mission to austin, tx.
Today we are leaving South Africa. Emotionally we are overwhelmed, mostly because of the kindness and love that our Mamelodi community has shown us over the past few weeks. The encouragement and affirmation they have shared with us has blessed us greatly and given us much to think about.
It’s funny to think we [...]
Posted on July 28th, 2007 by Rachael
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This saturday Mamelodi was all about weddings. The Powerhouse held the first annual Mamelodi Bridal show, designed to promote small business owners in the chuch and community as well as give them an opportunity to network and meet clients
Gabe and I kicked off the festivites on Thursday with an informal small business and marketing [...]
Posted on July 23rd, 2007 by Rachael
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Since our arrival in South Africa, we have been asked constantly, “Have you been to Cape Town yet?” After being asked this question dozens of times, we decided it’s probably a place we need to visit. When we realized the end of our computer classes coincided with our 1 year anniversary, we thought [...]
Posted on July 19th, 2007 by Rachael
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Two weeks ago we had our second graduation of the computer students at the Powerhouse Church. We finished three separate classes and combined the ceremonies all together. It was very cool, we had 70 students collect certificates, and of those 70…. 30 students got jobs at McDonalds! and 30 students came to the Lord at [...]
Posted on July 19th, 2007 by Gabe
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The Lord has been doing some great things in Mamelodi this past week. Last Monday, Bill Rapier of ALD, took us to eat lunch with him at his favorite restaurant, McDonalds. We got up to the counter, ordered, and the Lady Manager said that our food was on the house… It turns out, she and [...]
Posted on July 10th, 2007 by Gabe
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