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God hasn’t forsaken you, says Omama Bo Manyano

People that often experience difficulties in life must know that God has not forsaken them but that they will eventually be blessed in one way or the other.

A leader of Omama Bo Manyano of the Methodist Church in Bryanston has urged the community of Alexandra to always stick to the straight and narrow regardless of the hardship they experience.

Omama Bo Manyano from the Methodist Church in Bryanston surrounds the groceries and essentials they brought for the Alex Hospice and Rehab Centre. Photo: Sipho Siso

Chairperson of the Bryanston Saturday Women’s Manyano of the Fourways Circuit Zandile Ndamase was part of a large entourage of Omama Bo Manyano that paid a courtesy call on the hospice which was founded by a fellow Methodist, Grace Marutlulle, though from a different circuit.

Workers sing ‘kuzoba nje kube nje ma uthandaza’, meaning this is what you will get when you pray. Photo: Sipho Siso

“We have come here as a courtesy call to one of our own in uManyano to show our appreciation and support for the work of uMam’uGrace in this part of our city and community of Alexandra, which has resulted in the building of one of the most adorable centres for the terminally ill,” Ndamase said.

“We have come to witness and hail the work of uMam’uGrace and wish her well in all her endeavours is not just caring for the sick and terminally ill but also creating employment for the people of her community.”

President of Omama Bo Manyano in the Fourways Circuit Kuhle Monoametsi said they were well aware of the hardships prevalent in the community but ‘we would like the community to know that God is alive and on their side at all times.

Members of Omama Bo Manyano from the Methodist Church in Bryanston count the money raised on-site for the Alex hospice. Photo: Sipho Siso

“Regardless of the problems and hardship we may all face in life, this doesn’t mean that God has forsaken us. He is still the same loving God that we know who still lives within us.

“All seasons have their problems and we have just witnessed the havoc that rains have wreaked in some parts of the country but this doesn’t mean God has forsaken us.”

Leaders of Omama Bo Manyano Alex Joburg Circuit 902 president Palesa Mahupela; Fourways Circuit president Kuhle Monoametsi; and Bryanston Saturday Women’s Manyano chairperson Zandile Ndamase with the money raised on-site for the hospice. Photo: Sipho Siso

Monoametsi said they came to the hospice to deliver a message of hope to its residents and the workers whom she said experience various traumatic incidents that sometimes make them want to walk out of the gate and never return.

“We want to say to them hang in there, God is watching over you and will answer and turn your difficulties into blessings,” she added.

Omama Bo Manyano from the Methodist Church in Bryanston surrounds the groceries and essentials they brought for the Alex Hospice and Rehab Centre. Photo: Sipho Siso

Omama Bo Manyano did not come empty-handed, as they brought two van-fulls of a variety of goodies for Mothers’ Day, 20 blankets, two dozen socks, two boxes of sanitisers, four packets of soap and Vaseline each, 730 linen savers, 1 350 adult nappies, walkers, veggies, fruits, body sprays, and topped it all up with close to R2 000.

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