POSTCARD FROM AFRICA-- May 2024

FINDING ANOTHER WAY

Tshepiso is a cook in the very remote village of Mayeyane where Life of Purpose church runs a feeding project for about 200 children. The church does not yet have a secure structure in this village where they can permanently store the food, the stove, and pots for the project. Tshepiso not only opened her heart to serve the vulnerable children of her community, but she also opened her house to be used as a temporary base from which the church-run feeding program operates. This means that at any given time, her small yard is full of children.

Sometimes, the propane for cooking the food runs out and it takes a few days for the pastor to make a trip to the nearest town, which is 60 miles away. This problem does not stop Tshepiso from preparing the much-needed meal for the children that desperately need it. She simply finds another way – she cooks over an open fire, in the traditional way, outside her house.

Thepiso understands the very important part that she plays to help her church care for vulnerable children of Mayeyane.

You, our Orchard Community, along with Thepiso, helps fill hungry tummies in an all-but-forgotten village in rural South Africa.

 “From him [Christ] the whole body, joined and held together by every supporting ligament, grows and builds itself up in love, as each part does its work.” - Ephesians 4:16