Mother’s Love to Lansdowne
The Cape Town Church in South Africa
We made a plan to do a street cleanup in Lansdowne. First, we visited the Waste Management Department at the city council to get permission for it. After a brief greeting, we showed the councilman what kind of organization we are through the church introduction video. The councilman couldn’t hide his admiration.
“Your church does a lot of good works. I am glad I’ve met you.”
At first, he was going to give us a small street, thinking that we were a small group. After watching the introduction video, however, the councilman welcomed our cleanup and provided us with all the cleaning supplies that we needed.
Most residents are poor in Lansdowne, where most houses are shacks and most streets are dirty with many homeless people. Some kids walk around barefoot in the streets where glass pieces are everywhere. We picked up shards of glass, cigarettes, bottle lids, and trash in muddy water. After a few hours, the street that we had swept through became clean.
We give thanks to God for allowing us to share Mother’s love with the residents in Lansdowne. We pray that we will spread Mother’s love across Lansdowne and to many other regions.