Day 11 Moving Day
Today we just took what we needed for each room: beds, tables, chairs, shelves, kitchen appliances and utensils, and of course our schoolroom learning materials…”Living simply so that others can simply...
View ArticleDay 12 The Morning after the First Night…
So, our first night sleeping in the big city! Wow, in the community at last! And we discovered this morning that “there’s a friendly Spar wherever you are!” (and ours is 24hrs – benefits of city living!)
View ArticleOne Week in Hillbrow
One week of living in Hillbrow…spent most of it unpacking and sorting. Loving the rhythms of this great place, loving the Tanzanian owned cafe across the road, loving the sight of 100 plus people in...
View ArticleTwo Weeks in Hillbrow
Tomorrow will be 2 weeks living in Hillbrow!! Some courageous people I have met so far: a group of professional medicals who have chosen to work at the Hillbrow Community Clinic and who with amazing...
View ArticleEnd of First Month in Hillbrow
Greeted many people on the street today as we again walked to the shops and back. Decided to see them individually as special to God, instead of being focussed on my destination. Love it that the needs...
View Article3 Weeks in Hillbrow
Yesterday my good friend, Sukoluhle, from the Inner City, phoned to say she was coming to visit us at our Hillbrow flat. I was excited because her family were one of the catalysts to our move here, and...
View ArticleFuneral and Burial of Baby Lynne
Today Nigel and I attended the funeral and the burial of our blind friend, Sukoluhle’s little 10 month old baby, Lynne. After a very meaningful Methodist Church service to celebrate her short life, we...
View ArticleHope in Hillbrow: ‘If Jesus lived anywhere, it would be here’
A great article in the Daily Maverick about us… http://www.dailymaverick.co.za/article/2013-07-16-hope-in-hillbrow-if-jesus-lived-anywhere-it-would-be-here/#.UeavuI0weSr
View ArticleTowards shalom in my neighbourhood…
Again I saw all the oppressions that are done under the sun. And behold, the tears of the oppressed, and they had no one to comfort them! On the side of their oppressors there was power, and there was...
View ArticleA few of our favorite media highlights from the last two years…
Here are just a few of our favorite news articles and television documentaries written/ made about our work over the last two years… Daily Maverick: Hope in Hillbrow: ‘If Jesus lived...
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