What area of uThando are you involved in?

I have mostly been involved with prayer meetings and I've done some relief care at the house and generally been available where I can help. In January I started as the General Manager.

Tell us where you grew up and a little about your family?

Wow, i grew up in Mthatha in the EC. Come from a large family of 6 children and a minimum number of 11 people in the house. Grew up in a very social and united community environment with lots of friends and games. My family are very private people but we love to laugh and have a good time with all sorts of people. We love sharing i think, thats all I've ever known living with so many people. We are a christian family and it is a great blessing yet so interesting as we are mostly different types of christians in terms of ideas and preferences. I am a middle child and was born the same day as my father.

What area of uThando are you involved in?

I am a Trustee and chair the Board of Trustees.

Tel us where you grew up and a little about your family?

I grew up in Pretoria and have lived in Cape Town since 1987.

How did you come to know Christ?

As a child I gave my life to Christ but really only followed the Lord closely from Grade 11.

Let’s start by having you tell us where you grew up and a little about your family?

Born in Windhoek SWA. Moved many places Pretoria, Mmabatho, Mafikeng, Calitzdorp, but came to love Cape Town and call it home. I have one sister, one brother in law, one father, two mothers and two nephews. Mom and dad got divorced and dad married again.

How did you come to know Christ?

One night after a prayer meeting the Lord reminded me of the words of one of the songs: "Unto your name, I will bring my sacrifice." I understood that He wanted me to sacrifice my whole life and not just "got to church as to not go to hell" That's the short version :)

Tell us how you met and fell in love…

I saw her beautiful eyes and was bowled over!

What area of uThando are you involved in?

Safety parent

Tell us where you grew up and a little about your family?

I grew up in Siberia in a very nice loving family.

How did you come to know Christ?

My mom was one of the first people who started to go to protestant church
after communism. And then she sent me to Christian camp where I came to the
Lord at the age of 13.

How did you become involved with uThando?

We heard that they need safety parents and thought "why not"!

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Dear Friends, Supporters and Prayer Team
God is so good and so Faithful! The last couple of months have been up and down for us at uThando. But in an through all of it, we have constantly seen God’s amazing provision and faithfulness!

House Parents
Update: We have been blessed to invite Natasha and Albert Pote, onto our team as full time house parents. Albert and Natasha have committed a year of their life to serving children through uThando. They have experience working with vulnerable children in Russia and we really believe that God has drawn us together! The house is now open and waiting children between the ages of 5-12 years.

We have new fantastic House Parents, Albert and Natasha Pote! We will be posting an 'interview' with them shortly on the site!

We are open and awaiting children between the ages of 5-12years.

Praise God! He is good and His love endures forever!

Come and join us this Sunday, 23 August 2009, for a picnic in our garden! We love to pray and praise God and would love you to join us! Bring your picnic, a blanket, friends and a heart-seeking-after-and-full-of-praise for GOD. 12.30-15.30. With Praise and Worship and Prayer starting just after 13:00.

Our house parents who resigned in January, only left now in August, and so we are seeking God's face for new houseparents! Praise God for a fantastic time of prayer on Monday morning and evening, when the Lord clearly spoke to us about the fact that this was His work, He started it and He will finish it! We are excited by the good things He has install for us!

We have also been blessed by wonderful 'new' staff who have joined us : Sheralyn is now the general manager; Merle, our assistant domestic carer; and Genevieve, our domestic work. (more about them soon). Merle and Genevieve both passionately love the Lord and are true answers to prayer! Whilst Sheralyn has been on our team since this all begun.

SO please come and join us on Sunday! We really look forward to seeing you all there!

Welcome to the new, refurbished uThando Website. This new website allows us to update it more easily, so you can expect to find the latest news on here. Hope you enjoy it! Thank you so much for partnering with us to see God's power and love impact the lives of many young children. God's kingdom is advancing!