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BloemfonteinCoca Cola a big help
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Soccer World CupBloemspruit news
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Bethlehem news
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Feedback on MaxBrockmeyer
s visit toSouth Africa
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Virginia newsPhotos about hap-penings at the centre
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Kroonstad newsThank
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Eden TC Leaders
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ear Eden TeenChallenge Minis-tries,I have tostart off by thanking each andevery person in and aroundEden Teen Challenge. Every single one of you guys truly helped me to have such amemorable and exciting trip. Ireally cannot thank youenough for allowing me togrow in so many ways whilebeing in South Africa. I mustsay that I was extremely hon-ored to have been a part of allthe centers and what it had tooffer. I can honestly say that Igrew as a person emotionally as well as spiritually. Eventhough you may not know it,each and every one of the peo-ple in the Eden centers helped me grow in so many unimaginable ways!I must say that when I first arrived in South Africa, it was pretty tough. For about thefirst three weeks that I was down there, I wasn
t exactly sure what it was that God wanted me todo in such a different and foreign country. But, as the weeks progressed and the lifestyle becamemore normal to me, I slowly realized that this was truly one of the best trips I had ever taken. Allthanks to God and to the people who make up all of Eden.I was more than blessed to have been given so many wonderful opportunities. Frompreaching a lot of the Sunday services, to teaching the children at the center in Bethlehem, tothe devotions in Bloemfontein, and just the many wonderful conversations that took placeabout so many things was really just another highlight of my trip. I know for a fact that if I wasdoing this type of internship in the United States, I would never had the chance to do themany things that I did in South Africa.Once again I cannot tell you guys enough how blessed I was and just what an honor it was to be down in the great country of South Africa. As the weeks were rapidly coming to anend, it was slowly occurring to me that it was becoming weird to think that I was actually goingto leave. Unfortunately, I had to leave to return back to my family. But, don
t worry; I will try my best to make another trip to South Africa. I hope and pray for every single one of you guys thatGod will use you all in a mighty way. Take care and God Bless! Yours Truly,Max Brockmeyer
A letter from Max Brockmeyer
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ith the arrival of winter came theproblem of clean clothes forthe residents. Because of thecold weather clothes just takesso long to dry and added to thisthe number of patients in-creased quite dramatically. It allresulted in the load of the laun-dry increasing quite substantially in a short period of time. Weknew that our machines just would not cope. God howeverknows what is needed in Hishouse and before we knew it we had a brand new 10.5 kg washing machine plus a 10.5kg tumble dryer. Needless tosay our clean clothing prob-lems are a thing of the pastand for this we are sincerely grateful to Coca Cola (Ilse vanDyk and Bernadine Wilke) who gives so unselfishly of themselves
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Coca Cola donate washing machine
First and foremost we thank our Heavenly Father for all the blessings that were showered on this Ministry over thelast couple of months. We thank God for the amazing people and the open hearts that are involved in the daily op-erations of His house.
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n the previous newsletter we mentioned that we wanted toredo all the residents
rooms by painting them, putting upnew rails for curtains, curtains and duvets. Well, this month we can share with you the fact that Coca Cola stepped inand they sponsored 80 tins of Enamel paint. We worked out that this will enable us to paint all the residentsrooms. We can never thank God enough for the wonders andblessings of His house. We painted the ladies quarters and I don
thave to tell you the joy on their faces. A huge thank you onceagain to Bernadine Wilke and Ilse van Dyk for putting smiles onso many faces.
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n average we serve approximately 480 meals per day here in our Bloemfontein Centre. It is through peo-ple like Pieter and Leonie Marie Combrinck of EggzDistributors that this just not only stays a dream,but it becomes reality. We thank you from the bottom of ourhearts for allowing God to use you to make a difference in thelives of those less fortunate than yourselves. Pieter and LeonieMarie donate up to 3000 eggs to the Ministry at a time.
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Eggz distributors
Coca Cola donate paint
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o all the other donors who so unselfishly give of them-selves, we want to say thank you. Thank you for allow-ing God to work in your hearts and thus improving thelot of others.Finally please keep us in your prayers as to the day to day opera-tion of the Ministry.Should you want to get involved in any of the activities of theMinistry, please contact us on 051 430 5769.
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eorgewasplaced here on01/09/09 byBongani Hospi-tal in Welkom.He was found onthe streets of Welkom in avery neglectedstate and brought to the Hospital. All attempts to trace his familyin and around Welkom have proven unsuccessful, so its really abattle to apply for an identity document for him. His age is esti-mated to be 17 years and George is also not able to help usmuch as he cannot speak. He has however fitted in nicely withthe other residents and is as a child to some of the residents.George by all accounts will spend the rest of his life in the Min-istry as no attempt by anyone has been made to trace him inWelkom.
George Marumo
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n the day that the world cup started, 11 June 2010, we had our own little tourna-ment. All the residents were divided into two groups and they played for a tro-phy. A really wonderful time was had by all and they even had cheerleaders, man-agers, coaches. Petrus Greyling showed the most enthusiasm and was duly re- warded with the man of the match award.
With regard to the real World Cup, I think it was everybody
s dream to attend even justone match. Myself and Rhoda (more so Rhoda, because she
s never been to any stadium)also wanted to go. We enquired from the local Fifa office regarding the prices of ticketsand were shocked to learn that the cheapest ticketcost R594 and then you ended up sitting high up inthe stadium. Well we consoled ourselves with the idea that we would have to watch thegames on television as we do not have that kind of money. God had other plans which we were not even aware of. A week before the Bafana vs France game, I received a call from Pas-tor Herman asking me which team I supported and well I told him that I supported Brazil.He told me that he has bad news for me as he can
t give me tickets to the Brazil game, but hehas 2 A grade tickets valued at more than R1200 per ticket. He was given these tickets andthought that we would appreciate attending a game. These seats were six rows from the fieldand well I don
t have to tell you how we enjoyed the atmosphere, the game and the mere factthat we were part of an historic event. This truly was a dream come true for the both of usand we want to thank Pastor Herman and Dr Jana Viljoen
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Soccer world cup 2010
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I just want to use this opportunity to thank all our donors for their help and support towardsour centre and also for everyone who is praying for us. Be assured that it is highly appreciatedknowing that there is someone who has the same heartbeat for the work we do.Should you want to get involved in our ministry here at Bloemspruit please feel free to contactme Kobus sonnekus at 0793438998.
Eph 6:18b
praying always with all prayers and supplications in the spirit and watching thereunto with all perseverenace and supplication for all saints:
Prayer is important in our ministry. We would like to pray for you. You are welcome to use this opportunityto write in your prayer request and forward it to any of the addresses on the back or use our email addressedennews@vodamail.co.zaPlease provide the first name of the person to pray for:Prayer request:
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