God's provision

the girls sort the roof nails whilst the boys
play around on the roof!

yesterday was a busy time, not only did we place our 22nd child back home with his grandmother, which is a core calling to the village of hope team, but we we were also able to bless a local worker who you may remember that i posted about in my 'some days that bite back' post a couple of weeks ago.

tim and heinrich from our village of hope maintenance team, and 3 of our volunteers, jess, kate and lauren, were able to take some of the tin sheeting to the home of a wonderful young lady who virtually leads the rainbow smiles HIV support group for children aged 9-15 in grabouw. the rainbow smiles club is an initiative with the ARV clinic at the government day hospital, ABBA family counseling and thembacare grabouw (of which we receive no direct funding to run, so any help towards those weekly costs would also be greatly appreciated).

the home next to the local toilet blocks

the roofing team spent the morning stripping off the old leaky roof and replacing it with the new, this is a wonderful way to bless some of the people in our community, not only connecting those that might have with those who perhaps don't but also working with the young ladies boyfriend to encourage him that sometimes you need to help yourself too by engaging him in the building project himself.

we know that we can't help everyone and even yesterday the team were inundated by request of help from other people in the neighborhood, however we understand that the best way to move forward with this reroofing project is to work alongside our thembacare nurses to identify other people in dire need.

please keep your eye on this blog to find out where the next blessing may be poured out and if you are able to provide labour or more materials then please contact us as we seek to bless those in need.