DRAIN FIELD REPAIRED! 

During the months of February and March, GMSA was blessed by Nobleman's Plumbing's customers, friends and family in the repairing of three drain fields on the farm.  The Layman's, all five of us, spent six weeks with the drain field project in mind, along with supporting the ministry in South Africa.  We paid for all our expenses but we felt a need to ask others to partner with us in supplying the needed plumbing material in order to fix the collapsed drain fields.  We had asked others to sow a seed of faith with us and see what God would do.  The hoped for dollar amount did not come in, but with God it was just enough!  We prayed that God would stretch the money and bring us materials for free and give us favor with the businesses involved in supplying the materials needed.  That is exactly what happened! The American dollar went up during our visit, free rock was given for the foundation layer of the piping and a local business in Humansdorp consistently lowered their prices.  Praise God! 

After tackling the drain field project for a solid four weeks, Johnny was able to attend to other plumbing issues on the farm which in the long run, ends up saving the farm a considerable amount of outgoing expenses.

One favorite outreach for us was working at the Creche, which is a day care for children ages five and under.  Strategy was given in a very tangible way in how to help them with germ safety and how to better improve the conditions they work under and make them more sanitary.  As a follow up, some of the business owners in the community and GMSA, will help to provide continued training and resources needed to increase their awareness of the importance of a clean and safe environment for these 70 plus children enrolled in the day care. 

 

Although our focus was plumbing and outreach, relationship building was the biggest thrill and gift given and received.  Many evenings were spent one on one with individual families, just enjoying each other's company and sweet fellowship.  The Kingdom of God is wonderful and the family just keeps growing and growing. 

 

 

We thank God for all our brothers and sisters in South Africa and can't wait to see them again.

The Layman Family