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East London

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Brief History
• Scenery Park outreach began in 1994
• Property acquired 1996. Church construction started
(BVC involved)
• Safmarine built a school using old shipping containers
• James Stofile is the pastor
• Amalinda Forest church built 2004, school 2005
• Erik Mpitimpiti is the pastor
• Aids clinic 2007
• Gilgal Baptist church renovated 2010 + school
• Foster care homes being built

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Scenery
Park
School and
Church

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Sophumelela
(we shall succeed) preschool,
Scenery Park
Normal attendance about 40 kids

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Pastor James at the first church plant
New church plant in Khayelitsha
Bible study group in another village
HIV-AIDS support groups
Adult literacy classes
Several cell groups

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Graduation at
Scenery
Park

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Amahle, 4 years old, found sitting on a bucket with diarrhea. Only food was fermented porridge. She had HIV-AIDS. Stofile family took care of her, nursed her to good health.
Grandmother claimed custody, but she was not around. Her aunt, a prostitute, or an uncle, a drug addict,“cared” for her.
Amahle wanted to come back to her new home – the Stofile family, granny refused. Died 3 months later.

OWEN SCOTT AFTER A HARD DAYS WORK

OPTEL, OWEN AND ERIC

THE CHURCH SEEN FROM THE EAST

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Amalinda
Forest
Church freshly painted

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Baptistry used often at
Amalinda
Forest
Church

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Concrete being spread on school foundation
OCT., 2004

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Delicious food for a big crowd
(>120 guests)

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Passing along plates

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Preschool arts & craft lesson
Kids using scissors for the first time in their life

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Opening
Day!
About
200 people came

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Ladies performing in traditional dresses
Colors represent different clans

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Hoppy cutting the ribbon and opening the gate

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• Amalinda
Forest preschool
• Hot lunch
• Two school buildings

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Example on housing development, Reeston
Finished by owner
Provided by government
Current shack

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A new church shack is finished
James,
Elliot,
Precious and Bo built it

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• Mdantsane church
• Refurbished
• New school building
• Philemon pastor

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• Squatter camp
• Up to 50 families
• No water
• No sanitary facility

Outside of house 1

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Foster Care Ministry
• About 80,000 orphans in Eastern Cape, 40% of all in South Africa
• 20,000 new orphans per year in Eastern
Cape
• AIDS epidemic is the main cause
• State orphan institutions are just warehouses
• When turning 17, the children are kicked out
• Our model is to create a home with a Mother to care for up to 6 children
• Christian care & education
• Long range plan for young adults
• First two homes on
Amalinda Forest church property
• Third home finished

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STATUS OF XGM DEVELOPMENT
• Two new churches & preschools
• AIDS clinic
• Renovated church building in Mdantsane
+ new school building
• Church plant & preschool in
Khayelitsha
• Shack in Reston
• Three foster care homes complete
• Plan for five homes
• Khayelitsha church building construction to start
• Raising funds for operation costs & building more homes

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For more information, contact Bo Arvidson
E-mail: XhosaMission@aol.com
Tel: +1 303-697-5002 www.xhosagospelmission.com