Making a difference

Stories Untold Making a world of difference, KwaSizabantu again reaches out to the community KwaSizabantu Mission (KSB) is The community members are We are overjoyed because we making a world of difference in overjoyed at the kindness of the can see the work is continuing the lives of the local rural leadership of the Mission: “We as the men have come with community. Their community cannot thank Rev. Stegen material to build a fence. Those outreach projects are rooted in enough for what he has done assisting with the fencing are their relationship with God. for us. We have come a long also from KwaSizabantu They are now reaching out to way with him – he has taught us Mission, sent by Rev. Stegen. members of the Khanya Mzantsi well and treated us as his own Rev. Stegen constantly takes cooperation by fencing off children. He would come and care of us, even with this vegetable gardens. The Mission plant alongside us and show us fencing”. started to provide fencing how to do a proper job. We will material and labor and the now gather our children and MaGasa Ngubane remembers initiative is a work in progress teach them how to work, just as the many times the Mission has that will span a big area over Rev. Stegen has taught us. helped the community: “Today many weeks. As it unfolds, lives KwaSizabantu Mission has we greatly rejoice because what are impacted. Not only will the helped us often in the past and KwaSizabantu Mission has done fences keep animals from the continues to assist us. Words for us. We have been struggling vegetables, but it will also fail me in thanking the Mission. in poverty, but now they have define the gardens visually. Rev. Stegen has done amazing given us material for fencing. I things for us – first he taught us love farming. When you farm The local community in the how to plant, then when our you can always afford life’s Kranskop area in KwaZulu Natal crops had fully grown, he took necessities, such as sugar, and where the Mission is situated, his car to help us with selling you do not need to be in rely on agriculture for their the produce. All that was left constant need. So, we are very livelihoods. The Mission’s over, he then purchased from grateful to Rev. Stegen for leadership has over years us to support us”. (MaNgubane coming and restoring the encouraged the community to Langa) community”. make use of the available land and community members are Miss Hlongwa’s gratitude has no The Mission uplifts the also given seedlings to plant limits: “It is not the first time community while celebrating vegetables so they can feed that Rev. Stegen has helped us the goodness of God through their families. The community plant. However, we had stopped their work. They are Matthew 13 requested the Mission to assist planting since the owner of the in action by being generous with fencing off their vegetable land needed it for something with their time, money, and gardens and the leadership else. Mrs Hlongwa then gave us resources. agreed without hesitation. To a big plot of land that she was some it might seem like a small not using so we could continue (Follow the project on gesture, but to the members of planting and we are so grateful. https:twitter.com/Radiokhwezi/st Khanya Mzantsi it is making a atus/1448240607068045322) world of difference!