Newsletter - Journey from freedom to destiny - April 2026

 

📖 Hollander Family Newsletter – April 2026

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. According to the WORD of the Most High, He is with us as we walk this journey from the day that we are born again until we reach our destination and promised land, therefore we choose to walk in obedience to our Father 😊

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📖 Scriptures for the Month:

Isaiah 41:13 (NKJV)

For I, the Lord your God, will hold your right hand, saying to you, ‘Fear not, I will help you.’ I Samuel 15:22

Psalms 23:1 (NKJV)

The Lord is my shepherd; I shall not want.🐏 God says: “My sheep hear My voice, and I know them, and they follow Me.”

Jeremiah 2:2 (NKJV)

“Go and cry in the hearing of Jerusalem, saying, ‘Thus says the Lord: “I remember you, the kindness of your youth, The love of your betrothal, when you went after Me in the wilderness, in a land not sown.

John 10:11 (NKJV)

“I am the good Shepherd. The good Shepherd gives His life for the sheep.

Luke 23:43 (NKJV)

And Jesus said to him, “Assuredly, I say to you today, you will be with Me in Paradise.”

Psalms 48:14 (NKJV)

For this is God, our God forever and ever; He will be our guide, even to death.

😃☺️Highlights and 😭😢 lowlights for the month

Our first highlight for this month was definitely the Passover meal that we had with our local congregation. They asked me to preach the Word, and we had such a blessed time in fellowship.  Another highlight was the Rolbal day that we had with our church. We spent the day together, and it was a wonderful time to get to know each other better. See pictures below:

🙏 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, 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. Currently, they have finished 17 blankets. Pray for wool provision.

 📖 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.”

 

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🍞 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.”

Through our “5 Loaves and 2 Fish Project”, we distribute monthly food parcels while sharing the gospel. We have been ministering to 7 poor families in Dewetsdorp with food parcels, clothing, household supplies, and toiletries. These visits not only meet the physical needs of the saints but also open doors for counselling and prayer.  These families are of different races and cultural backgrounds because we all need Jesus.

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.

 

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📚 School & Youth Ministry

• We have weekly praise & worship, and Bible study at the local school that continues 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 prayed to the LORD for Bibles, and He provided! AlleluYah! 🙌 Thank you for praying with us. See pictures below of some of the new and used Bibles handed out:

We also celebrate each child’s birthday 🎉 and pray over each life to be entrusted to God’s purpose. 

We are very excited to announce that my wife and I will leave on a missionary trip to preach the Gospel from Dewetsdorp to Walvis Bay from the 20^th to the 30^th

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👪 Family Updates

We humbly ask for prayer for the family’s protection from the enemy's attacks.

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🙌 Prayer Requests

Please continue to lift these needs before the Lord:

• Provision and guidance for upcoming mission trips to Namibia, Gangala and Lesotho.
• Anointing, blessings and fruitfulness for all upcoming counseling sessions, Bible studies, services, and online teachings.

 

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🙏 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 🍇📖
Missionaries in Africa

Dewetsdorp

Freestate, South Africa

🤝 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!!!