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Expanding Horizons

In 2012 we started the year in a surrendered place.  We were already starting to battling with a place of difficulty of how things were turning out.  We had inside of us an understanding of what it was we were called to and we could see that over the years that we had come along side struggling organisations and individuals with a heart for orphans and vulnerable children.  We could see that we had influenced and supported...

Doors opened up for me to go to different countries to give away what we had learnt over the years.  This trip took me on two life changing journeys.  My visit to Uganda and Liberia expanded my heart and my vision.

Seeing a greater need of OVC beyond our borders, beyond Fisantekraal...

A desire for neworks of support was born.

With our new found clarity of who we are and what we are called to we started putting MercyAIDS in a clearer form...

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