Last Friday, our LIV Team handed out food parcels to our neighbours in the Cottonlands community. It was such a humbling experience, being invited into people’s homes, listening to their stories and having the opportunity to pray with them. The poverty in this community is overwhelming but the stories of courage and faith against the [...]
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Valentino hits it for 6!
We had the incredible privilege of seeing a young lady, Valentino Ndaba who has been on the Back To School program which is run by Lungisani Indlela in Amaoti achieve 6 distinctions with her matric results, and a remarkable 78% for maths. Her story has not always been one of hope and promise. Her mother [...]
Keegan Daniels visits the LIV school
Last week our senior primary class had a very special guest come and visit us! Keegan Daniels popped in to our class, and the boys were particularly excited to see him and immediately started asking him a hundred questions about rugby! Keegan was able to hang out with the students and spent time touring the village. [...]
Christmas at the Village!
It started at the celebration service where the children sang ‘Away in a Manger’ followed by a very authentic nativity play of the birth of baby Jesus, presented by the children and Mama Frances. We had the privilege of joining the mothers and children for Christmas lunch in the first cluster, with John and Sue [...]
LIV School Ushaka trip
As the LIV School students boarded the bus and sang songs all the way to Ushaka Marine World for their end of year special excursion, you could feel their excitement and anticipation in the air! Ushaka generously gave us complimentary tickets to enter the aquarium as well as the waterslides on Monday, Dec.5. The kids [...]
LIV Village and Grace Church Day of Fun
Approximately 100 volunteers from Grace Family Church with their families descended on the village on Saturday the 1st of October. Their one mission in mind, to create as much fun as possible for the children of the LIV Village and the surrounding Cottanlands Community. Pastor Elliot Sonjika from the LIV Church opened the day in [...]
Night of a 1000 Banquets draws nearer
With 6 short weeks to go before the Night of 1000 Banquets being held on the 5th November 2011, we are again amazed at what can be done when we all work together. With the first letter going out last week inviting people to host banquets on our behalf, the flurry of activity has been [...]
Night of a Thousand Banquets
LIV banquet 2011 is a banquet with a difference. It is a night of 1,000 banquets. In April 2010, LIV was launched at a banquet at the ICC (Durban International Convention Centre) and was attended by 4 000 guests. This event seemed such an impossible task, but, with the help of 400 table hosts, who invited [...]
