05/07: July 5th Update
After nearly a year, the guard house is finally finished. I know my brother Whitney will appreciate this. We will have the glass / windows in place by Wednesday. You can click on it for a larger image.
The teacher training has been going extremely well so far. They began classes on Wednesday and continued on Thursday and Friday. They were scheduled to only have 10 people attend the training and ended up with 14 with more coming daily that had to be turned away. There is a great demand for the training, so they are considering more classes in coming months. The miracle of it is that these individuals are here on time every day! ;o) Those of you that have been to Malawi and experience the distorted clock of 'Africa Time' know what I am talking about.
The large portion of the team returned yesterday from their trip to the game preserve with great stories of the animals, adventure and fellowship. I am sure they will post more on that on the team blog.
As for the project, we are crawling along biding our time until next Wednesday. That is when we will be able to replenish the funds for the project and buy more concrete. We have had 2 families move in already, Aubrey & Madalo and Gama & Ethel with two of Gama's nephews that he has had to take in. So it is actually nice to have families living here...it feels more like a home and not just a 'project.'
Later today Josh, Bryce and I will begin more landscaping and terracing. We will have to break down the water tank in the front as well. It is turning into a mosquito pit and it is an eyesore. If time permits, we are going to also build a baptismal on the property as well. I know we have several that are desiring to follow through with baptism.
The Lord has been granting us great fruit in evangelism. We have see more taxi and minivan drivers accept the Lord, people on the street, people coming to the site looking for jobs, as well as some of the ladies that came late to the training that could not get slots. Just like in America, they came looking for something else and ended up leaving with Jesus! Monday, Tuesday and early Wednesday, I will be taking Jean, Sara and anyone else that wants to go to do street ministry and house to house ministry in the various villages.
Sunday, tomorrow, we will be attending church here at the orphanage. Last night Asif came to deliver pizzas to us and stayed for a few minutes and just took in the beautiful sights and sounds of Ndirande from our Gazebo. He also said that he would come to church on Sunday as well. The Lord is really working there. Please keep praying. He now wants to go to Bible College! Isn't God amazing!?!
The teacher training has been going extremely well so far. They began classes on Wednesday and continued on Thursday and Friday. They were scheduled to only have 10 people attend the training and ended up with 14 with more coming daily that had to be turned away. There is a great demand for the training, so they are considering more classes in coming months. The miracle of it is that these individuals are here on time every day! ;o) Those of you that have been to Malawi and experience the distorted clock of 'Africa Time' know what I am talking about.
The large portion of the team returned yesterday from their trip to the game preserve with great stories of the animals, adventure and fellowship. I am sure they will post more on that on the team blog.
As for the project, we are crawling along biding our time until next Wednesday. That is when we will be able to replenish the funds for the project and buy more concrete. We have had 2 families move in already, Aubrey & Madalo and Gama & Ethel with two of Gama's nephews that he has had to take in. So it is actually nice to have families living here...it feels more like a home and not just a 'project.'
Later today Josh, Bryce and I will begin more landscaping and terracing. We will have to break down the water tank in the front as well. It is turning into a mosquito pit and it is an eyesore. If time permits, we are going to also build a baptismal on the property as well. I know we have several that are desiring to follow through with baptism.
The Lord has been granting us great fruit in evangelism. We have see more taxi and minivan drivers accept the Lord, people on the street, people coming to the site looking for jobs, as well as some of the ladies that came late to the training that could not get slots. Just like in America, they came looking for something else and ended up leaving with Jesus! Monday, Tuesday and early Wednesday, I will be taking Jean, Sara and anyone else that wants to go to do street ministry and house to house ministry in the various villages.
Sunday, tomorrow, we will be attending church here at the orphanage. Last night Asif came to deliver pizzas to us and stayed for a few minutes and just took in the beautiful sights and sounds of Ndirande from our Gazebo. He also said that he would come to church on Sunday as well. The Lord is really working there. Please keep praying. He now wants to go to Bible College! Isn't God amazing!?!
