by Ruth Rising | Jun 19, 2018 | Raised to Praise Update
Goal: Raise $80,000/R1M as ‘seed money’ allocated to help begin two key projects in 2019 that position Bethesda to reach more orphaned children in a more effective manner. Project #1 – Start a Place of Safety & Transition home in the Pretoria...
by Ruth Rising | Feb 22, 2018 | Raised to Praise Update
Themba and Betty Kabeni are new houseparents at Bethesda Outreach. They began working in mid December when Fritz and Masello Shikwambane moved back into the community. The Kabeni’s have known another one of our houseparent couples, George and Florah Sithole, for a...
by Ruth Rising | Feb 15, 2018 | Raised to Praise Update
Jabulane Christian Academy began their new school year this month with approximately 230 students in grades R (Kindergarten) through 7. This is a 140% increase in the last 5 years. We need more space as we reach more children and families in this growing community. We...
by Ruth Rising | Feb 9, 2018 | JCA, Raised to Praise Update
The first day of a new school year is always filled with a wide variety of crazy emotions! Excited talking, loud greetings, silent dismay, whispered excitement, fearful crying (from children AND first time school parents)…. You get the picture. JCA has started another...
by Ruth Rising | Oct 19, 2017 | Raised to Praise Update
God always brings Bethesda the right people at just the right time. I’m speaking of the interns that God brought to us during this year. Alyssa Whyard, Anna Cleghorn and Megan Doyle have all been a great help to us in providing help in childcare, photography, crèche...
by Andrew Dodd | Sep 25, 2017 | Raised to Praise Update
On Saturday, May 20th, Bethesda Outreach hosted an Orphan Care Seminar at Central Baptist Church in Pretoria. We had seven excellent speakers that biblically and passionately shared about adoption, foster care, local church engagement, and other supportive ministries...