Newsletter - Building His House - November 2025

 

📖 Hollander Family Newsletter – November 2025

Greetings Beloved,

We greet you in the wonderful Name of our Great God and Savior, our Lord Jesus Christ. We pray that you are doing good and that it is well with your soul. Praise the LORD for all the lovely rain we got.


Scriptures for the Month

  • Who serve the copy and shadow of the heavenly things, as Moses was divinely instructed when he was about to make the tabernacle. For He said, “See that you make all things according to the pattern shown you on the mountain.” Hebrews 8:5 (NKJV)
  • Do you not know that you are the temple of God and that the Spirit of God dwells in you?               I Corinthians 3:16 (NKJV)
  • You also, as living stones, are being built up a spiritual house, a holy priesthood, to offer up spiritual sacrifices acceptable to God through Jesus Christ. I Peter 2:5 (NKJV)

Highlights for November

This past month, we praised the LORD for being able to celebrate 20 years of doing counselling. It is so precious to be able to see people get set free, delivered and made whole. We give thanks to the Lord for His mercies, deliverance, healing and lovingkindness.


We also had the opportunity to bless the boys of our friends on their birthday party.




🙏 Men’s & Women’s Ministries

  • Men’s Prayer – We are grateful for the group of men in Dewetsdorp who gather weekly in prayer. Lives have been touched, prayers answered, and we continue trusting the Lord to raise up more men of valour, bold in standing for the Truth.
  • Women’s Fellowship – Led by my wife, these weekly gatherings bring women together in prayer and practical ministry. They crochet and knit items that are shared during outreaches. These times of fellowship have been deeply edifying, and the Lord continues to open doors to minister at the local orphanages, old-age homes, homes for disabled people and police stations.

 

Through these ministries, elderly people receive love and encouragement, rape victims receive care packages, and blankets have been distributed to those in need. The current project that they are working on now is to make blankets for the winter for 38 disabled people in Bloemfontein.

📖 James 1:27 – “Pure and undefiled religion before God and the Father is this: to visit orphans and widows in their trouble, and to keep oneself unspotted from the world.”

 


 

🍞 Ministering to the Poor

📖 Galatians 2:10 – “They desired only that we should remember the poor, the very thing which I also was eager to do.”

 

Since May 2024, we have been ministering to poor families in Dewetsdorp with food parcels, clothing, household supplies, and toiletries. These visits not only meet physical needs but also open doors for counseling and prayer.

 

Through our “5 Loaves and 2 Fish Project”, we distribute monthly food parcels while sharing the gospel. We also partner with a sister in our church who provides meals for those living on the streets. These times of fellowship bring opportunities to pray, encourage, and share the love of Christ.


📚 School & Youth Ministry

  • Weekly praise, worship, and Bible study at the local school continue to bear fruit. New believers are given Bibles, and we pray for a deep hunger for the Word of God.
  • Hostel ministry has been especially impactful, with many students experiencing healing and deliverance in Jesus’ Name.
  • We are trusting the LORD for more Bibles—HalleluYah! 🙌 Thank you for praying with us.

We also celebrated 12 birthdays this month 🎉—each life prayed over and entrusted to God’s purpose.


Looking ahead, we are planning a one-day camp for the Sotho children that we will be hosting on one of the local farms next year during the 1st term. The schools has closed for the year and we are taking a break from the ministry for now to focus on family matters and waiting on the LORD.


❤️ Family Updates

Please pray for our son Christiaan. He fell off his motorbike yesterday afternoon and fortunately was not seriously injured. We Thank the LORD for His mercies. We trust our heavenly Father for the provision to speedily repair his bike in Jesus Name.


We humbly ask for prayer for my father-in-law, Tony Linden, who had several tests done, which determined that he has stage 4 colon cancer. Please continue to pray for him. Doctors are optimistic about removing the tumors asap, and to start with chemotherapy. That will be a very big operation, more than 8 hours.


🙌 Prayer Requests

Please continue to lift these needs before the Lord:

  • Healing for my wife, who still suffers from symptoms like abdominal pains, nausea etc.
  • Provision of a 7-seater 4x4 SUV or double-cab bakkie, as our family of six has outgrown our small car.
  • Provision for me to get a bike, which will save us a lot on fuel on the trips that I take alone.
  • Provision and guidance for upcoming mission trips to Lesotho and Namibia.
  • A house in Dewetsdorp to use as a base for ministry.
  • Anointing, blessings and fruitfulness for all upcoming counseling sessions, Bible studies, services, and online teachings.

 


 

🙏 Thank You

We are deeply grateful for your prayers, encouragement, and support—whether through words, finances, or partnership. You make it possible for us to continue this Kingdom work and meet daily needs.

📖 Philippians 4:7 – “And the peace of God, which passes all understanding, shall keep your hearts and minds through Christ Jesus.”

With love in Christ,
The Hollander Family 
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Missionaries in Africa

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🤝 How to Partner with Us

📖 1 Corinthians 9:13-14 | Philippians 2:25 | Acts 20:24 | Luke 6:38 | Galatians 6:6

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If you feel led to support the missionary work, please find our banking details below.

 

Account holder:

Steve Hollander 

Absa account number: 9340273257

Account type:

Savings 

Branch code:

632005

 

We bless you and your family in Jesus Christ's Almighty Name!!!

 

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