Category Archives: Ministry

Green beans and water storage for the shantytown soup kitchen

Posted on March 4, 2020 by danforth

Tozama and Melita make soup or stew 4 days a week and they are excited to have their water tank finally close to being hooked up.  There are days when they cannot cook because the water supply is cut off, …

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Love in action

Posted on February 29, 2020 by danforth

Planting trees and seeds, planting hope in people’s lives, that’s what Roy is about.   He’s happiest when he’s got his hands in the dirt, showing someone firsthand how to take care of God’s creation.  One of our visitors this month, …

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Masinenge home visits

Posted on February 7, 2020 by danforth

There is no end to the poverty we see as we visit homes in the Masinenge shantytown.  The soup kitchen provides one solid meal, four times a week, to up to 60 people.  The NPO that runs this and the …

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Lucy and Jenny

Posted on February 7, 2020 by danforth

There are many unsung heroes at the Genesis Care Centre where I volunteer, but I’ll just write about the two I consistently work with.  Lucy is the director of nursing, and Jenny is her administrative assistant.  They work tirelessly, oftentimes …

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Shantytown nursery school veggie garden

Posted on January 25, 2020 by danforth

At Masinenge, the shantytown near us that I’ve shared about before, there is a nursery school, run by Abounding Hope, that takes in 50 children 5 days a week so that their parents can go to work.  Next to …

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Zweli

Posted on January 21, 2020 by danforth

Zweli, the farm manager, and Roy’s buddy in all ag work, had a birthday this month!  We took him a cake and sang happy birthday to him and he was blown away.  Just over a cake and a little loving …

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Rita and her kids

Posted on January 15, 2020 by danforth

 

Rita runs a nursery school for 130+ kids, ages 1-5.  Well, she had 130 last year and is waiting to see what this year will bring.  She has a hard time saying no to the parents who desperately need …

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Soup kitchen shopping

Posted on December 3, 2019 by danforth

It’s a privilege to help out with the work going on with Abounding Hope at the Masinenge settlement.  The soup kitchen cooks need groceries to make the healthy hot meals for the neediest community members, and what could be better …

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Which method will work best?

Posted on November 29, 2019 by danforth

Roy and Zweli are planting grow bags and tire gardens at the side of Back 2 Eden’s nursery tunnel, to see which yield most and quickest and which stay moist with watering.  These are local solutions for a bit of …

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Zimele Wethu visit

Posted on November 29, 2019 by danforth

Our dear friend, Audrey, from Zimele Wethu in the Pietermaritzburg area, came, along with a colleague,  to visit the Back 2 Eden farm, to help us brainstorm about getting out into our local community with the idea of self help …

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