In the ocean a large wave sometimes catches you off guard, you loose your balance and it takes you down. Often, just as you try to get back on your
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Youth Day 2020
Twenty-six years ago, in 1994, South Africa became a true democracy and a new era of political freedom began. Today’s youth belong to the ‘born free’, post-Apartheid generation.
Many of
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God Our Provider
Ruth and Hannah look to God for help and discover His plans were beyond what they could have imagined.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=77YAa6QBvtM&t=3s
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Ascension Day
Today we remember Jesus’ ascension up to heaven over 2,000 years ago. Jesus, the sacrificial Lamb of God, had been crucified, buried, and rose back to life three days later.
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What is that in your hand?
Moses’s story is very familiar to many of us, how as a baby he was put in a basket on a crocodile infested river, rescued by the Pharaoh’s daughter and
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Love Finds a Way
We are now on day 18 of lockdown in South Africa. At the end of last week, President Ramaphosa
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Eyes to See
As we celebrate the victory of Jesus over death and the grave today, we read of the responses of those closest to Him.
The women who were with Him at
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A Servant’s Heart
The disciples were all together celebrating the Passover feast while remembering the joy of God’s deliverance of His people from slavery in Egypt.
They believed that Jesus was the Messiah
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Intercession
Prayer is more impactful than we often realise.
Technology allows us to not only pray at home on our own, but also to join with others. I have been blessed
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A Journey of Forgiveness and Hope
A little while ago a young lady visited our health team, hoping to find someone who would listen to her story and offer advice without judging her. Caught up in a
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Keeping up to date on HIV
A couple of weeks ago during our staff meeting we looked at HIV-related statistics and what these numbers actually mean to us in our daily ministry at SOH.
We used styrofoam cups
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Building on People’s Assets
(November 2014)
We believe people have skills, access to resources and social connections that they can or do already use. Building on those assets is empowering and allows people to
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Why We Teach People to Stop Ploughing Their Fields
(November 2014)
Manager of Agriculture and Business Development at Seed of Hope, Dan Wiens, shares his passion for Conservation Agriculture and explains the difference it makes for local farmers.
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Helping Without Hurting
(August 2014)
Perhaps you’ve read When Helping Hurts (Corbett & Fikkert), or come across articles that encourage westerners to give thoughtful consideration of the kinds of assistance we provide in
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Children With Nowhere To Go
(August 2014)
Michelle Waldron shares a story that is all too familiar in South Africa. He is almost 6 weeks old. She is just over 2. Their mom abandoned them
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Getting Up Everyday
(August 2014)
Kerry Wiens shares about her opportunity to be part of the “I Heart Market” with some of the graduates of the Sewing Program at Seed of Hope.
It
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Giving HIV Patients Quicker Access to Treatment
(August 2014)
Approximately 30% of the population of the province we serve in South Africa is HIV+? That is 1 out of 3! Yet people are still quite ignorant about
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Smiles and Sounds of Joy Fill the Air
(Taken from news letter December 2013)
With colourful jumping castles, incredible volunteers, sizzling “boerewors” (South African sausages) and mountains of prizes wrapped under the tree, the Simunye Christmas Party was
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