now i know that grabouw is by now means a city, but God has really been speaking to me about the fact that whatever is going on in our town, and we have some really problems, our HIV rate is over 30%, we have the second highest rate (last year we were top, but thanks to the work that vicky and the rest of the thembacare team our doing in our town we have been knocked off the top of the pile) of new TB cases in the whole world, many of the children that we work with in our sports outreach programme have been raped or sexually abused during their short lives, and i would think that every family we are working with lives on less than a dollar a day, pretty grim hey.....God is still God of this city, this town, His people.
the song God of this city, which has been covered by the world famous christian artist chris tomlin, has become an anthem for me and i would just like to encourage you to have a look at this clip from the band who wrote this song, they're called bluetree and they hail from the wonderful town/city of belfast (northern ireland).
God is calling us to be those people who will love those the world rejects, as the guy says 'come on church get off of your backsides and get out there and share the love of Jesus to the world', He has given us the mandate to do this, for me, maz, arron and the rest of the village of hope team this is here in grabouw, south africa, where AIDS such a strong hold, for you it could be south london, southampton or even southcourt (for all you aylesburyits.!).......
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