So, I
know some of you all have been a little concerned from last week’s blog. Which, looking back, I can see how malaria
and a rabid dog attack could be a little nerving for some of you. But let me assure you that this week was
much…safer.
This
was the final week before the grand opening of Michaels Children’s
Village. So we were all doing last
minute work trying to get the houses perfect so the kids would have awesome
homes to come to on Saturday. We all had
a pretty large hit of discouragement when Social Services came to do the final
checks on all the houses. They said
everything looked good and we felt pretty good until they handed Tiesa a 50
page stack of papers to fill out, asking for marketing and business plans. This would without a doubt push things back
another month. This was very
disappointing for all of us because we were looking forward to enjoying the
fruits of our labor by seeing the kids move in and see their joy in seeing
their new homes.
But on
a positive note, we all took de-worming pills as a preventative measure and all
of us but Amanda were worm free.
Probably
the highlight of the month was on Sunday when we all celebrated Manna Christmas
in July. For more information on that
you can see my other blog called “An African Christmas”.
On
Monday thru Wednesday Sammie stayed at the Betor House to rest and knock the
rest of that malaria out of her system.
While she was there she took advantage of the free wifi and helped plan
our travels to Zambia for next month. To
save money we’re not having a squad de-brief this month so as a team we’re
spending a few days at Victoria Falls in Zambia then we’re going to a town
about 125 km from Lusaka to work with an orphanage of over 400 kids. So on Wednesday we’ll be heading to
Johannesburg, to fly to Zambia.
So, as
another month comes to a close I would have to say this is one of my favorite
months. It was nice to be in a house
with a kitchen and beds. It was also
nice to do physical labor. So as we
begin our travels to Zambia and spend a few days of rest at Victoria Falls
please keep us in your prayers.
Obviously for safety and ease in travel.
Also that we would get the rest we need and that God would go ahead of
us and prepare our ministry for us and us for our ministry.
