The La Casa Board of Trustees, meeting in August 2007, approved a three year partnership with Helping Hands in South Africa (HHIA).  The project is centered in Molelwane Village near Mafiking, South Africa.  We will build the church community center, provide a five-day-a-week feeding program with the children in the village, orphan care, AIDS education, and the cost of calling a pastor, for an amount not to exceed $150,000.00 over three years, until January 2011.  The church is possible through the gifts of La Casa! From this there will be a base for the church to reach out in the community, have Sunday School and VBS, a feeding program and much more

La Casa's partnership with South Africa began several years ago, when a member of La Casa, Ron Meister, approached our pastors with a dream of serving in South Africa. His employer had visited South Africa through a group called Helping Hands in Africa (HHIA). To learn more  about HHIA, go to www.helpinghandsinafrica.org .

As was mentioned by Pastor Garman in a recent sermon, we are called to go to "Jerusalem, Samaria, and the ends of the earth" to share the Gospel. We are excited about La Casa in South Africa, and are planning to build a Habitat For Humanity Home in South Africa in 2009!    If you are interested in helping H4H build a home in Molelwane village, where our church has built a community center and sanctuary, Contact Pastor Ruby.

July 9 to 19, 2009, thirteen of us will travel to Mafeking, South Africa, for the third annual Mission Trip. If you have questions about the trip, please contact La Casa Mission Team Leader, Ron Meister by clicking on the Email Buttion --->

They are, Kalli Butters, Emma Cameron, Jodie Clark, Griffin Hatlestad, Tim Hatlestad, Chris Fluharty, Herb Fluharty, Diane Meister, Ron Meister, Matthew Olmut, Noel Olmut, Monique Ostash, and Gary Winebrenner. In addition to installing playground equipment and an irrigation system in a grassy area next to the church La Casa built in Molelwane Village, we will be conducting a VBS program titled I Am Special.

This year the group will be installing playground equipment and an irrigation system in a grassy area (all of which were funded by Junior and Senior High Sunday School Offering) next to the church La Casa built in Molelwane Village.

School Uniforms Needed

With your help we plan to provide desperately needed school uniforms for the 20 children we will have in VBS. If you would like to contribute towards the school uniforms please stop by our table in the Courtyard between services on June 14 or drop a check off in the Church Office with 'South Africa VBS Program' in the memo section of the check.

Mission Trip to South Africa  2007

La Casa sent a Mission Team to South Africa in 2007 from May 25 to June 4

• Read about the Trip
   
• Read the Mission Team's Blog about the Trip with Photos, courtesy of our "techies" Ric and Sue Leutwyler   
• See many more Photos  (Opens new window)

You can make your donations to La Casa de Cristo marked "South Africa" if you want to help!  Our commitment will be $50,000 a year for three years.