March Happenings

Beautiful Beginnings,Bethesda House takes off

Our open times at Bethesda have also been building momentum.. We haven’t fully arrived but our expectations for the future remain high. Each week we have had people  coming in off of the streets..and  even the neighbouring pub  who have been drawn by the presence of God...they don’t always  know that it is the presence of God drawing them but they come. One of the people I got to talk to during one of these times  was a man with a muslim background, however he was very accepting of Christians and what we were doing,.Unfortunately he didn’t believe there was any one way to God but the one thing he did say was that He felt the love when he came in to Bethesda house.

“Your love for one another will prove to the world that you are my disciples”

                                                                                    John 13:34(NLT)

S-Cape Opens

After  a lot of prayer and anticipation our safe house ( S-Cape Home) has finally opened.

   We actually opened a week earlier  than we had planned due to  an emergency situation with one of  our women. After being rushed to the hospital for complications with her pregnancy she was then discharged with nowhere to go but back to the streets, When we found her back on the streets of Muizenberg the whole team shot into  action   and  moved her into the safe house with staff members taking turns staying in the house until we officially opened a week later.  It was a rocky start and  it was honestly a case of us being obedient to the vision God had given  us but despite our feelings of unpreparedness having our women move into the safe house was a huge milestone in our ministry and proof of God’s faithfulness to us.

And…….about two weeks later Hope gave  birth to her second son!!

 

This beautifully decorated  welcoming area of S-Cape.It may just appear to be a pretty room but for one of my coworkers this was he result of years of waiting on God to fulfill a word spoken to her while she was working as a missionary in the US. She has a passion for interior design  and God told her that some day she would be a part of decorating a safe house, right now this is part of her ministry..showcasing the love and beauty of God through furnishing and decorating the   home of trafficking victims.

It’s the combination of all our gifts that makes things happen.