Outstanding News October 2022

 

Dear partners, family, friends, supporters and loved ones,          
We are excited to be sharing with you what you are  part of accomplishing. Thank you for your generosity that helps make it possible for us to carry out the mission. You are a very essential and needed part of it and we would not be able to do this alone!

OUTREACH - SIR LOWRY'S PASS:

Seen in the photo here is a powerful team that met up on a Saturday to reach out to the community of Sir Lowry’s Pass.

A lot of seeds were sown and many souls were led to the Lord. We let our light shine and many found their way “home.” Praise God!
 
This group of 5 young men, when told “Jesus loves you,” laughed and kept going. However I decided to run after them to give them a proper witness, although they tried to act cool about it. But as they left (they actually stopped to listen after all,)  one of the young men turned around and gave me a thumbs up! Sometimes it pays to pursue and not be easily put off. Praise the Lord!
 
GRACELIFE:

 This month I taught on the first part of Romans 10:9-10, which outlines the core beliefs of the Christian faith! First hat “Jesus is Lord”. So we went through the Gospel of Mark and looked at all the places where Mark shows Jesus doing many of the things that the Old Testament shows that only God can do!
 

Philip taught on Word-based faith and the importance of the promises of God backing up what we desire from God. Without the Word it is impossible to have faith!
 

We are blessed to always start the service with a wonderful time of worship! Praise the Lord!
 
SOUP BONES:

Our missionary friends, “Helping Hand,” assisted us with approximate kg 200 of soup bones (beef)! They were fresh and were distributed to  seven different kitchens who received them with gratefulness. We were also very thankful as the people needing help has increased, and they are depending on the kitchens to provide nourishing meals to sustain them as for most of them it is their only meal for the day!The bones were distributed to 7 different places running feeding schemes!



S.A.HARVESTER:

We are very thankful to SA Harvester for their very generous help. This month we collected twice (at the beginning and again at the end of the month!) With increased prices and more mouths to feed this is a very greatly appreciated help!
 


BREAD AND PIZZA-BASES:

Somewhere between 8-900 sacks of pizza-bases and bread were distributed to  at least a dozen different places. We are very thankful to the generous donors. When the children see us  we often hear them excitedly yelling “pizza, pizza,” and they are not the only ones rejoicing! :)





MILK:


100 liters of milk distributed among 4 ECD centers and one kitchen, which feeds the children before they go to school! Praise the Lord!


SHOPPING:
Bright Stars Kitchen, Nomzamo:


We shopped some basis stables for two kitchens: Bright Stars in Nomzamo and Angels’ Kitchen in Sir Lowry’s Pass. We want to thank each and everyone of you who are enabling us to do so! We are making an important difference to many!
 
Angles' Kitchen, Sir Lowry's Pass:


WOOLWORTHS:

The donations from Woolworths are designated to Joyce’s Soup Kitchen in Sir Lowry’s Pass. The kitchen is now receiving from their stores six times a week and once a month from the warehouse of FoodShare, which is now overseeing all the charity donations from Woolworths and other stores as well!


KIDZ CHURCH:

We have a beautiful team of ladies who are dedicated to teaching and training the little ones "in the way which they should go." Here we are touching base, addressing any issues (of which we had basically none, praise the Lord), and making plans for the children’s Christmas celebration!

BIBLES:

Philip and Steven followed up on a couple of people who received the Lord the day we had a united outreach in Sir Lowry’s Pass. They did not have Bibles and thanks to the generous donation of Bibles from our friends we were able to bring them a Bible each. We are excited about the ones being reached and eager to reach the many more who have not yet heard. Thank you for partnering with us in doing so!

LIFE-GROUPS:

We are also carrying on our LifeGroups and encouraging all our participants to reach out to others with the love of God!
Meanwhile our What’s-up ministry is also  expanding and many are commenting on how the Word is helping them and that they are learning a lot! Praise the Lord!
In closing we again want to thank each of you, our partners and supporters, as without your help the ministry would not be possible.

With much love and appreciation,

Philip and Rita
 

CONTACT DETAILS!
Antonios Michalitsis, FNB, Branch: 200912 Account no. : 62633037082
Rita Olsen, Nedbank, Branch Code: 114145  Account no.: 1043639810
PayPal: force4good.ministries@gmail.com

            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

If you are new to our work and want to partner with us monthly, we invite you to contact us for further details. We look forward to hearing from you.

Super Amazing September News!

 


Dear partners, family, friends and supporters,         

THANK YOU for your support, help, and prayers in partnership with our ministry! As a result of our united efforts we are seeing lives being transformed, often beginning with the desire for change and resulting in a drawing closer to the Lord and His ways, and a new life. — The feeding schemes are increasing in the number of people being assisted, and yet the Lord has miraculously increased the supplies as well to help meet the demand. And He uses people like you to work through. Whatever “sacrifices” (you can really hardly sacrifice for the Lord as He blesses so richly in return. And His blessings are not all counted in Dollars and cents!), but whatever seeming sacrifices we make He always tops it in return and sees to it that we are fully furnished (equipped) for every good work! It is an absolute joy and pleasure to be His hands, feet, mouthpieces, whatever the need may be as the trill of seeing the Lord at work and His streams not running dry never ceases to inspire and encourage us!

HERITAGE DAY:
BRIGHT STARS, NOMZAMO!

We were very blessed to be invited for the national Heritage Day with Bright Stars, Nomzamo. Everyone was dressed in the national attire. Children and adults alike sang and danced, played the drums, etc.


GRACELIFE:

Philip teaching on: Jesus, the Power of the Church. And below: Me, Rita, teaching in: Jesus in the Scriptures. (Genesis-Malachi)
 


JB teaching on the book of Colossians. At the end everyone got divided into groups to discuss the text and dig deeper. This is always an exciting time as everyone get involved!
 
KIDS' CHURCH:

As someone has wisely said, “It is difficult to preach to an empty tummy! Many of the kids arrive hungry! We are now striving to start off with a delicious cup of hot soup (which Sophia has committed to prepare) while we help supply some of the ingredients!
 

Besides the actual teaching our sessions usually include a Q&A session, memory and review, and some fun, fast-moving games so we can get inspired and reinvigorated!
 


ANGELS' KITCHEN, SIR LOWRY'S PASS:

Feeding by Jessica’s house.
 

    Additional feeding by the railroad tracks!
 

Breakfast is also being served before school starts— either porridge of Weet-Bix!
 
SUPPLIES FOR ANGELS' KITCHEN:

Seen above: Shopping for the kitchen done by “us”. We thank you our partners for making it possible!
 

Supplies received from our missionary friends ‘Helping Hand.”
 

Supplies received from S.A. Harvester. We are very thankful for the assistance we are receiving that makes it possible for the teams to continue to feed everyone.
 
FIRE RELIEF:

Lions Gordon’s Bay was appealed to on the behalf of 8 families (47 individuals) who lost there homes in a fire. Philip and I were able to assist by making a trip to Checker storage facilities to collect 50 blankets to assist the needy families!
 


Councilor Sean receiving the blankets from LP Jimmy for handover to the families who lost everything in the fires in Gustrow,
 
BRIGHT STARS, NOMZAMO:





SUPPLIES FOR BRIGHT STARS:

The supplies seen here were bought by “us” meaning us and our partners making it possible! Thanks!
 

The supplies seen here were generously provided by S.A. Harvester! Thank you!
 

Seen here is the monthly milk donation along with some extra provision from “Helping Hand.” Thanks!
 
PIZZA BASES AND BREAD:

 We thank the Lord for the generous supply of pizza bases/bread via the Lions’ Club, Gordon’s Bay! These are distributed in Nomzamo and Sir Lowry's Pass to several soup kitchens, ECD centers and needy families.

Bright Stars Nomzamo. This kitchen now feeds between 4-500 people a day, five days a week.

Joyce's Kitchen, sir Lowry's Pass. This is the oldest and largest kitchen in the village.

VARIOUS KITCHENS IN SIR LOWRY'S PASS:

Seen above is Mila’s Kitchen in Sir Lowry’s Pass. They feed roughly 400 peole a day and we assist with a weekly supply of Pizza bases/bread. — Seen below is Rachel’s kitchen. They likewise receive pizza bases/bread on a weekly basis. Some of the kitchens/daycare centers receive weekly while others on a rotational basis depending on the supply!
 
 

 MILK:

Seen here is the milk collection in Cape Town (100 liters) which from there is distributed in Nomzamo and Sir Lowry’s Pass.
 

LIFE-GROUPS:

Our precious Bible students in Nomzamo. We presently have 3 regular study groups a week!
 
VOLUNTEER:

Meet our new-found friend  X who was introduced to us via common friends presently living and working in Zamibia.
X. was here for four days and volunteered in both Nomzamo and Sir Lowry’s Pass daily. She is loves Jesus, is talented and was a big blessing and hard-working! She will be missed!
 
LEADERSHIP MEETING:

We are very blessed to be part of an active outward focused church where we are being continually minister to through various courses. Here Emily, our Sir Lowry's Pass campus pastor is sharing a word during an in-person leadership meeting. We are blessed indeed!
 
In closing we want to thank you for taking the time to count our many blessings with us, and for being on this jouney with us.

With much love and appreciation,

Philip and Rita

OUR CONTACT DETAILS ARE AS FOLLOWS (We would love to hear from you!):
Antonios Michalitsis, FNB, Branch: 200912 Account no. : 62633037082
Rita Olsen, Nedbank, Branch Code: 114145  Account no.: 1043639810
PayPal: force4good.ministries@gmail.com

            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

If you are new to our work and want to partner with us monthly, we invite you to contact us for further details. We look forward to hearing from you.