Dear Ones,
Thank you so much for standing by us in building a beautiful work
in the hearts of the people of Sir Lowry’s Pass. We appreciate your
partnership, you are each an essential part of the work. One of our
greatest accomplishments was that we on the 1st of September had
our first church services in Sir Lowry's Pass. We had several
meetings leading up to this. We are very excited about this as it
will enable us to accommodate a lot more people as we will no
longer be needing to fit everyone into the allotted transportation.
Our main aim in opening a church in Sir Lowry's Pass is to reach
the un-reached, not to encourage those who already attend a church
to come to us, although they would be welcome should they so
desire! But more about that next time as it technically belongs to
our September news! Stay tuned for some exciting developments!
We very much appreciate you continued help and support and are
fully convinced that the Lord will bless your partnering with our
ministry. Thank you!
WOMEN'S
DAY 9th of August 2019:
We had an inspiring event for the beautiful women of Sir Lowry's
Pass. Our guest speaker, Hayley, shared some of her personal
testimonies, which including her struggles as a single mother, as
well some of the tough choices she had to make, and how she till
this day is so very grateful for staying true to what she knew in
her heart to be right.
We also had some good laughs as numbers were drawn from a hat and
prices were distributed.
A group of young people from the village sang some beautiful songs
a Capella.
We had eight table hosts who each decorated their table and
provided cakes, etc for the table they hosted. They in turn were
rewarded for their labors of love with a small surprise treat
at the end of the event.
HOUSING
PROJECT:
We are happy to this month be able to report that a brand new roof
was laid on the house we mentioned last month. The family living
there is now able to rest well at night knowing that no water will
come in!
Here the new roofing sheets are being delivered.
And the roof is being laid.
The new roofing sheets came already galvanized and isolation was
added.
We also helped provide the family of 6 with some much needed
cupboards (above and below).
And through a good friend the Lord also supplied some vinyl
flooring. We still hope to eventually cement all the dirt floors in
the house.
One of the young men immediately sought to build his own space
outside with the discarded roofing materials. It unfortunately had
to be moved as it was blocking the yard and we hope it will be
improved upon in the process.
SUPPLIES:
In the family we are helping with the housing we learned that two
of the sisters were sharing one pair of shoes alternating days on
which to wear them. So we bought them a pair each along with two
pairs of sock each.
When our dear friend who also assisted with the floor vinyl heard
of it she immediately offered to buy more shoes for more children
in the village. We received 6 pairs and Emily and some of our
leaders there helped ensured that these shoes went to the most
needy.
MILK:
Each month we distribute approx. 100 liters of milk to ECD (Early
Development Centers) in Sir Lowry’s Pass and Nomzamo. (Not all is
shown here!)
 Clara's Tiny Tots. Sir Lowry's Pass village.
Sunshine Kids, Sir Lowry's Pass village.
Mila's Angels, Sir Lowry's Pass village.
BIBLE
SCHOOL AND STUDY GROUPS:
Our Bible School students are making steady progress and are
presently studying about Life Foundations by Carrie and Mike
Pickett. Most of our Rooted students have now completed the
course,and we are having the new ones pause the Rooted program so
they can sit in on with the Bible School students and not miss out
on this very essential teaching before carrying on with the basics.
We are very thankful to Gracelife church for the new orange
blankets. A big blessing for this winter and the one to come!
Our small deep freezer broke, but we are happy to say that we
never have to see food go to waste as there are always plenty of
people to share with. We had frozen meat, bread, etc. which we
distributed here.
We had several Church Planting meetings with some of the
people from Sir Lowry’s Pass. Here they are busy signing up as
volunteers ready to do whatever may be needed. We are so thankful
for each and everyone!
Here we are meeting with our core team in Sir Lowry’s Pass. They
each add a lot of strength and insight!
In the photos here (top and bottom) is seen our Thursday night
study group that mainly goes through Andrew Wommack’s study guides.
We are presently studying, “Staying Full of God.”
GRACELIFE"
We were happy to see that many of the people from Sir Lowry’s Pass
stepped forward for prayer and further ministry in the church. They
are growing in faith and trust, feeling safe and realizing that we
are family and here to help each other.
BUSINESS
LEADERS CONFERENCE (GRACELIFE):
Emily, Philip and I attended a “Beyond Business” seminar led by
Pieter Weenik. It was very refreshing and enlightening. Guest
speaker was Tafara Butayi, author of “Grace in the Marketplace”!
LEADERSHIP
CAMP (GRACELIFE):
We also enjoyed a weekend Leadership camp at Rockland’s hosted by
Gracelife. We received a lot of input and and were also being
ministered to through a fresh word of prophecy. In between times we
had some amazing nature walks and one evening we played a fun game
called 30 Seconds! We all had lots of fun and enjoyed the time
away!
Some of us somehow missed being in the big group shot, but it’s
never too late to do the right thing! Haha!
TESTIMONIES:
One morning while praying the Lord laid a dear friend of our on my
heart. I felt led to also write her and express my love and
appreciation. She wrote back telling me that for the past week she
had not been able to walk properly due to some severe pain in her
knee. We arranged to meet and so we prayed for knee to be restored
whole. The following three days she wrote back telling us how happy
and thankful she was to no longer be in pain and that she was no
once again able to enjoying walking her dog on the beach, etc. But
she also shared her testimony of how the Lord healed her with her
neighbor. This led to her neighbor wanting to meet us and we were
then able to minister to the neighbor as well who renewed her
relationship with the Lord and was born again. This neighbor said
that that some afternoon she had also prayed with her teenage
daughter. One small step led to so many more. Praise the Lord.
One of our Bible students contacted us letting us know that her 6
months old baby had been diagnosed with pneumonia and that was not
doing well at all. Philip offered to go pray for the baby that
afternoon and in the evening they sent us a short video clip of the
baby cooing and laughing having perked up and obviously being a lot
better.
A. was suffering from severe back pains and was hardly able to move
or sleep at night. Again Philip visited and prayed for him, and he
later sent a text message letting us know that he felt so much
better as the pain was gone and that he had again been able to
sleep well. Thank the Lord for His healing power.
S. Had a couple of teeth pulled and was also feeling very light
headed as her blood pressure was too high. We prayed for her and
she instantly felt better.
Two of our Bible students were ministering to an elderly lady who
usually attends our church. She was diagnosed with stage 4 cancer,
but they prayed for her and ministered to her several times
encouraging her believe and trust Jesus for her healing. The next
time she went for her check-up at the doctor she was told that they
could not find any trace of cancer! Wow! Praise the Lord! Cancer or
headache, it’s all the same to Him. He is the healer of ALL
sicknesses and ALL diseases!
We also prayed for E. as she had a sore shoulder. After the prayer
she seemed better and we counted it done. But again while praying
one morning the Lord laid E. and her shoulder on my heart again.
When I contacted her about it it turned out that she was 50%
better, not 100%. So we met and prayed for her again and this time
she was totally set free of the pain. Thank the Lord for His
faithfulness to lead and guide us.
P. Suffered fronm some severe stomach cramps. It was even sore too
sore for him for someone to lay their hand on his stomach.
Nevertheless he was prayed for by a couple of people and the
following day he was back to normal, restored whole again. All
within a day! We are so very thankful for all that the Lord does
and for who He is and who He has made us to be in Him.
1 John 4: 17 for as he is in this world so are we in this world.
John 14:12 Verily, verily, I say unto you, He that believeth
on me, the works that I do shall he do also; and greater works than
these shall he do because I go unto my Father!
Mark 16:18 (b) ...they shall lay hands on the sick and they shall
recover.
As a church we are moving more and more into the demonstration of
the spirit and of power with which Paul preached the gospel 1Cor.
2:4 and in which the early disciples served the Lord!
We want to thank each and everyone of you for being part of
advancing the Kingdom of God!
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For those of you who are not yet partnering with us,
but would like to do so, we would like to invite you to be part of
the exciting moves of the Lord and the lives changes.
For your convenience our details are as follows:
Antonios
Michalitsis, FNB, Branch: 250655 Account no. : 62633037082
Rita
Olsen, NedBank, Branch Code: 11414500 Account no.: 1043639810
PayPal: force4good.ministries@gmail.com
or:
PayPal.Me/fvsa or PayPal.Me/fvs
For those of you that are abroad and would like to contribute
please be aware that besides PayPal there is also the SEPA
option as we have an account in Europe:
Rita Olsen
Danske Bank
Branch: 1551
Account: 3719943470
IBAN DK28 3000 3719 9434 70
SWIFT: DABADKKK
Thank you!
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