Last year, a church in Toronto came and recorded some of the work Hands is doing in South Africa and Mozambique. They shared the stories of a couple families from each country. They came back again this year to film new stories in Zimbabwe and Mozambique but also to give an update on where the families from last year are now. I would highly suggest watching the Zimbabwe stories. Zim is an incredibly difficult country, as I'm sure you have all heard in the news.
The two families from South Africa are in Bushbuckridge, the area I'm coordinating. I spent a great deal of time preparing for them to do the second filming.
Please watch so you can have a little bit of an insight of what's happening here!!
Dates for broadcast are as follows:
Oct 11 Mozambique
Oct 18 Zimbabwe and South Africa updates
You can check out www.livingtruth.ca for specific broadcast times. Please send this on to your friends at home who have the opportunity to watch.
For Albertans it looks like it will be broadcast on CTS at 4pm MST, but just test this before advertising.
Thanks for your interest and support of this exciting event!
Wednesday, July 29, 2009
Tuesday, July 28, 2009
A Glimpse of the Future...
DATE 15JULY09
HANDS AT WORK
GADSBY/KRISTAL MS
PO BOX 3534 WHITE RIVER MPUMALANGA
SOUTH AFRICA
1240
SERVICE DATE FROM TO DEPART ARRIVE
NORTHWEST AIRLINES 16DEC JOHANNESBURG AMSTERDAM 0005 1020
NW 8422 WEDNESDAY O.R. TAMBO INT SCHIPHOL
Q ECONOMY AIRCRAFT: BOEING 777-200/300
KL 0592 FLIGHT OPERATED BY KL KLM ROYAL DUTCH AIRLIN
RESERVATION CONFIRMED
NORTHWEST AIRLINES 16DEC AMSTERDAM MINNEAPOLIS MN 1530 1750
NW 55 WEDNESDAY SCHIPHOL ST PAUL INTL
Q ECONOMY AIRCRAFT: AIRBUS INDUSTRIE A330-300
RESERVATION CONFIRMED
NORTHWEST AIRLINES 16DEC MINNEAPOLIS MN CALGARY AB 2140 2343
NW 1541 WEDNESDAY ST PAUL INTL CALGARY INTL
Q ECONOMY AIRCRAFT: AIRBUS INDUSTRIE A319
RESERVATION CONFIRMED
HANDS AT WORK
GADSBY/KRISTAL MS
PO BOX 3534 WHITE RIVER MPUMALANGA
SOUTH AFRICA
1240
SERVICE DATE FROM TO DEPART ARRIVE
NORTHWEST AIRLINES 16DEC JOHANNESBURG AMSTERDAM 0005 1020
NW 8422 WEDNESDAY O.R. TAMBO INT SCHIPHOL
Q ECONOMY AIRCRAFT: BOEING 777-200/300
KL 0592 FLIGHT OPERATED BY KL KLM ROYAL DUTCH AIRLIN
RESERVATION CONFIRMED
NORTHWEST AIRLINES 16DEC AMSTERDAM MINNEAPOLIS MN 1530 1750
NW 55 WEDNESDAY SCHIPHOL ST PAUL INTL
Q ECONOMY AIRCRAFT: AIRBUS INDUSTRIE A330-300
RESERVATION CONFIRMED
NORTHWEST AIRLINES 16DEC MINNEAPOLIS MN CALGARY AB 2140 2343
NW 1541 WEDNESDAY ST PAUL INTL CALGARY INTL
Q ECONOMY AIRCRAFT: AIRBUS INDUSTRIE A319
RESERVATION CONFIRMED
Thursday, July 16, 2009
Nokuzola
If you've kept up with my blogs, you should know Nokuzola.
Please pray for her.
Her granny just passed away unexpectedly. Nokuzola was staying with her granny and her little sister Daphney (8). Now that Zola is studying away from home, we're not sure what's going to happen with Daphney and with the house.
Please pray for her.
Her granny just passed away unexpectedly. Nokuzola was staying with her granny and her little sister Daphney (8). Now that Zola is studying away from home, we're not sure what's going to happen with Daphney and with the house.
Amazing Grace
I've struggled for the last few months. I've struggled because I miss home but also because it seems like when moving forward there are way more problems and issues than there are successes. Sometimes I wonder if there is any point to what I'm doing.
And then I meet women like Grace.
She's coordinating a village in the Bushbuckridge area. I went to visit her today to see how everything is going. They started a feeding point a couple months ago and have recently developed a large garden to cook at the feeding point and to give vegetables for children to take home.
When I went to see her garden, it exhausted me looking at it because it is so big, the ground is so hard, and because I know trying to get water is a nightmare. I was very encouraged to see an old mkhulu (grandfather) and young girl working the garden. Grace says the gogos and mkhulus that look after the children work hard in the garden. Also, right after the children eat at the feeding point, they all go to the garden to help fetch water and work the ground.
I asked Grace if she is happy. She says she is very happy and that she can't complain. She says she loves her job because she gets to work with many people and help the children. She says all of us are together, me and her are doing the same job, equally important. She then takes me by the hand and walks away from the garden. She says she's HIV positive. Her husband died of Aids and now she stays alone with her 3 children. She lives openly about her status. All the orphans and care workers know about her status. She says she owes it to the children and it is her responsibility to educate them and care for them.
At the feeding point, the most important thing for her is to bring the children up in the way of the Lord. Before they eat, they pray and share Bible stories. I asked her if she's seen a difference since they began helping the children. She says a BIG difference. The children are happy. They used to have no one to open up to and were shy in the beginning. Now they tell them everything. The children tell her about life at home, their struggles, what makes them sad, what makes them happy. She says there were many who didn't go to church and now they have begun going with her!
I told Grace I'm going to come stay with her.
And then I meet women like Grace.
She's coordinating a village in the Bushbuckridge area. I went to visit her today to see how everything is going. They started a feeding point a couple months ago and have recently developed a large garden to cook at the feeding point and to give vegetables for children to take home.
When I went to see her garden, it exhausted me looking at it because it is so big, the ground is so hard, and because I know trying to get water is a nightmare. I was very encouraged to see an old mkhulu (grandfather) and young girl working the garden. Grace says the gogos and mkhulus that look after the children work hard in the garden. Also, right after the children eat at the feeding point, they all go to the garden to help fetch water and work the ground.
I asked Grace if she is happy. She says she is very happy and that she can't complain. She says she loves her job because she gets to work with many people and help the children. She says all of us are together, me and her are doing the same job, equally important. She then takes me by the hand and walks away from the garden. She says she's HIV positive. Her husband died of Aids and now she stays alone with her 3 children. She lives openly about her status. All the orphans and care workers know about her status. She says she owes it to the children and it is her responsibility to educate them and care for them.
At the feeding point, the most important thing for her is to bring the children up in the way of the Lord. Before they eat, they pray and share Bible stories. I asked her if she's seen a difference since they began helping the children. She says a BIG difference. The children are happy. They used to have no one to open up to and were shy in the beginning. Now they tell them everything. The children tell her about life at home, their struggles, what makes them sad, what makes them happy. She says there were many who didn't go to church and now they have begun going with her!
I told Grace I'm going to come stay with her.
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