2015 December News Letter and Happy New Year 2016


 Christmas celebration at Sir Lowry's Pass soup kitchen, which was made possible through the united efforts of Force4Good and partners  Thank you everyone-Here Rita is sharing a Christmas message of hope love and encouragement.! 

A BIG thank you for Rite Cuts for their generous donation!

 And THANK you House of Juice for providing 100% delicious juice for all.



The children eagerly waiting their turn to be served,




Party packs Pack for all!! A BIG thank you to our precious GRACE LIFE FAMILY!!
The hand packed a thousand Party packs for a 1000 children WOW!!
God Bless you dear family!!
 Here you can see some of our party pack team loading the bakkie.
THANK YOU TROOPERS!!
Thanks to the generosity of all, we were able to put together 15

large generous Food Hampers,  for the volunteers, and some

single mothers in the village! We want to thanks Lourens, Ter, our

Gracelife family, and everyone that assisted with this

project in some way. A cash donation of R 5300 was given as
well.



 
Thanks to the generosity of all, we were able to put together 15
large generous Food Hampers,  for the volunteers, and some
single mothers in the village! We want to thanks Lourens, Ter, our
Gracelife family, and everyone that assisted with this
project in some way. A cash donation of R 5300 was given as
well.





We want to thank Leon’s Duck Farm as well, as we were able to

bless the 15 families that received the Food Hampers with some

whole ducks, and the many additional volunteer helpers for the

day, to their great joy, also received some!

We were able to between 4 soup kitchens, 6 ECD (Early

Childhood development) centers, the volunteers and single parents

mentioned above, as well as other needy individual families

living in Sir Lowry’s Pass and Nomzamo, to distribute approx.

700 kg of meat for their Christmas/new Year celebrations.

A BIG THANK YOU to our generous donors! 



  




By the end of the year our Bible students completed the course:

Spirit, Soul and Body, by Andrew Wommack. We are happy to

have been instrumental laying a strong foundation for them to

walk in victory, and we look forward to keep building on that

foundation.

 


             We want to thank Peter, who together with Philip, worked to
             bring hot water to the kitchen sink at the soup kitchen. This was

             especially appreciated, as it came in time for the big Christmas

             celebration, after which there was a tremendous amount of

             greasy dishes to be done!




We are happy to announce the safe arrival of little Abigail, the

daughter of Essie. She was born on the 23rd of December. The

doctor had warned that a C-section might be needed, but after

prayer the baby moved into the right position, and there were no

complications. Essie went to the clinic at 8 am and was back

home by 2 pm. Praise the Lord!




We have been entrusted with the distribution of Christian Xhosa
Poster sets for children, for the Eastern Cape. Before the end of
the year we were able to bring several boxes of these poster sets
to Fransina, who in turn will bring send them with people visiting
the Eastern Cape during their holidays. We are praying for the
seed sown to bear much fruit!





We also want to thank Sugar Crystal for their generous donation

           of lollipops. Not only were there more than enough to go around

           for the children in the village, but we were also told that some

           boxes were taken to some outlaying farms, where the children get

           few or no treats. We are so very thankful to each and every one

           of you who helped us spread so much cheer during this special

           time of year. THANK YOU! May you all be richly blessed!



As mentioned last month all the ECD centers we applied for for

the Santa Shoebox Project, were chosen, and greatly benefitted.

For the 3-400 children,  it was the first time ever to enjoy this

great blessing!

We look forward to embracing 2016 as we continue to work

together to change this part of the world by bringing hope,

life and the love of God to the needy!

Jesus said, “Inasmuch as you have done it unto one of the least

of these my brethren, you have done it unto me. Matt. 25:40.



Rita Olsen, NedBank, Branch Code: 11414500  Account no.: 1043639810 (South Africa)

 Danske Bank, Account no.:  3442652759, Branch: 3230, SWIFT: DABADKKK