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UPDATE JULY 2025 

There Is a new pop song on the web. A very young blind boy was singing it beautifully and, strangely, it had only one line which was repeated over and over. The fact that it was being sung by a blind child, made it even more telling:  

“Open the eyes of my heart Lord, I want to see you.”

It could have seemed boring to hear the same words over and over, but the composer might have done that deliberately, to make us think!  In John 14 verse 8 – 9 Philip asks the Lord: “Lord show us the Father, then we shall be satisfied. Jesus replied: Philip, have I been with you all this time and STILL you do not know me?” Very, very thought-provoking words…  Open the eyes of my heart Lord…

As stated in our last update: blessings come all the time, but we are so brain-washed and bombarded by mass media, that we can get disillusioned by all the negatives  and overlook the many blessings. 

In this update, we once again offer our readers and benefactors encouragement and incentives to focus also on the good. Don’t forget:   It is no co-incidence that, before he died, our Holy Father Pope Francis declared 2025 as a YEAR OF HOPE. Let us try to make this our vision, even though there are plenty of negative things to cloud our view.   Open the eyes of our hearts Lord, that we may see you…                                                   

Diana Beamish

On Thursday, 11 August, USA volunteer, Paige, and Diana departed at 3.30 a.m. for Kigali, arriving there at 7.00 a.m.
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In the very early days of Mercy House, we took in 8 young Sudanese who had fled from the war
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We had two Christmas celebrations this year: one for the many scholars that we support in one or other way,
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Diana met Mr Tshikoko at her English for Refugees class in 2018. He is an electrician who fixes electronic gates
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This year we are assisting as many as 23 scholars with their studies. We have had to reduce the extent
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As reported in our previous Update, our beloved and amazing young American couple, who have been volunteering at Mercy Houses
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Early in the new year, Heather, once again proved her worth in gold! She arranged a Fun Day, for our
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As mentioned, in December, our volunteers from USA, Paige and Emmanuel, had to return back to the states. In the
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Monday, 21st March, was a meaningful day for us. We have not had Holy Mass since Lockdown started in March
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Saturday, 26 March, was a day of blessings, joy and gratitude at Mercy House. Quite unexpectedly, members of SVdeP, Honeydew,
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