Tag: South Africa

South African ServiceTour

March 30, 2017

St Stephen’s School has taken service to another level with 17 of our Year 10 students embarking to South Africa to work on orphanages and schools in Cape Town and the Port Elizabeth area.

They will help improve the lives of the disadvantaged whilst there.

The group are pictured below about to depart from Perth airport.

Students and staff have now arrived safely in stunning Cape Town.

Here are the contact numbers if needed:

“Give, and it will be given to you. Good measure, pressed down, shaken together, running over, will be put into your lap. For with the measure you use it will be measured back to you.” – Luke 6:38

South African Service Tour 2017

March 19, 2017

The South Africa Service Tour departs on the 28th of March – we ask for your prayers as our students and staff endeavour to complete some fantastic work in disadvantaged communities.

On Saturday our students raised $1454 at a Joondalup Bunnings sausage sizzle – we are really proud of their efforts.

This combines with the $750 that each student has raised as part of their tour commitment.

Our aim is to build a laundry facility at Jehova Jireh Haven out of a reconstructed shipping container.

Much of the structural work has already been completed in South Africa and our students will add the finishing touches such as painting the outside, plumbing the washing machines, paving the outside and setting up washing lines.

The Haven has previously hand washed the laundry for over 140 children. The container laundry facility will hopefully be a massive blessing to their lives.

The students are also building a giant jungle gym that will cater for the children at the haven – we will certainly post pictures of their efforts. If last year’s netball courts are anything to go by then we aim to surprise everyone with a giant jungle gym set up.

“We rise by lifting others.” – Robert Ingersoll

Bunnings Workshop

March 17, 2017

Everyone had a fantastic day today learning about the different types of tools and the safety when using these tools.

Student’s learnt quite a bit and these skills will certainly serve them well in their work at JJ Haven.

Our sincere thanks to Bunnings for their ongoing support of our South Africa Service Tour.

They continue to bless us with this free building workshop topped off with a lovely morning tea, a filling lunch and a great pair of working gloves and safety glasses.

There support is most valued!

“You have two hands. One to help yourself, the second to help others.”