Judy's Update

Sheer joy. This is what we see and feel as we work with these beloved children. We are doing Camp Allelu here for children primarily from local feeding centers, ages 5-15. As we focus on teaching the children that they are loved by God (as most come from very broken homes), we are privileged to be a part of such godly influence alongside Hands of Hope. The Zimbabwe Hands of Hope team is phenomenal at working with the children, and we are thoroughly enjoying our time with all of them.  We appreciate your continued prayer in ministering to the hearts and souls of these young children.

A sweet reunion.

Melvin plays American football with the CA campers.

Teaching the campers 1 John 3:16 "This is how we know what love is..."

Arts & crafts time.

"Lucy" sure looks a lot like Judy!  ;-)

We continue to minister to these sweet children through creative ways. The older girls have been given the wonderful gift of learning the skill of sewing from some wonderful ladies that work at Hands of Hope. Thanks to Westover and their donation of sewing machines, these girls are learning a skill that they can carry with them for a lifetime and provide clothing for themselves and their families. There is so much joy, excitement and accomplishment in the room as we watch them learn.

Along with Camp Allelu, we are also constructing a commercial size chicken coup for approximately 3,500 chickens! The construction crew has been working diligently with several local Zimbabwe men to build this structure and are having excellent progress. In two and a half days we have set 2800 feet of cement bag wall. That's roughly 150 ft an hour. The process involves constant shoveling of dirt, adding cement and water, mixing, filling buckets and wheelbarrows, pouring the dirt/cement mixture into long bags, wrestling the dirt to the end of the bag, setting it, then tamping it to a 5" tall brick the length of a wall. By the end of the day we were setting roof beams. We are transitioning today to preparing the floor and finishing the roof. Please pray for the strength of these men and that the chicken coup will be a blessing to Hands of Hope as they use their chickens to build and support their ministry.

MKs Callah and Iain are there to help too!   :-)  

Still smiling as the sun sets.

Thank you Steve & Anthea for this beautiful shot!

I also want to ask for continued prayer for our wonderful leader, Robert, as we are in the last leg of the trip. Under his leadership we are able to share our team devotional time at night with the Hands of Hope Zimbabwe team and build beautiful relationships.

Judy