So, let me tell you what has been brewing on my heart these past few months. Besides the fact that I have become a regular celebrity in Red Hill. I have been working with the kids steadily now for about two months so now everyday that I drive up there are always around a dozen kids that will yell my name and surround my car. Yes, it makes me feel loved !
But, that is not what I will focus on now ;) The passion that God has been growing in my heart is for the broken, abused women and children. The ones that have been taken from their families through lies and false hopes and put in a lost place of violence and abuse. The ones also that are with their families but are looking for a place of safety, love and joy to escape to. These are the ones that have been growing in my heart in a bigger and bigger scale. The two main things that have really escalated my heart for this people group is:
With the 2010 World Cup of soccer coming to South Africa the amount of women and children being trafficked into South Africa has skyrocketed. What will happen after this is over? Where will they go? Who will take care of them when their families don’t take them back?
There is a large number of domestic violence in all countries but in the townships I have found very few houses not touched by it. With so few people being able to afford the bride price most just live together which gives the men very little incentive to treat the wife or the children fairly.
These are the helpless ones, the orphans, that God has put so heavily on my heart. These are the ones that I want to reach out to and help. So, what I have been praying into is starting a safe house for abused women and their children in this area of Cape Town. To provide a place for them to be discipled, trained and be able to go out and live in the communities and disciple others like them. It will of course take time but I have already met people who have given me huge tips in starting one and people who want to team with me and start one. I would so much appreciate all your prayers for me and for this project. God will have to provide everything for it. From the funding, to the cooperation of the government, NGO’s and communities, to the volunteers and staff to make it happen. So, please share with me if you would like to be involved with it as well and see with me where God takes this vision from here.
But, that is not what I will focus on now ;) The passion that God has been growing in my heart is for the broken, abused women and children. The ones that have been taken from their families through lies and false hopes and put in a lost place of violence and abuse. The ones also that are with their families but are looking for a place of safety, love and joy to escape to. These are the ones that have been growing in my heart in a bigger and bigger scale. The two main things that have really escalated my heart for this people group is:
With the 2010 World Cup of soccer coming to South Africa the amount of women and children being trafficked into South Africa has skyrocketed. What will happen after this is over? Where will they go? Who will take care of them when their families don’t take them back?
There is a large number of domestic violence in all countries but in the townships I have found very few houses not touched by it. With so few people being able to afford the bride price most just live together which gives the men very little incentive to treat the wife or the children fairly.
These are the helpless ones, the orphans, that God has put so heavily on my heart. These are the ones that I want to reach out to and help. So, what I have been praying into is starting a safe house for abused women and their children in this area of Cape Town. To provide a place for them to be discipled, trained and be able to go out and live in the communities and disciple others like them. It will of course take time but I have already met people who have given me huge tips in starting one and people who want to team with me and start one. I would so much appreciate all your prayers for me and for this project. God will have to provide everything for it. From the funding, to the cooperation of the government, NGO’s and communities, to the volunteers and staff to make it happen. So, please share with me if you would like to be involved with it as well and see with me where God takes this vision from here.
2 comments:
this is great Christianne. I love your passi9on and am sure God will use you greatly.
Wow . . . sounds like this would be a very wonderful, needed place. I hope this will work out for you! Do you have the time to get it started? When do you leave? I'm praying that this dream will become a reality. . . to care for those who need a dream.
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