TABITHA MINISTRIES Care & Support for the Infected and Affected

Luke 10:9
February 2014

A February to Remember
This month has flown by for us at Tabitha Ministries. We had a great month making many new friends. Our 6 new interns from Tear Fund started this month. We had a great VBS with the team from Grove Level Baptist Church. There was a great outing to the beach and a water park day at Hilton Baptist. Our boys played a real live cricket match on the big fields in town. All month we continued to share the love of Christ on home visits in Sweetwaters and told the world what Christ has done to rescue us!

Moses came to the Hope Centre

Grove Level Baptist Church from Dalton, Georgia came to the Hope Centre the last week of February and put on a wonderful VBS. The kids heard about the life of Moses, learned lots of new verses and songs and got new Bibles at the end of the week.

The Tear Fund Interns are Here!

On Feb 2nd, we got 6 new awesome interns from the UK for 3 months at the Hope Centre. These talented Christians are sharing the love of Christ by leading the children in morning and evening devotions daily, going on home visits in Sweetwaters and are spreading the love of Christ in our school as they tutor and monitor the kids in their classes.

Local Volunteers Hard at Work

We have been blessed this month with a lot of local South African Christians coming to the Hope Centre to donate their time and talents to help with our renovations. Melanie Rood has been vital in bringing her small group to help refurnish the new boys dorm lockers. She also organized a wonderful group of talented local artists who used their talents to paint beautiful murals for the boys lounge. We thank you all so very much!

Busy Little Tabitha Bees on Outings

We had a lot of fun this month on outings. The boys played their first real Cricket match at the Oval. We also went to the Durban Beach, had a slip and slide party, had Water park day at Hilton Baptist and had cooking lessons on Thursday with the McKays.

Sweetwaters Home Visits

7 New souls coming to know Christ through sharing Gods Word and Love Door to Door.

Praises and Prayer Concerns: Praises Sweetwaters patients responding to hearing the gospel Thankful for the mission team who came and our new interns, and local volunteers. Prayer Requests: Wisdom in how we handle follow up visits with patients For new believers to grow in the Lord Wisdom in how to best to carry out the boy's wing renovation

Donations (used/new/cash): Remodel Costs for Boys Wing: (approx. $7000 for bathrooms and $5000 for bedrooms). Labor cost approx $8000 Sofa or chairs Picnic tables (4)-approx $200 or R2000 each Umbrellas ($5 or R50 each) Multivitamins for children Childrens play clothes (sizes 2-11) Children shoes (all sizes age 3-11) Beginner Band Instruments Ceiling fans ($30 each)-7 total Window treatments for Boys and Girls dorm (approximately $500) New or used laptops School fees for 28 kids in school (R690/mon or ($69/mon)

Check out our website or donate online at: www.tabithaministries.co.za Or Follow us on Facebook at Tabitha Ministries Physical address: Tabitha Ministries 30 Doull Road Pietermaritzburg 3201 South Africa Tel: +27 033 394 1079 Mailing Address: Tabitha Ministries Suite 192 Postnet X6 Cascades 3202 South Africa Banking Details Bank Name: First National Bank Branch Code: 221425 General A/C No: 62000881442 Swift Code: FIRN 767 Bank Address: Shop 47-50, Hayfields Mall 28 Blackburrow Road, Hayfields Pietermaritzburg 3201 Bank Tele No: +27 033 395 5000 Bank Fax: +27 033 386 4021

Email Address: tabithaministries@telkomsa.net Or call our US number

(706) 925-4673 (HOPE)