New Arrivals
During 2024 we took in 7 new arrivals: Exocee, Lionel and Gaston from DRC, Vincent from Sudan and a couple – Olive and James, (who both have a four-year degree in accounting from Rwanda), with their adorable little girl, Giana, from Rwanda. Vincent pursues his trade as a shoe maker with excellence, Gaston is already employed as a health visitor by the JRS, this been a great blessing in times of wide-spread unemployment. These newcomers have been a great blessing to our Mercy community, especially our little 2- year- old Giana (see photo below), who everyone loves so much.
Our beloved Zeng, one of our leaders, has been with us since high school days and subsequently been through 6 years of training which he finished early this year. He is known to so many, and his talent can be seen on our website which he designs, as well as on all graphic work we do. His excellence was seen by a company in the United States, which immediately offered him a job. He is already working for them online from Mercy House! They will take him in February to USA, to get to know the staff and workings. We wish him everything of the best as he deserves.
We are happy to receive a new member into our trustee group, this being Mr Festus Nsengumuremyi. We have known Festus since he arrived in the country many years ago from Rwanda. He lived with us until he got married. We assisted him to do the 4 year Netcare Nursing Training and he now works at the Millpark Netcare hospital. In the short time that he has been a trustee, he has already done amazing work in assisting our refugees with their documentation which is a mammoth task!