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RENOVATIONS GALORE

In the 30 years of our existence, we have never done a thorough renovation of our house. Time runs out. At the start of this year we, by sheer co-incidence, came across a man, Paul Santana, who does exactly that. We were thrilled, having prayed for many months that we could find someone to fill this gap. Renovations proceeded immediately and Paul has proved over and over to be excellent at his job. The photos below show some of his completed work. Our sincere thanks to Paul for his excellent work and dedication. We look forward to having him as part of our Mercy family on-going.

WEDDIINGS HAPPEN TOO

Always joyful occasions indeed: On the 26 April, Didier, one of our former residents got married. As conditions in his home county have stabilised, he decided to return there for the happy event. Obviously, we were not able to attend, but the photos show a very beautiful occasion and we wish the happy couple many blessings in their future life together. See photos below.

CHRISTMAS WAS FUN


Once again, we celebrated Christmas with our wider Mercy Family – residents and past residents being invited to join our residents. We had lunch together, followed by the arrival of Father Xmas (also known as Exocee). Before the Christmas day, we held our usual Christmas party for all the young people we assist with schooling. Our sincere thanks to all those who donated gifts to give our youth much joy.

THANK YOU KENSINGTON SVdeP


Three times a week, the Saint Vincent’s Society operating from the Kensington Catholic Church, provides food for around a hundred people. The project is run by Mr Mike Stewart. Volunteers work there, including our Danny.

Mercy House is privileged to receive boxes of food containing a good meal every Friday. We sincerely thank SVdeP MAY YOU RECEIVE HELP WHEN YOU NEED IT.

 

THE FAMILY THAT PRAYS TOGETHER STAYS TOGETHER

Lastly, we cannot fail to thank God for his many blessings on us for the continuation of His Mercy work.
To this end, we have a Holy Mass on our premises at the beginning and end of each year. This happened on 28 April, Freedom Day, this year. We were grateful to once again have had our Comboni Father Efrem to celebrate the Mass with us.  “Praise the Lord for He is good!”

Schooling

We committed to assisting 22 students with schooling for 2024, With everything becoming hugely more expensive, our policy now is not to add new scholars for the year 2025. We hope to continue with the registration fee, so that the children can get into school, but it is up to the parents to pay the balance themselves monthly.  We continue to supply school shoes (thanks to AISJ) and stationery.


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Tertiary


From July 2023 to July 2024, we sponsored Zama with a one-year training as a fitness instructor at FITNESS PROFESSIONALS College in Sandton, which issues internationally

recognised certificates.  On completion, Zama was offered a job at a gym at Eastgate, but the college itself was so impressed with his excellence, that they offered him a job immediately, where he continues to work till today.

To add to the wonderful story: a close friend of Zama, Jaffa Senga, asked if we had any way to enable him to do the course. We could not take this on, as it costs us just over R30 000.00 for the year.  However, by God’s kindness, I got a call from our very first overseas volunteer (2000 to 2004).   She asked if there is something she could help with. I told her about Zama and Jaffa, and asked if she would consider sponsoring Jaffa.  She agreed and he is already studying there and loving it! Too wonderful that God provided when the need was right in front of us! Gives us courage to continue!


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