Love Manenberg
Andie Steel-Smith
#loveontheline


Created: 29th May 2020
I grew up in a strong Christian home and church, but until I was about 40 years old, my life was all about building my own empire.
Around 12 years ago, I visited San Diego to buy a coffee company. Invited to what I thought was a megachurch, little did I know it was a Christian rehab center. The Holy Spirit convicted me, and I spent the rest of the day crying like a baby. First, that these people are the same as me, but then, that they are actually better than me. I was the rich arrogant fool, and my life turned upside down.
I began volunteering with the homeless and drug addicts in the US and the UK. But in 2012, I visited South Africa for business, and felt God speaking to me and saying this is where you’re meant to be.God gave me a very clear, but blurry, picture: a circle with four corners. The circle had the Great Commission at the center. The corners were justice, entrepreneurship, education, and safe church communities.
I run a couple different businesses, and this supports what we do. But as the needs multiplied after COVID-19, buying soap and food for thousands of people, it was bigger than we could do alone. We’re members of Hillsong Church, and their Hillsong Africa Foundation came alongside to help us has a Christian NGO called Chanan54.
I have been serving the last five years in Manenberg and have seen this community cooperate amid the coronavirus pandemic as a new distribution network for soap and emergency food delivery.
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Donate via direct EFT
OUR BANKING DETAILS
Account Name: Hillsong Africa Foundation Trust
Bank: First National Bank (FNB)
Account Number:
Branch Code:
Branch: Tokai
SWIFT Code: FIRNZAJJ
Reference: The name of the fundraiser you are supporting
EMAIL PROOF OF PAYMENT TO: REPS@HILLSONGAFRICA.COM
Updates and Comments from Donors
Steve Finn
To help with soap supplies for needy Manenberg community
Anonymous
Dorette Uys
Steve Finn
For Cape Town - Andie Steele-Smith