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Please prayer for these students and the staff of HELP Madagascar

Around Madagascar, most students are on Easter/spring break. Our students are no exception. Concerned about the rise in COVID cases, we made sure everyone we sa...w last Friday had a new bar of antibacterial soap and a face mask sewn at HELP. Thank you for donations that improve our students' hygiene! See more

So excited to see the farming team at work at pour partner organization Seed of Hope

So excited to see book club starting. This is an invaluable opportunity.

Tuberculosis is something we don’t think about much in Canada but it is a real concern in many parts of the world. Our partner organizations deal with this health concern every week

It is with deep sadness that we inform you that Musa Mvula, a longtime staff of Seed of Hope, passed away on November 16 2020 after a short illness. He joined Seed of Hope in 2005 and throughout the years he has shown great leadership and commitment to the communities of Bhekulwandle, Illovu and surrounding areas. In April 2005 he started working as a volunteer at Seed of Hope doing administrative work but didn’t feel fulfilled until he facilitated the children's 'After Schoo...l' ministry as he discovered that youth and children were his passion. In 2012 he started leading the SOH youth programme called Abaholi Bakusasa (tomorrow's leaders). Through this programme he was able to provide life skills to learners in local high schools. It has been amazing to witness the transformation God brought to the students through Musa's message and his life. He also taught a leadership program for high school learners using Peer Groups. Many of the testimonies given during their graduation included youth who struggled with addictions but grew to become leaders in their circles of influence. In June 2011 Musa started his own sports ministry in Illovu Township, the New Direction Sports Ministry. The aim was to share the Gospel, develop leadership qualities within the youth, help them to discover and fulfill their dreams, as well as equip them to play sport and to fight poverty. New Direction started with 12 youth and now boasts 45 players who make up three soccer teams U15, U17 and open. In 2020 when the Covid-19 pandemic broke out he felt the need to create awareness of the disease and that led to him releasing a song called Asenzenjalo (Let’s do the right thing). Through this song he was encouraging young people to stop the spread of Covid-19 by washing their hands and wearing masks. Musa was well known in the community and many young people looked up to him. This is indeed a great loss for Seed of Hope and the community. We give thanks to God for the time He gave us with Musa. Our thoughts and prayers are with Musa’s family and friends.

It is a simple command...But one of the hardest we face everyday. We must choose to love one another, to love unconditionally like Jesus showed during his time on Earth. John 13:34 A new command I give you: Love one another. As I have loved you, so you must love one another. 35 By this everyone will know that you are my disciples, if you love one another. #knowusbyourlove #jesuscommands #hope #love #hopeshares

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Ephesians 3:14-21 For this reason I kneel before the Father, from whom every family in heaven and on earth derives its name. I pray that out of his glorious riches he may strengthen you with power through his Spirit in your inner being, so that Christ may dwell in your hearts through faith. And I pray that you, being rooted and established in love, may have power, together with all the Lord’s holy people, to grasp how wide and long and high and deep is the love of Christ, and... to know this love that surpasses knowledgethat you may be filled to the measure of all the fullness of God. Now to him who is able to do immeasurably more than all we ask or imagine, according to his power that is at work within us, to him be glory in the church and in Christ Jesus throughout all generations, for ever and ever! Amen. #ephesians #immeasurablymore #hope #hopeshares

An education has the power change a life. It changes the way a person thinks, feels and behaves. This empowerment is a stepping stone to a new life. #educationmatters #education #hope #hopeshares

40,000 missionaries were asked what led to the success of long-term missionaries who stayed. (ABWE International) The four areas they said were most important are: - Development of good relationships with their support team - Commitment to the ministry - Effective leadership with good supervision and accountability... - Clear objectives, goals and expectations that are agreed upon These are the areas HopeShares works with leaders to ensure they are functioning in the healthiest way possible. #leadership #leadershipdevelopment #hope #hopeshares

"The quality of being thankful in mindful, intentional ways even when it seems that nothing has changed...It is the readiness to perceive how beautiful this life can be even in uncertainty." Morgan Harper Nichols There is no doubt that this year has been a year of uncertainty. We need to take time each day to be thankful for where we are in our journey, grateful for all we have and live out the blessings that God has given us. #thankful #grateful #blessed #hope #hopeshares

Thank you to all those who have served to keep our country and world at peace. In Flanders fields the poppies blow Between the crosses, row on row, That mark our place; and in the sky... The larks, still bravely singing, fly Scarce heard amid the guns below. We are the Dead. Short days ago We lived, felt dawn, saw sunset glow, Loved and were loved, and now we lie, In Flanders fields. Take up our quarrel with the foe: To you from failing hands we throw The torch; be yours to hold it high. If ye break faith with us who die We shall not sleep, though poppies grow In Flanders fields. BY JOHN MCCRAE

"No one can declare you the leader; you have to earn it. No position will make you a leader. People follow people, not positions. They respect people whom they trust. You have to take action that inspires people to follow you. Nobody follows anybody who doesn’t do anything; people follow people who do something of significance. You can’t just talk about it; you have to do it. When people see you accomplishing something worthwhile, they will follow. Yes, leadership is actio...n, not position. Anyone can be a leader. You just have to do things that make people want to follow you. #leadership #hope #hopeshares