The unfailling love of Jesus

As I was on my way to my work place on December 7 i got there and wanted to start my daily work but i couldnt. Something inside of me was not right and i immediatly new what that was. That was God speaking to my soul telling me that i should came back to Him. I was from the begining of November up till now busy with outings and parties as you know a person can easily get carried away in a time such as the feastive season. As you now that christian people are labeled as only serving God for 10 months and the other two months goes to the world. You now the word of the Lord tells me what good it is for a man to gain the whole world but his soul suffers and my soul did suffer. That morning i had to run to the tiolet because that was the only privacy that i could have to speak to God and there and then without delay i asked God for forgiveness. I just want to say to people to be aware of the feastive season because there is so many things that will keep a people busy and that is also a plan and a tactick of the devil. So whatever you do dont forget about God. The word of the Lord also teachers us that the good that he started within us He is able to complete it so stay focus and remember the reson for the season it is Jesus Christ. God Bless From Martha Damon

My journey to Robben Isand

On Wednesday 6 December myself and some other ladies from various NGO'S went on a spiritual pilgramige to Robben Island and it was my very first time going there.As we were touring around the island we evetually came across the prison cells that was for me most sad thing to think how these people had to live, sleep and eat, and how they were mistreated and robbed from there family life and all for our democracy.I came to realize how many of us people just critize these people and call them names such as (the "k" word) and we always just want to see the bad in these people who are called blacks but i came to realize that it was because of them that i'm free today,and when i say free then its free to speak, free to education and just free to live my life.I also came to realize that before any good thing can happend to a person then something bad had to happen and also that nothing will fall in your lap without a prize to pay and these people like Mandela, Robert Subuko, Walter Sisulu and so many others where the one's who had to pay so that we can have a life of freedom. It made me to think of the life of Jesus Christ who had to pay the prize for our sins and it also cost him suffering of pain bloodshed and eventually his death and because of all of this we all were set free. So what i would love to leave our bloggers with is that we need to tell our chidren the truth about this freedom and about what the black people had to go through and also how privilage they are to be born free's. I now that we are not always mindfull of what these black people had to go through but i think that we need to, in order to keep us thankfull and i think then there will be less name callings and criticizing.I decided to stand up for them if i should hear any discrimination against them and so should all South Africa's.

Our vote got us on top Yipeeeee!!!!!!!

It took long hours and lots of determination, but we reached the top of the list finally Table mountain  was nominated as one of the Seven Wonders of Nature on the 11/11/2011. Since  May,18, 2011 we the Rlabs crew  worked hard to get as many votes as we could to get The mountain in the top seventh position.

It wasn’t easy but worth it after learning that we need millions of votes and that the mountain was at the bottom of the 28 finalists. The crew went out on a daily basis to get as many votes possible , our target was schools, campuses,malls and were we ever we could get a opening to let people vote. At the same time we had to give back to the community for allowing us to have them vote for table mountain.

So the people could at least leave with an email account and we could inform then how to use the internet mail facililty

Most of the people ware very eager to vote. Some days went better than  other days. At times we had some internet connection issues and gmail would only allow us so sign a certain amount of people up for the day. We had to open more than one point to sign people up with emails like yahoo and webmail too.I must say hard work certainly pays off at the end of the day. One of the platforms people were also allowed to vote on was MXIT, it made our load a bit easier.

Thanks to all those  schools and campuses  and people at the malls who have offered their time to send their votes, we made it yipeeeeee!!!!!!!!!!

Agreat view

Badge

From Bloubergstrand

Our Mountain Our vote

Rosewood Primary

Beautiful sunset

Table Mountain

The Mountain at night

Your vote got us there!!!!

From Hopelessness to Hope full

Suzanne  twenty four year old mom of  two little boys Trevor aged  five years  and Linden aged two years has spend a

running with the cheetahs

full year at the Rlabs coming for computer lessons every Saturday morning. She is overwhelmed by the team and the way  they have welcomed her into their space. Coming from a gang and drug related Township called  Kalksteenfontein where children as young as eight years old are using drugs , she said her time spend at Rlabs are very precious and it had changed her life.

Prior to coming to Rlabs  she spend her time just sitting at home and trying to find work. Suzanne said she never had any real friends , because where she come from people isn’t very friendly. In her neighborhood all she is expose to is drugs and violence. Here at Rlabs she has learned to communicate with people and became empowered in a great way.

In the area where Suzanne lives children as young as  ten years old have to go out on a daily basis to beg for money so they can have a plate of food on the table in the evening. She says she’s forever thankful to the Rlabs for enriching her life.

A geeky moment

Suzanne marching with Rlabs

Ten year old Candice from Kalksteenfontein

Kalksteenfontein

Candice begging in Cape Town