SUMMER (WINTER) UPDATE
Much work was done at the college campus this summer/winter.
The walls on 3 classrooms, 3 staff houses, 5 student cabins and 3 bathhouses were put up. The foundations of 5 more student cabins were built. Some of these buildings have floors already, some still need the floor. All of them will still need roofs, ceilings, windows and doors. This will come in another phase of the construction project.
There was some additional work done on a few student cabins that needed door frames, one bathhouse’s walls were finished, the walls of the library were completed, the clinic was painted inside and out and electrical wiring was done on all of compound one and some other cabins already being used. They left supplies to wire more once we get to that phase.
On the more immediate schedule is to finish the ceiling and septic on the clinic, put the roof on the library, and build the walls of a staff house and finish the cabins that were already started.
The next Gospelink container is being prepared to ship (may even be gone!). It will have steel for staff house roofs, windows for the library, solar batteries, plumbing supplies, Paul and Lori’s personal stuff and a PROPANE HOT WATER HEATER for us! YEAH! Hot showers at our house! And John from Georgia was able to get us a three-point scraper blade to pull behind the tractor and use as a road grater!
On the food size, though our gardens were small, we were able to supply some carrots, Chinese cabbage, head cabbage, beets, kohlrabi, zucchini, squash, onions, peppers, potatoes, sweet potatoes and impwa. We feed the chickens with the food scraps from each meal. We have now harvested the sunflowers and are waiting for the manual seed press, which is also coming on the next container.
On the personal side we were overwhelmingly blessed with the fellowship of all the American teams who came. We were filled up with American peanut butter!! And lots of nummy treats-the pounds are coming back on now! The Iowa team made us a new bathroom vanity as well. It was a tough schedule, to help host the national preachers and American visitors, try to do farming, construction set up, accounting, oh yeah- and seven kids and their school! For the most part though, we really enjoyed our first winter here!
Paul and Lori Schlick arrived from Grand Island, NE and have taken up residence in one of the student cabins until the steel for their staff house roof arrives. One of Paul’s many responsibilities here will be to do the business for the school-all of the many things we have been trying to do these past nine months. While it is not easy to just hand them off, we do know that it is for the best. With all of those responsibilities off our plate, we should hopefully be able to focus on developing the agriculture part of this project.
KIDS
KORNER WITH HAILEY
Birthday: 04/22/06
Favorite Color: Purple Why? Because I like it
Favorite Book: Princess Books
Favorite Movie: Princess Movies
Best part of being in Zambia: to have fun with friends
Hardest part of being in Zambia: I miss my friend Natalie
Thing I miss the most: Princess Stuff
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PRAYER & PRAISE
PRAISE:
· Summer teams went well with good fellowship and much construction work done here
· The message of Salvation was presented in numerous orphanages and schools
PRAYER REQUESTS:
· Entering a new phase of transition as Paul and Lori join the team here
· After almost a year of doing mostly other “stuff”, that we would be able to get back to the original reason we are here-agriculture.
· That we would still be open to doing the tasks that God has sent us here to do-whether “fun” or not. Be willing to do what needs to be done, even if it isn’t agriculture.
· Brian is writing a full budget/ag proposal for the school to present to the Gospelink Board. This is a huge undertaking and many questions need to be answered before he can even get to the numbers game.
· The kids especially enjoyed all of the American teams and teachers being here. Pray for them as we get back into the routine of the “boring” stuff-school and housework.
SUPPORT UPDATE
GOD IS GOOD! ALL THE TIME AND ALL THE TIME-GOD IS GOOD!
We have been blessed by the goodness of Jehovah Jireh who continues to provide for our family. We have seen our committed monthly support drop by about 10% in the last few months, but God has risen up special donors to give one-time gifts to cover our monthly expenses.
While we are very appreciative of their gifts, we would like to be able to sustain the committed monthly support we need.
If you would be interested in joining our support team through an annual, quarterly, bi-monthly, or monthly gift, just fill in the response form on the other side of this letter and send it to Gospelink. (If you could send us an email letting us know, that would be great too!)
If you can’t commit to regular support, any gift would be appreciated as well.
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