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June/July 2011 Winter edition

CelebratingGod andfor thefuture inHim

20th Birthday Celebration

We are planning a big celebration weekend with national& international speakers and local artists.

Date:

16-18 December 2011

Place:

Eden TC Virginia,Avalon Circle, Virginia

We will provide more information in the future as it becomes avail-able.

For any enquiry please feel free to contact Pastor Herman Viljoen at 0828094531

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Your personal invitation

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ur electricity has recently been cut because we can’t

pay R12000.00 a month. But we are positive, weknow God is in control of our lives and our ministry.

It’s a bit uncomfortable because the people mustcarry buckets of warm water from the “donkey” to take a bath,

they must use candles for light and they must do their washingwith their hands.We want to thank Janet Botma from our Virginia centre, for themoney she gave to buy a generator so that we can have somelights in our reception area and for the freezers.We also received gas bottles and heaters for the crèche and thedinning room.We want to thank the community for their help, support and prayers towards our ministry.

BETHLEHEM

The new gas heater for our dinning room.One of the gas heaters in the crèche for the little ones

few of our residents were privileged to visit the cir-cus, and a lot of them for the first time in their lives. We

want to thank Brian Boswell’s circus for making it possi-

ble for the past 7 years for our residents to visit the circus.

No one is promised tomorrow

one of us are promised to-morrow , we are all like tentsand while we are on earth our tent pens are pulled out one by oneuntil the last one is pulled out and we exchange our tent life for amore permanent place in heaven.

These were the words of Pastor Dicky on one of our residents fu-nerals.Ferrie Coetzee was one of the firstresidents at our Bethlehem centre.He passed away 5 June 2011 at theage of 71. Our deepest condo-lences to his family and friends.

ne of the mothers at Eden gave birth to a beautiful babyand we asked the community to help with clothes for the baby. Well, not long after that an elderly lady brought a bag of

baby clothes but before she left she asked whether it’s a black or white baby. We said it’s a black baby. To make a long storyshort, she took the bag, took out a little pink jersey and said, “give this to the baby” and took the rest of the clothes back and

that because it was a black baby and not a white one.I share this with you because I want to point out to you that

Eden are there for anyone that needs help, whether it’s a black

or white, adult or a child. If God sends someone on our way wecannot choose whom to help. Matthew 25 makes it clear that wemust help our brother.

Eden help anyone that needs help

Matthew 25:35-40 35 For I was hungry and you gave me food, I was thirsty and you gave me drink, I was a stranger and you welcomed me, 36 I was naked and you clothed me, I was sick and you visited me, I

was in prison and you came to me.’ 37

Then the righteous will

answer him, saying, ‘Lord, when did we see you hungry and

feed you, or thirsty and give you drink? 38 And when did we seeyou a stranger and welcome you, or naked and clothe you? 39

And when did we see you sick or in prison and visit you?’

And the King will answer them, ‘Truly, I say to you, as you

did it to one of the least of these my brothers,

you did it to me.’

s I write this contribution to our newsletter, it has been raining heavily in Bloemfontein over the lastcouple of days. These adverse weather conditions place a far bigger demand on the Ministry. Peoplefind it unbearable to live on the streets in the cold, and thus comeknocking on our door for help. Many a times these things have tohappen to get these people off the streets.At the time of writing we had 89 residents, 55 males and 34 fe-males. Of the 89 residents there are 5 kids. Our day care centrecurrently has 23 children.We ask that you please keep us in your prayers as we know thenumber of people who needs help is far greater than the ones weare currently helping. The majority of these people is unem- ployed and has lost everything in life. The knocks on our door will become more and, yes, we want to help more people in their walk with God.

Please

pray

with us for:

1. Bedding 2. Food 3. Clothes4. Shoes5. Beds

A visit to Bloem show

n the 3

of May 2011 we took 38 of our residents tothe annual Bloem Show. We firstly want to thank our Heavenly Father for making this possible. We alsosay thank you to Mrs. Gerda Crawley of Free StateMental Health who works tirelessly to ensure that the day runsoff smooth. As can be seen from the photographs, every one thatwent enjoyed themselves. There were a couple of sad faces whenwe had to come home.We have various projects on the go at the moment. It is our aimto truly make this a home for every single resident. Quite a fewof our residents has been living at the Ministry for more than 10years and because of their condition will live out the rest of their lives here.

We are looking for people to come on board and help us. Should you want to get involved in this or any of the other activities of the Ministry, please contact us on 051 430 5769.