Thankfulness

Make a joyful shout all you lands, Serve the Lord with gladness, come before His presence with singing . Know that the Lord He is God; It is He who has made us, and not we ourselves; We are His people and the sheep of His pasture. Enter into His gates with thanksgiving, and unto His courts praise, Be thankful to Him and bless His name. For the Lord is good ; and His mercy is everlasting, and His truth endures to all generations. Psalm 100, 1-5 NKJV As we approach another Thanksgiving we are reminded of God's goodness. How He has blessed us. And it is God that is the one that has made us and sustains us. Not only will we be celebrating another Thanksgiving it will also be Christmas, the time we remember the birth of our Savior Jesus Christ and shortly a new year, oh where has this year gone? As we begin to look back on another year we are blessed to see what God has done, in our own lives as well as the ministry. He gave us the vision in February to start a pre-school with a feeding program and although there has been some challenges along the way it has been a success. We have 28 orphaned and vulnerable children being taught life skills, basic education, a nutritious daily meal but most importantly all through God's word. We can see the difference in the lives of these children. Thanks to all that helped make “The Kitchen” at the pre-school possible, it has been a blessing to the cooks and also the children. We will be finishing the cover and seating area in the next few weeks. The Kids clubs and adult bible studies are going well. We have recently began helping Nginamodovlo , feed about 30 orphans and vulnerable children, this is one of the communities in which we are doing a kids bible club and adult bible study. We have several to be baptized and will be conducting a baptismal service December 17th. In the Lesibovu community. Pray that those being baptized will continue to grow and walk with the Lord. We begin a new kids bible club and adult bible study January 2018 in this area. This will be a two hour drive from our home, the area is very rural please pray for safe travels as the roads are not in good condition. As we come to the end of the year some of you may be looking to give charitable to help with your taxes please consider donating to the feeding program at the pre school,you can give now to meet the deadline for giving. The cost per month to provide a daily nutritious meal for 28 orphans and vulnerable children is $ 200.00 USD, $ 2,400.00 per year. Also if you are looking for a life changing experience consider planning a short term mission trip to Swaziland in 2018. We would love to have you come and see what Second Mile is doing but most importantly see what God is doing! Diane and I wish you and your family a warm and wonderful Thanksgiving and Christmas. Blessings,Don & Diane