2828 Emerywood Pkwy
Richmond, VA 23294-3718
Please Indicate that your donation is for The Ministries of Troyeville Baptist Church in Johannesburg, South Africa. If you'd like for your donation to go to a specific need above, please indicate that also.
Let us know your name and address so that we can thank you and send pictures of what your contributions helped support.
If you have any questions about donating, contact Terry Raines or Nichole Bulls at the VBMB office - 804-915-5000 or 800 ALL BGAV
Blessings!!!
If you'd like to support the ministries financially, here are some of the current needs:
Sponsor a Child at Touth Life Centre: Tuition for our preschool is R300 (~ $40), but most families can only afford to pay about R 50 - the rest is provided by donations. If you sponsor a child, you will enable us to continue this ministry to the community - we'll send pictures of your child and have
him or her write to you. The sponsorship would last for 3 - 4 years depending on how long the child attends our school.
All finanical contributions should go through the Virginia Baptist Mission Board (VBMB) in Richmond, VA. You can get donations to us by sending them to the VBMB office at
VBMB
Glocal Missions and Evangelism Team
Attn: Jeannette Hildebrand
2828 Emerywood Pkwy
Richmond, VA 23294-3718
Please Indicate that your donation is for The Ministries of Troyeville Baptist Church in Johannesburg, South Africa. If you'd like for your donation to go to a specific need above, please indicate that also.
Let us know your name and address so that we can thank you and send pictures of what your contributions helped support.
If you have any questions about donating, contact Terry Raines or Nichole Bulls at the VBMB office - 804-915-5000 or 800 ALL BGAV
Blessings!!!
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