OCTOBER 2011 PRAYER NEWSLETTER FOR
OUR NEIGHBOURS MINISTRIES INCORPORATING ISAIAH’S HOMES OF LOVE
1. Isaiah’s Homes of Love
• Babies Home
Please pray for the team as our home is full and there are many adjustments to make for helping our new arrivals to feel loved and accepted.
Thank you for Matilda as she continues to recover from her operation
Thank you for Busi's improved health and her return to work
For Wisdom and understanding for the Team as they interact with the children.
For each of the Children to be fostered and adopted into loving homes
For Team spirit as we work together and shape the children's lives
Thank you for God's protection, provision and health for the children.
• Social Welfare Department
For the processing of Matthew's adoption
For Brandon's adoption to come through
For the completion of the fostering of Mthabisi, Bridget, Rachel
We praise God for our new addition Revival who has found a home
2. Our Neighbour's
For the mobile clinic that will start in Trenance on Mondays
For Trenance and their water problem that we may find a solution
For God provision for the Ministry
For all who make up the team, Staff and Volunteers that we serve the Lord faithfully and diligently
For the success of the APT empowerment project and training
3. The Northend Home
Thank God for Good health in the home.
For God's favour as we try to sort out identity documents for the Children
We Thank God for John and Trust who went home to their relatives
That the Children continue to work hard at their studies
4. Lighthouse Christian School
For Shepherd (the student) as he adapts to his work experience and balances it with his studies
For more permanent premises for the school
For the enrollment of new students in the New Year
Be with the Teachers as they grow in wisdom and understanding
Praise God for the provision of school material (Paces)
5. Administration
For Staff as they grow spiritually as they serve
Thank God for the Resources and Volunteers He provides
For Families going through the adoption process, for peace and understanding
For the Officials processing the adoption and fostering for efficiency and compassion
6. Special Focus
That God may receive all the glory for Our Neighbour's Ministry.
For the empowerment projects, and their success.
Income generation projects.
THANKSGIVING
Praise God for his faithfulness
Thank you for the Volunteers that give selflessly to our ministries
REFLECTIONS:
1 Thessalonians 5 : 16 - 18 16 Rejoice always, 17 pray without ceasing; 19 in everything give thanks; for this is God's will for you in Christ Jesus.
Saturday, November 26, 2011
Empowerment Projects News
A TESTIMONY OF… “EMPOWERING PEOPLE THROUGH APPROPRIATE PAPER-BASED TECHNOLOGY”
Our Neighbours Ministry, Bulawayo, Zimbabwe seeks to show Christ’s love to people in need, specifically offering support, assistance, empowerment and discipleship. One area in which we endeavour to assist people is through the Empowerment Projects. Our vision of these projects is to empower individuals or a group of people to run successful small businesses through the provision of respective skills training. Our most recent Empowerment Project has been one of Appropriate Paper-Based Technology (APT), and in just a few words I could summarize this project as "a group of unemployed people working together to utilize and transform cardboard and used paper into furniture and other useful household objects".
The empowerment group consisting of 4 gents (Addmore, Eric, Mbekezeli and Yazininkosi) and 2 ladies (Sufficient and Catherine) recently completed 2-3 weeks of training conducted by a lovely Christian couple from United Kingdom, who felt God place this process of APT upon their hearts for the people of Bulawayo. The team learnt first how to make small stools and waste paper baskets, they have now begun making stock of their products for resale. Their next lot of products will be small coffee tables, side tables and even pre-school desks. This process has been further developed in other countries to make specific furniture for people with disabilities. We look forward to this project reaching that stage of manufacture.
The process of APT was first developed by Bevil Packer here in Bulawayo back in the 70’s. Thirty years later and it has been re-introduced to Zimbabwe, as a way to generate income and also provide the local community with such useful products “hand-made with loving care”.
The process starts out with collections of cardboard and waste paper. The cardboard is then sorted into sheets of similar size and texture, it is then laminated with a “flour and water” paste to make up the materials – these layers give strength to the product. They are pressed together and then the pattern is cut from these sheets. Layers of paper are used to fit the pieces of the product together and this is then decorated. It can be painted with plain water colors and decorated with different patterns and pictures. To get a wonderful rich brown finish, “earth paint” is made up from ground soil. The product is then sealed with lacquer varnish. Items can even be personalized by being decorated with family pictures or special designs.
Now I have made it all sound very simply but it is a process which takes time and dedication. This empowerment team has proved their commitment in this project and it has been exciting to see the project take off so well. It is lovely to be a part of a project which ultimately sees people working together, utilizing the gifts that God has given them, to help themselves and in turn also helping others within the community! We thank God for all those who have been a part of this project through their support, love and friendship, and we give Him the Glory.
If you would like to make a contribution in any way to this team, please feel free to contact Mbongeni Gumbo or Belinda Wilson on (09) 64474 or email us at isaiahs@yoafrica.com or ourneighbours@yoafrica.com
Our Neighbours Ministry, Bulawayo, Zimbabwe seeks to show Christ’s love to people in need, specifically offering support, assistance, empowerment and discipleship. One area in which we endeavour to assist people is through the Empowerment Projects. Our vision of these projects is to empower individuals or a group of people to run successful small businesses through the provision of respective skills training. Our most recent Empowerment Project has been one of Appropriate Paper-Based Technology (APT), and in just a few words I could summarize this project as "a group of unemployed people working together to utilize and transform cardboard and used paper into furniture and other useful household objects".
The empowerment group consisting of 4 gents (Addmore, Eric, Mbekezeli and Yazininkosi) and 2 ladies (Sufficient and Catherine) recently completed 2-3 weeks of training conducted by a lovely Christian couple from United Kingdom, who felt God place this process of APT upon their hearts for the people of Bulawayo. The team learnt first how to make small stools and waste paper baskets, they have now begun making stock of their products for resale. Their next lot of products will be small coffee tables, side tables and even pre-school desks. This process has been further developed in other countries to make specific furniture for people with disabilities. We look forward to this project reaching that stage of manufacture.
The process of APT was first developed by Bevil Packer here in Bulawayo back in the 70’s. Thirty years later and it has been re-introduced to Zimbabwe, as a way to generate income and also provide the local community with such useful products “hand-made with loving care”.
The process starts out with collections of cardboard and waste paper. The cardboard is then sorted into sheets of similar size and texture, it is then laminated with a “flour and water” paste to make up the materials – these layers give strength to the product. They are pressed together and then the pattern is cut from these sheets. Layers of paper are used to fit the pieces of the product together and this is then decorated. It can be painted with plain water colors and decorated with different patterns and pictures. To get a wonderful rich brown finish, “earth paint” is made up from ground soil. The product is then sealed with lacquer varnish. Items can even be personalized by being decorated with family pictures or special designs.
Now I have made it all sound very simply but it is a process which takes time and dedication. This empowerment team has proved their commitment in this project and it has been exciting to see the project take off so well. It is lovely to be a part of a project which ultimately sees people working together, utilizing the gifts that God has given them, to help themselves and in turn also helping others within the community! We thank God for all those who have been a part of this project through their support, love and friendship, and we give Him the Glory.
If you would like to make a contribution in any way to this team, please feel free to contact Mbongeni Gumbo or Belinda Wilson on (09) 64474 or email us at isaiahs@yoafrica.com or ourneighbours@yoafrica.com
Sorry for the lack of info posted
Dear Friends
Please accept our sincere apologies for the lack of information posted to this blogspot. Our internet access has improved and we shall endeavour to post more regularly going forward.
Our FACEBOOK page is also active Go ahead and "LIKE"... OUR NEIGHBOURS and here you will find most recent photos, news updates and prayer requests.
Prayer requests will now be posted monthly on this blog. If you would like to receive these via email, kindly contact Charmaine at ourneighbours@yoafrica.com
Should you require any further information, please feel free to contact us at your convenience.
God bless and thank you for your support.
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Mrs. Belinda L. Wilson
The Administrator
Isaiah's Umuzi Wothando
57 Heyman Road, Suburbs,
Bulawayo, Zimbabwe
P.O. Box 2361
Bulawayo, Zimbabwe
Tel: +263-9-64474
Mobile: +263-777-773719
Alt: +263-712-212378
Email: isaiahs@yoafrica.com
Alt: ourneighbours@yoafrica.com
Website: www.ourneighbours.org
Facebook: Our Neighbours
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Please accept our sincere apologies for the lack of information posted to this blogspot. Our internet access has improved and we shall endeavour to post more regularly going forward.
Our FACEBOOK page is also active Go ahead and "LIKE"... OUR NEIGHBOURS and here you will find most recent photos, news updates and prayer requests.
Prayer requests will now be posted monthly on this blog. If you would like to receive these via email, kindly contact Charmaine at ourneighbours@yoafrica.com
Should you require any further information, please feel free to contact us at your convenience.
God bless and thank you for your support.
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Mrs. Belinda L. Wilson
The Administrator
Isaiah's Umuzi Wothando
57 Heyman Road, Suburbs,
Bulawayo, Zimbabwe
P.O. Box 2361
Bulawayo, Zimbabwe
Tel: +263-9-64474
Mobile: +263-777-773719
Alt: +263-712-212378
Email: isaiahs@yoafrica.com
Alt: ourneighbours@yoafrica.com
Website: www.ourneighbours.org
Facebook: Our Neighbours
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September 2011 News & Updates
Our Neighbours Ministry Incorporating Isaiah’s Homes of Love
Newsletter : September 2011
The next newsletter at last…
For those of you who receive Martin’s newsletter you will know that the pressure was on me as he mentioned that I would soon be sending out the news of our recent arrivals at Isaiah’s {for the record I’ve been wanting to do this since the arrival of the 2 baby girls at the end of June}. At that time he said we had 3 new babies, yesterday it was 4 and today this number has risen to 5 gorgeous and precious bundles of joy.
My apologies that this newsletter has been so erratic and not sent as regularly as anticipated but our normal day to day duties keep us so busy so that often we don’t realize how fast the months pass… Gosh we are already into the 9th month of this year, & Noma and Pride will be at Primary School next year.
We look back on the last months and we are thankful for all the support we have received, both financial and through provisions for each of the homes and the people we assist. Daily we see testimonies of God’s grace and love and though many of you are not here to see this, we thank you and want you to know that you are a special part of the work here in Bulawayo Zimbabwe.
A number of fosterings for adoption are in process and sometimes this cannot happen soon enough for those families waiting for finalization of their paperwork. Please pray for each family who has come forward and of course also pray for the children being placed into these families.
Please especially pray for Bridget, Rachel, Mthabisi & Matthew.
Since our last newsletter we have seen baby Brandon placed into his new family and are pleased to report that he has not had any medical difficulties, and has settled well into his new environment. Mom, dad and his big sister are loving having him as a part of their family and often bring him over for a short visit. It is always lovely to see these families as they grow together.
Often I get to spend half an hour or so with the babies before heading home and this is a wonderful way to end a busy day at the office. I have often wondered if the children are impacted as much as we are by the work at Isaiah’s and just the other day I received an email of encouragement and it reminded me
"So faith comes by what is heard, and what is heard comes through the message about Christ" Romans 10:17. So your ministered love to each child, sets up the foundation for them to ultimately hear the Gospel and respond with their heart, mind and soul.”
What an encouragement for our everyday life.
BABIES HOME NEW ARRIVALS
Arrived 28th June 2011
Blessed Vimbai came to Isaiah's Home of Love as a six month old baby who had been living at a local hospital in Masvingo (235km out of Bulawayo). She was abandoned as a newborn baby along a path leading to a nearby village. Blessed Vimbai is translated as “Blessed Trust” which is a beautiful name given to this precious baby girl. On arrival at the home she weighed 5.8kg and was a healthy and content baby who would smile easily. She has settled well into her new environment.
Together with . . .
Ruvarashe came to Isaiah's Home of Love as a three month old baby who had been abandoned as a newborn in the town of Masvingo (235km from Bulawayo). For the first three months of her life she lived in the local hospital. Ruvarashe is translated as “Flower of Jesus”, again is a beautiful name for this precious baby girl. She has settled well at Isaiah’s, feeding and sleeping very well. She has already started to smile and giggles when played with and given her individual attention. On arrival at our home she weighed a good 5.94kg.
Arrived 25th August 2011
Gugulethu was found abandoned on 13th August 2011 near a Soccer Field on the outskirts of one of the high density areas. She was admitted to Mpilo Hospital and placed into the care of Isaiah’s a few days later, she is estimated to be about 5 weeks old now. Gugu has a fairly light complexion with a slim physique, and seems to be in good health, feeding well for her age. Gugu has already learnt the best way to get attention is through crying, this way you are almost guaranteed to be picked up. Having not had a newborn baby around for a few months you soon forget how small they are when they first come in and how quickly they grow.
Arrived 12th September 2011
Baby Revival arrived at Isaiah’s Home of Love only a few days old, having been given up for adoption. His young mother was unable to care adequately for him but we trust that the Lord will provide a family for this handsome baby boy.
Revival seems to have a little bit of jaundice but with sufficient feeding this should pass. Please pray for him.
Arrived 13th September 2011
Thamsanqa was placed into the care of Isaiah’s having spent the first month of his life at the local hospital’s Special Care Unit as his mother absconded in the middle of the night. Her whereabouts is unknown as the details she gave upon admission are false. Thamsanqa is translated as “good fortune”. His big brown eyes compliment his light complexion.
More BABIES HOME NEWS
Keith successfully had his fused fingers separated in March. The operation went very well with the surgeon doing the operation pro-bona given Keith’s family history, we incurred minimal hospital costs and we are continually amazed by how quickly Keith heals and how easily he adapts.
Baby Talent who was placed with Isaiah’s in June on temporary care was reunited with his mother and her extended family in July. It is always good to see a baby with their family and in all cases this is a priority unless there are detrimental circumstances.
The toddlers are always a hive of activity and full of energy. Their uncle and friend Edmore loves to take them out for walks in the Suburb and this occasionally includes a pram ride to the nearby park where they can play on the swings, climb up onto the train and the tank. Great fun is had by all.
Baby Count as at 15/09/11 :- 19 beautiful blessings from God
9 girls
(Nomalanga/Faith/Nobuhle/Blessing/Jessica/Darlene/Vimbai/Ruvarashe/Gugulethu)
10 Boys
(Pride/Mthandazo/Craig/Keith/Tadiwanashe/Samuel/Christopher/Matthew/Thamsanqa/Revival)
OUR NEIGHBOUR’S NEWS
Cosmos Mobile Clinic — Aug/Sept 2011
Bulawayo and the surrounding areas were blessed with another mobile clinic being conducted by the Cosmos Health Team, which is a medical group that visit Zimbabwe from Australia twice a year to provide free quality medical assessment and treatment to under privileged communities.
Our Neighbours Ministry partner with this Team as they visit various areas over a two week period. In this the team also assist the various homes where necessary, and also hold a mobile clinic at the Baptist Church for those of the community we assist.
Trenance was one of the areas visited again this year and this saw about 300 people ranging from all ages receiving assessment and assistance for the varying ailments.
One of the patients was a grandmother who came along with her daughter and her twin babies. Gogo was not feeling well and she decided to bring the babies along also as they were not gaining any weight. The mother of the babies is HIV positive and although she is unemployed she does try to get “piece jobs” to sustain herself and her two babies. At eight weeks old the babies were already being supplemented with mealie-meal porridge as she had insufficient breast milk for both her babies. The Cosmos Team, after intense assessment, have now discouraged “mom” from breast feeding her babies as the little she is giving them has minimal nourishment value for them, and have instead conditionally committed to providing formula milk for the twin babies for a certain period of time.
The babies have been taking the formula feed now for 3 weeks and there has been a remarkable improvement in their growth and their general health. The little boy gained one whole kg and the little girl gained over 500g.
What a blessing to see the benefits of this mobile clinic—saving the life of two precious babies.
There are many other babies out there who also need such a lifeline and if you would like to make such a contribution, we would love to hear from you.
(One 400g tin of formula milk which lasts one baby nearly three days costs U$6.00)
Contact Details :-
Isaiah’s Babies Home : 57 Heyman Road
Suburbs, Bulawayo
Phone: +263-9-230504 (Babies Home)
Our Neighbours : c/o Byo Baptist Church
G.Silundika St / 2nd Avenue, Bulawayo
Phone: +263-9-888269 (O.N. Team)
Admin Office : 57 Jason Moyo Street
Btwn 4th & 5th Aves
Bulawayo
Phone: +263-9-64474 or 64472 (Admin)
Postal Address for All Ministries
P. O. Box 2361, Bulawayo, Zimbabwe
E-mail: isaiahs@yoafrica.com or
martinbarrow@hotmail.com or
ourneighbours@yoafrica.com
Banking Details
If you wish to support us by making a financial contribution, kindly email us for the applicable bank details and tax deductible options relevant to your country of origin.
Website
Our website is up and running, if you wish to view this, visit www.ourneighbours.org
If you would like to check out our regular updates - we are also on Facebook. Our Neighbours
Other Newsletters
Should you be interested in receiving Martin’s newsletters for Our Neighbours Ministry and Isaiah’s Homes of Love and/or the Financial Reports, please feel free to email him on martinbarrow@hotmail.com and he will add you to this mailing list.
If you would like to receive the monthly Ministry Prayer Partners Newsletter kindly email Charmaine on ourneighbours@yoafrica.com
If you wish to unsubscribe to this newsletter, simply send an email to isaiahs@yoafrica.com with “Unsubscribe” in the subject line.
Thank you for your time in reading of our news.
Luv ‘n’ friendship in the Lord always
Belinda
PLEASE VISIT OUR FACEBOOK PAGE TO SEE ALL THE LATEST PHOTOS AND STATUS POSTS
Newsletter : September 2011
The next newsletter at last…
For those of you who receive Martin’s newsletter you will know that the pressure was on me as he mentioned that I would soon be sending out the news of our recent arrivals at Isaiah’s {for the record I’ve been wanting to do this since the arrival of the 2 baby girls at the end of June}. At that time he said we had 3 new babies, yesterday it was 4 and today this number has risen to 5 gorgeous and precious bundles of joy.
My apologies that this newsletter has been so erratic and not sent as regularly as anticipated but our normal day to day duties keep us so busy so that often we don’t realize how fast the months pass… Gosh we are already into the 9th month of this year, & Noma and Pride will be at Primary School next year.
We look back on the last months and we are thankful for all the support we have received, both financial and through provisions for each of the homes and the people we assist. Daily we see testimonies of God’s grace and love and though many of you are not here to see this, we thank you and want you to know that you are a special part of the work here in Bulawayo Zimbabwe.
A number of fosterings for adoption are in process and sometimes this cannot happen soon enough for those families waiting for finalization of their paperwork. Please pray for each family who has come forward and of course also pray for the children being placed into these families.
Please especially pray for Bridget, Rachel, Mthabisi & Matthew.
Since our last newsletter we have seen baby Brandon placed into his new family and are pleased to report that he has not had any medical difficulties, and has settled well into his new environment. Mom, dad and his big sister are loving having him as a part of their family and often bring him over for a short visit. It is always lovely to see these families as they grow together.
Often I get to spend half an hour or so with the babies before heading home and this is a wonderful way to end a busy day at the office. I have often wondered if the children are impacted as much as we are by the work at Isaiah’s and just the other day I received an email of encouragement and it reminded me
"So faith comes by what is heard, and what is heard comes through the message about Christ" Romans 10:17. So your ministered love to each child, sets up the foundation for them to ultimately hear the Gospel and respond with their heart, mind and soul.”
What an encouragement for our everyday life.
BABIES HOME NEW ARRIVALS
Arrived 28th June 2011
Blessed Vimbai came to Isaiah's Home of Love as a six month old baby who had been living at a local hospital in Masvingo (235km out of Bulawayo). She was abandoned as a newborn baby along a path leading to a nearby village. Blessed Vimbai is translated as “Blessed Trust” which is a beautiful name given to this precious baby girl. On arrival at the home she weighed 5.8kg and was a healthy and content baby who would smile easily. She has settled well into her new environment.
Together with . . .
Ruvarashe came to Isaiah's Home of Love as a three month old baby who had been abandoned as a newborn in the town of Masvingo (235km from Bulawayo). For the first three months of her life she lived in the local hospital. Ruvarashe is translated as “Flower of Jesus”, again is a beautiful name for this precious baby girl. She has settled well at Isaiah’s, feeding and sleeping very well. She has already started to smile and giggles when played with and given her individual attention. On arrival at our home she weighed a good 5.94kg.
Arrived 25th August 2011
Gugulethu was found abandoned on 13th August 2011 near a Soccer Field on the outskirts of one of the high density areas. She was admitted to Mpilo Hospital and placed into the care of Isaiah’s a few days later, she is estimated to be about 5 weeks old now. Gugu has a fairly light complexion with a slim physique, and seems to be in good health, feeding well for her age. Gugu has already learnt the best way to get attention is through crying, this way you are almost guaranteed to be picked up. Having not had a newborn baby around for a few months you soon forget how small they are when they first come in and how quickly they grow.
Arrived 12th September 2011
Baby Revival arrived at Isaiah’s Home of Love only a few days old, having been given up for adoption. His young mother was unable to care adequately for him but we trust that the Lord will provide a family for this handsome baby boy.
Revival seems to have a little bit of jaundice but with sufficient feeding this should pass. Please pray for him.
Arrived 13th September 2011
Thamsanqa was placed into the care of Isaiah’s having spent the first month of his life at the local hospital’s Special Care Unit as his mother absconded in the middle of the night. Her whereabouts is unknown as the details she gave upon admission are false. Thamsanqa is translated as “good fortune”. His big brown eyes compliment his light complexion.
More BABIES HOME NEWS
Keith successfully had his fused fingers separated in March. The operation went very well with the surgeon doing the operation pro-bona given Keith’s family history, we incurred minimal hospital costs and we are continually amazed by how quickly Keith heals and how easily he adapts.
Baby Talent who was placed with Isaiah’s in June on temporary care was reunited with his mother and her extended family in July. It is always good to see a baby with their family and in all cases this is a priority unless there are detrimental circumstances.
The toddlers are always a hive of activity and full of energy. Their uncle and friend Edmore loves to take them out for walks in the Suburb and this occasionally includes a pram ride to the nearby park where they can play on the swings, climb up onto the train and the tank. Great fun is had by all.
Baby Count as at 15/09/11 :- 19 beautiful blessings from God
9 girls
(Nomalanga/Faith/Nobuhle/Blessing/Jessica/Darlene/Vimbai/Ruvarashe/Gugulethu)
10 Boys
(Pride/Mthandazo/Craig/Keith/Tadiwanashe/Samuel/Christopher/Matthew/Thamsanqa/Revival)
OUR NEIGHBOUR’S NEWS
Cosmos Mobile Clinic — Aug/Sept 2011
Bulawayo and the surrounding areas were blessed with another mobile clinic being conducted by the Cosmos Health Team, which is a medical group that visit Zimbabwe from Australia twice a year to provide free quality medical assessment and treatment to under privileged communities.
Our Neighbours Ministry partner with this Team as they visit various areas over a two week period. In this the team also assist the various homes where necessary, and also hold a mobile clinic at the Baptist Church for those of the community we assist.
Trenance was one of the areas visited again this year and this saw about 300 people ranging from all ages receiving assessment and assistance for the varying ailments.
One of the patients was a grandmother who came along with her daughter and her twin babies. Gogo was not feeling well and she decided to bring the babies along also as they were not gaining any weight. The mother of the babies is HIV positive and although she is unemployed she does try to get “piece jobs” to sustain herself and her two babies. At eight weeks old the babies were already being supplemented with mealie-meal porridge as she had insufficient breast milk for both her babies. The Cosmos Team, after intense assessment, have now discouraged “mom” from breast feeding her babies as the little she is giving them has minimal nourishment value for them, and have instead conditionally committed to providing formula milk for the twin babies for a certain period of time.
The babies have been taking the formula feed now for 3 weeks and there has been a remarkable improvement in their growth and their general health. The little boy gained one whole kg and the little girl gained over 500g.
What a blessing to see the benefits of this mobile clinic—saving the life of two precious babies.
There are many other babies out there who also need such a lifeline and if you would like to make such a contribution, we would love to hear from you.
(One 400g tin of formula milk which lasts one baby nearly three days costs U$6.00)
Contact Details :-
Isaiah’s Babies Home : 57 Heyman Road
Suburbs, Bulawayo
Phone: +263-9-230504 (Babies Home)
Our Neighbours : c/o Byo Baptist Church
G.Silundika St / 2nd Avenue, Bulawayo
Phone: +263-9-888269 (O.N. Team)
Admin Office : 57 Jason Moyo Street
Btwn 4th & 5th Aves
Bulawayo
Phone: +263-9-64474 or 64472 (Admin)
Postal Address for All Ministries
P. O. Box 2361, Bulawayo, Zimbabwe
E-mail: isaiahs@yoafrica.com or
martinbarrow@hotmail.com or
ourneighbours@yoafrica.com
Banking Details
If you wish to support us by making a financial contribution, kindly email us for the applicable bank details and tax deductible options relevant to your country of origin.
Website
Our website is up and running, if you wish to view this, visit www.ourneighbours.org
If you would like to check out our regular updates - we are also on Facebook. Our Neighbours
Other Newsletters
Should you be interested in receiving Martin’s newsletters for Our Neighbours Ministry and Isaiah’s Homes of Love and/or the Financial Reports, please feel free to email him on martinbarrow@hotmail.com and he will add you to this mailing list.
If you would like to receive the monthly Ministry Prayer Partners Newsletter kindly email Charmaine on ourneighbours@yoafrica.com
If you wish to unsubscribe to this newsletter, simply send an email to isaiahs@yoafrica.com with “Unsubscribe” in the subject line.
Thank you for your time in reading of our news.
Luv ‘n’ friendship in the Lord always
Belinda
PLEASE VISIT OUR FACEBOOK PAGE TO SEE ALL THE LATEST PHOTOS AND STATUS POSTS
June 2011 News & Update
Our Neighbours Ministry Incorporating Isaiah’s Homes of Love
Newsletter : June 2011
General Ministry News
Our Neighbours would like to express sincere thanks to you all for your support through this year, 2011. We regret that as the months have passed we have not been able to keep you all updated with the happenings, we would love to be able to do this on a monthly basis as daily we see and can testify to your support.
We are grateful for you all who have stood by us in prayer, for all who have sacrificed financially so that others in Zimbabwe can be blessed, and for all of you who have encouraged us to continue being those on the ground who are able to help others.
Our project director Martin Barrow was able to visit Australia in April and share in person the amazing work which continues here in Bulawayo through the commitment of you our sponsors, donors and friends. Martin had some wonderful “coffee & convo evenings” at a few churches, did some great interviews and we’d like to take this opportunity to thank all who made these evenings of sharing the great success they were. Through your support our work here continues giving God the Glory for these, His, Ministries. Thank you for these times.
The Babies Home in February seemed quiet for a short bit with seven toddlers moving to their new home in Morningside. It was not long before the next batch of leaders took their places in the Home, and for a short while the toddlers asked of the whereabouts of their older “siblings”. Taking them a few at a time to visit Ebenezer Home they are now more settled and seem to comprehend the move. Our numbers in December 2010 were at their highest with 26 children, 5 of which were “out” in the process of fostering for adoption. After the Ebenezer move our numbers dropped down to 15 children and at this point I reflect back and wonder how in the world we managed to love so many toddlers and babies all in one go. Of course we managed and loved every minute of it !!
Isaiah’s statistics at present show 81 children having come into our care since operations began 2006/2007, 3 “out” fostering are still in progress, 15 fostering have been finalized to individuals/families, 10 are in process of fostering at the first of our Forever Homes, 18 children are in placement at our second and third forever homes, 14 have been reunited with extended families and sadly 5 have passed away. It is encouraging to note we have had another 3 children identified for fostering with the intention of adoption.
Rehoboth, the first of the Forever Homes which was started in partnership with Mind The Gap Africa in October 2008 is now fully independent, and we would like to extend our congratulations to them for this achievement. They are in the process of finalizing fostering for all the children in their care.
Windles, the second of the forever homes continues to provide a loving and homely environment to 10 children between the ages of 4 and 12, seven of these children are girls.
The seven toddlers from Isaiah’s were joined by another 2 toddlers from Sandra Jones Centre at Ebenezer. The eldest girl from this forever home has been identified for fostering. All eight children under the age of 4 have settled well into this new home.
Our Neighbours Team continues to work together with the poorest of the poor in Bulawayo in an endeavour to empower them to self-sustainability. We are seeking to empower both individuals and disadvantaged communities with small business opportunities, chicken and pig-rearing projects. We ask you to continue to pray with us to be able to assist them in such a way that they will sow diligently, harvest and reap the rewards of the labor.
Winter is upon us and many of us have the comfort of warm clothing, jerseys or jackets and blankets to cover up in the cold. Our babies have been blessed with many jerseys, woolen hats and blankets so kindly knitted by folk. There is a great need for more adult woolen hats, blankets and warm clothing which can be distributed to the destitute who attend Soup Kitchen and our Health Information Service. If you are able to assist please feel free to email us at your convenience. ourneighbours@yoafrica.com
More Babies Home News
Now safe in the arms of Jesus
Baby Rachel was discharged from the Hospital at the beginning of June, and her desperate father brought her to our Home asking us to help take care of her. Her mother had died a few weeks after her delivery and he was struggling to take care of her properly. It was clear that Baby Rachel had been very sick for some time because although she was six months old she was the size of a newborn baby. She had spent a lot of time in hospital with her father at her side.
Baby Rachel came into our care on Monday 6th June and because she was so weak she was syringe fed 10ml at a time at almost each waking moment. She groaned a lot in the beginning but these soon became less frequent as she became accustomed to be loved, held and cuddled.
Again the other toddlers were in awe of another small baby in the house, and in particular Nobuhle, Tadiwa and Noma took more notice of our Baby Rachel’s presence. The first night after she had arrived at Isaiah’s Noma sat with the family before dinner and in giving thanks she prayed “Dear Jesus, thank you for our new baby, touch her where it is painful and heal her, thank you for everybody else and thanks for our food, Amen.” Tadiwa loved to touch her tiny hands and head whilst Nobuhle let everyone know there was a new baby in the house.
Sadly Baby Rachel did not recover and passed away early hours of the 11th of June. We are sorry we did not have time to let our newsletter friends know of Baby Rachel’s arrival. In memory of Baby Rachel we share...
It is always difficult to understand why a small child dies – so innocent and helpless and so we share our little Rachel’s fairytale, we know now she rests safely in the arms of Jesus...
“This is a story of a very precious baby girl who was very sick, her mommy was also sick and she died when the baby girl was very small. I think the baby girl was very sad when her mommy died but she knew that Jesus loved her. Her daddy loved her a lot and he wanted her to get better. Her daddy gave her a real cool name – it was Rachel. Rachel’s daddy asked some people if they could help look after his baby girl so she could get better. Now Rachel had lots of people around her who cared for her, loved her, prayed for her, fed her, bathed her and they kept her warm in blankets and laid her to sleep at night in her special bed.
God could see that Rachel was very sick and was struggling to get better so he decided he would bring her into Heaven where she would have no more deep pain. God had a special job for Rachel, even though she was a tiny baby.
Heaven is just like it is on Earth except that there are lots of beautiful things all around – there is no more pain and no more hurt. God’s special job for Rachel was to be one of his precious baby Angels. God needs angels of all ages to care for those He loves on Earth and when He saw just how much Rachel was suffering, he knew he could make her into a beautiful angel to care and comfort other sick babies. Do you know that God has mommy and daddy angels, grandma and grandpa angels. He has boy angels and girl angels and even aunty and uncle angels.
Jesus is holding Rachel in his arms right now and explaining to her how much he loved her and what a special job he has in store for her. There are lots of children all over the world who are hurting and babies like Rachel will be angels to care for those babies and children. I think Rachel’s mommy is also an angel and so she will help Rachel to be a beautiful, loving and caring baby angel.”
Arrival of Baby Talent
Baby Talent was placed into our care at the end of May 2011 and is said to be about 6 months old. He has a gorgeous smile which he willingly shares at the slightest bit of attention, he is a very content baby and is seldom heard crying. He feeds and sleeps well and has settled into our Home where he is currently on a Place of Safety.
This precious baby boy was brought into our care as he has no extended family willing to care for him whilst his mother is being treated at a local facility for patients with mental disorders.
Baby Count as at 18/06/11 :- 16 beautiful blessings from God
6 girls
(Nomalanga/Faith/Nobuhle/Blessing/Jessica/Darlene)
10 Boys
(Pride/Mthandazo/Craig/Keith/Tadiwanashe/Samuel/Christopher/Matthew/Brandon/Talent)
Banking Details
If you wish to support us by making a financial contribution, kindly email us for the applicable bank details and tax deductible options relevant to your country of origin.
Website
Our website is up and running, if you wish to view this, visit www.ourneighbours.org
If you would like to check out our regular updates - we are also on Facebook. Our Neighbours
Other Newsletters
Should you be interested in receiving Martin’s newsletters for Our Neighbours Ministry and Isaiah’s Homes of Love and/or the Financial Reports, please feel free to email him on martinbarrow@hotmail.com and he will add you to this mailing list.
If you would like to receive the Ministry Prayer Partners Newsletter kindly email Charmaine on ourneighbours@yoafrica.com
If you wish to unsubscribe to this newsletter, simply send an email to isaiahs@yoafrica.com with “Unsubscribe” in the subject line.
Thank you for your time in reading of our news.
Luv ‘n’ friendship in the Lord always
Belinda
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Mrs. Belinda L. Wilson
The Administrator
Isaiah's Umuzi Wothando
57 Heyman Road, Suburbs,
Bulawayo, Zimbabwe
P.O. Box 2361
Bulawayo, Zimbabwe
Tel: +263-9-64474
Mobile: +263-777-773719
Alt: +263-712-212378
Email: isaiahs@yoafrica.com
Alt: ourneighbours@yoafrica.com
Website: www.ourneighbours.org
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Psalm 37 vs. 4 :- Delight yourself in the Lord
& He will give you the desires of your heart.
Newsletter : June 2011
General Ministry News
Our Neighbours would like to express sincere thanks to you all for your support through this year, 2011. We regret that as the months have passed we have not been able to keep you all updated with the happenings, we would love to be able to do this on a monthly basis as daily we see and can testify to your support.
We are grateful for you all who have stood by us in prayer, for all who have sacrificed financially so that others in Zimbabwe can be blessed, and for all of you who have encouraged us to continue being those on the ground who are able to help others.
Our project director Martin Barrow was able to visit Australia in April and share in person the amazing work which continues here in Bulawayo through the commitment of you our sponsors, donors and friends. Martin had some wonderful “coffee & convo evenings” at a few churches, did some great interviews and we’d like to take this opportunity to thank all who made these evenings of sharing the great success they were. Through your support our work here continues giving God the Glory for these, His, Ministries. Thank you for these times.
The Babies Home in February seemed quiet for a short bit with seven toddlers moving to their new home in Morningside. It was not long before the next batch of leaders took their places in the Home, and for a short while the toddlers asked of the whereabouts of their older “siblings”. Taking them a few at a time to visit Ebenezer Home they are now more settled and seem to comprehend the move. Our numbers in December 2010 were at their highest with 26 children, 5 of which were “out” in the process of fostering for adoption. After the Ebenezer move our numbers dropped down to 15 children and at this point I reflect back and wonder how in the world we managed to love so many toddlers and babies all in one go. Of course we managed and loved every minute of it !!
Isaiah’s statistics at present show 81 children having come into our care since operations began 2006/2007, 3 “out” fostering are still in progress, 15 fostering have been finalized to individuals/families, 10 are in process of fostering at the first of our Forever Homes, 18 children are in placement at our second and third forever homes, 14 have been reunited with extended families and sadly 5 have passed away. It is encouraging to note we have had another 3 children identified for fostering with the intention of adoption.
Rehoboth, the first of the Forever Homes which was started in partnership with Mind The Gap Africa in October 2008 is now fully independent, and we would like to extend our congratulations to them for this achievement. They are in the process of finalizing fostering for all the children in their care.
Windles, the second of the forever homes continues to provide a loving and homely environment to 10 children between the ages of 4 and 12, seven of these children are girls.
The seven toddlers from Isaiah’s were joined by another 2 toddlers from Sandra Jones Centre at Ebenezer. The eldest girl from this forever home has been identified for fostering. All eight children under the age of 4 have settled well into this new home.
Our Neighbours Team continues to work together with the poorest of the poor in Bulawayo in an endeavour to empower them to self-sustainability. We are seeking to empower both individuals and disadvantaged communities with small business opportunities, chicken and pig-rearing projects. We ask you to continue to pray with us to be able to assist them in such a way that they will sow diligently, harvest and reap the rewards of the labor.
Winter is upon us and many of us have the comfort of warm clothing, jerseys or jackets and blankets to cover up in the cold. Our babies have been blessed with many jerseys, woolen hats and blankets so kindly knitted by folk. There is a great need for more adult woolen hats, blankets and warm clothing which can be distributed to the destitute who attend Soup Kitchen and our Health Information Service. If you are able to assist please feel free to email us at your convenience. ourneighbours@yoafrica.com
More Babies Home News
Now safe in the arms of Jesus
Baby Rachel was discharged from the Hospital at the beginning of June, and her desperate father brought her to our Home asking us to help take care of her. Her mother had died a few weeks after her delivery and he was struggling to take care of her properly. It was clear that Baby Rachel had been very sick for some time because although she was six months old she was the size of a newborn baby. She had spent a lot of time in hospital with her father at her side.
Baby Rachel came into our care on Monday 6th June and because she was so weak she was syringe fed 10ml at a time at almost each waking moment. She groaned a lot in the beginning but these soon became less frequent as she became accustomed to be loved, held and cuddled.
Again the other toddlers were in awe of another small baby in the house, and in particular Nobuhle, Tadiwa and Noma took more notice of our Baby Rachel’s presence. The first night after she had arrived at Isaiah’s Noma sat with the family before dinner and in giving thanks she prayed “Dear Jesus, thank you for our new baby, touch her where it is painful and heal her, thank you for everybody else and thanks for our food, Amen.” Tadiwa loved to touch her tiny hands and head whilst Nobuhle let everyone know there was a new baby in the house.
Sadly Baby Rachel did not recover and passed away early hours of the 11th of June. We are sorry we did not have time to let our newsletter friends know of Baby Rachel’s arrival. In memory of Baby Rachel we share...
It is always difficult to understand why a small child dies – so innocent and helpless and so we share our little Rachel’s fairytale, we know now she rests safely in the arms of Jesus...
“This is a story of a very precious baby girl who was very sick, her mommy was also sick and she died when the baby girl was very small. I think the baby girl was very sad when her mommy died but she knew that Jesus loved her. Her daddy loved her a lot and he wanted her to get better. Her daddy gave her a real cool name – it was Rachel. Rachel’s daddy asked some people if they could help look after his baby girl so she could get better. Now Rachel had lots of people around her who cared for her, loved her, prayed for her, fed her, bathed her and they kept her warm in blankets and laid her to sleep at night in her special bed.
God could see that Rachel was very sick and was struggling to get better so he decided he would bring her into Heaven where she would have no more deep pain. God had a special job for Rachel, even though she was a tiny baby.
Heaven is just like it is on Earth except that there are lots of beautiful things all around – there is no more pain and no more hurt. God’s special job for Rachel was to be one of his precious baby Angels. God needs angels of all ages to care for those He loves on Earth and when He saw just how much Rachel was suffering, he knew he could make her into a beautiful angel to care and comfort other sick babies. Do you know that God has mommy and daddy angels, grandma and grandpa angels. He has boy angels and girl angels and even aunty and uncle angels.
Jesus is holding Rachel in his arms right now and explaining to her how much he loved her and what a special job he has in store for her. There are lots of children all over the world who are hurting and babies like Rachel will be angels to care for those babies and children. I think Rachel’s mommy is also an angel and so she will help Rachel to be a beautiful, loving and caring baby angel.”
Arrival of Baby Talent
Baby Talent was placed into our care at the end of May 2011 and is said to be about 6 months old. He has a gorgeous smile which he willingly shares at the slightest bit of attention, he is a very content baby and is seldom heard crying. He feeds and sleeps well and has settled into our Home where he is currently on a Place of Safety.
This precious baby boy was brought into our care as he has no extended family willing to care for him whilst his mother is being treated at a local facility for patients with mental disorders.
Baby Count as at 18/06/11 :- 16 beautiful blessings from God
6 girls
(Nomalanga/Faith/Nobuhle/Blessing/Jessica/Darlene)
10 Boys
(Pride/Mthandazo/Craig/Keith/Tadiwanashe/Samuel/Christopher/Matthew/Brandon/Talent)
Banking Details
If you wish to support us by making a financial contribution, kindly email us for the applicable bank details and tax deductible options relevant to your country of origin.
Website
Our website is up and running, if you wish to view this, visit www.ourneighbours.org
If you would like to check out our regular updates - we are also on Facebook. Our Neighbours
Other Newsletters
Should you be interested in receiving Martin’s newsletters for Our Neighbours Ministry and Isaiah’s Homes of Love and/or the Financial Reports, please feel free to email him on martinbarrow@hotmail.com and he will add you to this mailing list.
If you would like to receive the Ministry Prayer Partners Newsletter kindly email Charmaine on ourneighbours@yoafrica.com
If you wish to unsubscribe to this newsletter, simply send an email to isaiahs@yoafrica.com with “Unsubscribe” in the subject line.
Thank you for your time in reading of our news.
Luv ‘n’ friendship in the Lord always
Belinda
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Mrs. Belinda L. Wilson
The Administrator
Isaiah's Umuzi Wothando
57 Heyman Road, Suburbs,
Bulawayo, Zimbabwe
P.O. Box 2361
Bulawayo, Zimbabwe
Tel: +263-9-64474
Mobile: +263-777-773719
Alt: +263-712-212378
Email: isaiahs@yoafrica.com
Alt: ourneighbours@yoafrica.com
Website: www.ourneighbours.org
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Psalm 37 vs. 4 :- Delight yourself in the Lord
& He will give you the desires of your heart.
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