On Greeting Cards and Shopping Bags

On Greeting Cards and Shopping Bags

by | Aug 4, 2022 | News

 

We have a few volunteers who have offered to give their time for free to make greeting cards (Christmas, Birthday, Anniversaries, special Holidays, etc.) and shopping bags.  For examples of the work: See pictures above and below. All proceeds of the sale thereof will be for the benefit of the children in the homes that receive aid from Heart for Children. In order to prevent waste, they will rather work on your specific order.

Please contact Annette at 0834696875 or annette.pool@gmail.com 

 

Some feedback from Heart for Children

Some feedback from Heart for Children

by | Jul 17, 2022 | News

We have asked our beneficiaries if perhaps they could give us some feedback about some of the children that were placed in their care and that in the meantime have left the nest, so to speak. We received our first feedback from Alfonse and Yvonne van Galen from the Rehoboth Children’s Village in Port Shepstone.

Yvonne writes:

Hi Henry and Annette,

We have several children who are now independent. Heart for Children houses have sheltered young kids until now and those who are independent had just flown out when Heart for Children also started supporting the city house. But we can give an update on a few kids. Some have chosen to have little to no contact with us, others keep us informed monthly.

2 young ladies now work regularly at Rehoboth, one as caregiver to the babies and one with woodwork restoration (see photo at the begin of this newsletter). Another young man now works on a nearby estate. These ladies rent a room next to each other in Murchison and the young man lives with an uncle. He is now training hard to run the Comrades in August. See photos far below

Our first child from Rehoboth is also renting a room and after Barista training, he worked in a restaurant for a while. Now that the high season has ended, he is working at a large macadamia farmer where he has learned about the nut cracking machines and is involved with supervision.

Furthermore:

One lady works in a law firm and studies in the evenings to continue with law. Another young lady is now doing 2nd year patisserie training after 1 year chef training in Johannesburg. After her education is finished, she hopes to go abroad which has always been her dream.

And another young lady has part time cleaning work. She is our first lady who is pregnant and expecting her child in September. Unfortunately it seems the father is not willing to be part of the upbringing. Another young man has been working at KFC for years now and rents a room and rides a bike to work every day.

I have a few photos of those who found work. See attached.

Blessings

Yvonne

(Yvonne and Alfonse are in the first picture below)

Many thanks for your ongoing support to Heart for Children!!!

Heart for Children, FNB Cheque acc. no. 62215969116, branch 252-445, or for internet banking use 250-655. We will provide you with a certificate of payment if and when required as soon as we have received your gift. Regular monthly contributions are preferred so that we can plan for the number of foster homes that we want to support. Please note that Heart for Children is an approved public benefit organization.

Wishing you God’s richest blessings!

 

Annette, 0834696875, annette.pool@gmail.com

and 

Henry, 0836297690, henrypool7@gmail.com

 

Toys from Father Christmas!

by | Jan 20, 2022 | News

You will recall that we made an effort late last year to collect toys from you, especially for the children of the Share Tears and Grow safe house in Nellmapius. Man, was it really Christmas in that home! The children were overjoyed. Click on the video slider to see the pictures.

Many thanks to all of you that donated the toys!

Extra help for our children under lock down

Extra help for our children under lock down

by | Apr 22, 2020 | News

As I am writing this more than 4 billion people all over the world have been asked to stay at home to prevent the Corona virus from spreading. I am sure everyone realizes the seriousness of the situation. Let us all pray that a cure will be found soon?

First, on behalf of the children, our heartfelt thanks to all of you who contributed to the special project of Heart for Children to renovate the foster home in Koraal str. 7, Jeffreys Bay. I remember that Jesus said: ‘Truly, I tell you, what you did for one of the least of these people, you did for Me’. (Matt. 25:40). May God bless you richly!

Ever wondered who the Sons of God were?

(Gen. 6:2). Visit Henry’s Blog and find out!

http://breadonthewater.co.za/2020/03/02/could-it-be-that-an-advanced-civilization-of-giant-people-existed-long-before-noahs-flood/

Regular Services

On another note: Remember that we still carry on with the broadcasting of services from the old Crystal Cathedral via our internet channel. The latest services our now always showing on top, so you don’t have to scroll down all the way down to the end. Click on:

http://breadonthewater.co.za/ccmsa/

Delivering food packages

Please understand that as a result of the lock down period, we have received requests from the mothers in the homes that are supported by Heart for Children (SA) &  Hart voor Kinderen(NL), for extra assistance with food and other necessities needed at this time.

Normally the children get meals at their schools. Under these special circumstances, in order to provide the required extra assistance during this particular trying time, the board of Heart for Children (SA) has decided that we should suspend our building project and postpone this for a year and rather use the special amount of R40000that was collected so far for a once off amount of R2000 extra for each of our homes this month (April). I am sure those who have contributed to the project will agree with us that we should heed the call from our mothers in the homes and provide some extra aid now to relieve them of the burden of financial stress resulting from the lock down. As from yesterday, we have started with the distribution of this funds!

 

We realize these are difficult times. Know that your continued faithful financial support for the ministries is much appreciated.

Wishing you God’s richest blessings! Please, please, do stay healthy & stay safe.

Summer 2020

Summer 2020

by | Jan 23, 2020 | Donations, News, newsletter

Let us pray for rain!

In the beginning was the Word and the Word was with God and the Word was God. Through Him all things were made; without Him nothing was made that has been made. John 1:1-3

 First of all, I wish you a very healthy and blessed 2020! We trust that you had a good festive season with your loved ones and that all is well with you and your family.

Seeing the effects of the drought all around, I really hope and pray for rain this year! I immigrated to South Africa in 1976 when it was drought time, just like it is now. I remember everyone asking people on radio and TV and in churches to pray for rain for the farmers. Coming from Holland, where it is raining almost every day, I had found this somewhat strange. I was rather enjoying the sunshine! Today, the situation is again much the same: many farmers are having a tough time. Yet, strangely enough, no one in the media is asking you to pray for rain anymore. One is simply told that the droughts and the resulting fires are due to man-made climate change. Hence, the ‘bad’ weather is simply your fault……

The earth and everything in it belongs to the Lord! (Ps. 24:1)

Must say: I do recall Jesus making a specific point to all his disciples [with Him in a bad storm on a boat] that He (God) is [also] always in control of the weather (Luke 8:24-25). On reading this story again, it appears that we can always pray to God [in faith] asking Him to change the weather!

Having learned of all the intricacies of the weather – namely, for example, how God has put several brakes in place so that it does not get either too hot or too warm – I have come to  appreciate any type of weather, as ‘good’ (coming from God). Even if the weather gets so bad that it destroys life in its wake, I always know that God still is in control. Often you find that even ‘bad’ weather opens doors for new life to begin. Join the discussions about this and related issues on “Henry’s Blog’, website: http://www.breadonthewater.co.za

Many thanks to all of you who responded to our request for extra funds to renovate the children’s home in Koraalstr 7, Jeffreys Bay. A special word of thanks goes to John and Peggy in Northcliff and Monique of the MyMostBeautiful competition. So far, we have received about R30000!!! This is not at all bad compared it to our previous special effort. You will recall the time when we collected R26000 for new appliances for the Rehoboth Children’s Village in Port Shepstone. See picture above.