This precious video was posted yesterday by our Hands of Hope brother and ministry partner, Jephat Chifamba.
Thursday, July 30, 2015
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.
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| A sweet reunion. |
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| Melvin plays American football with the CA campers. |
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| Teaching the campers 1 John 3:16 "This is how we know what love is..." |
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| Arts & crafts time. |
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| "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.
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| MKs Callah and Iain are there to help too! :-) |
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| Still smiling as the sun sets. |
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| 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
Judy
Out of sequence, but I had to share this
My apologies in advance to those with OCD tendencies, because this post is out of order. But, I did just receive it from Judy today, and I had to share it. (We'll just chalk it up to internet gremlins delaying this update.)
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7-20-2015 Thank you Lord! We have arrived on African soil! When we departed Greensboro we had originally planned on paying for seven additional checked bags at $100 each. The Lord blessed us with an airline staff that did not require the additional payments for these bags and they were checked. Thank you Lord! This morning we had an uneventful flight from DC to Ethiopia then on to Zambia and then onto Zimbabwe. We thank you all for your daily prayers and please continue to pray for the renewal of our energy and the spectacular first day at Hands of Hope. - Westover Zim Team 2015
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Friday, July 24, 2015
Karanda Hosptial
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| 7-24-15 - From Donya's facebook post: “We had an amazing time visiting Karanda Hospital yesterday and today. Please continue to pray for this hospital and their ministry.” |
Thursday, July 23, 2015
So filled with Joy!
Thank you, thank you, thank you for your prayers, especially yesterday for our bags! We had a sweet time at Foundations for Farming; their heart for Jesus shines in every story they shared!
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| Brian Oldrieve, Founding Farmer of Foundations for Farming, shares his ministry with the Team |
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| The Team listens to a demonstration of farming methods from a FfF Staff Member |
Can't wait to share more stories with you all!
Love, Donya
Wednesday, July 22, 2015
Brittany Evans - First official trip post
"Yesterday" was the day. We arrived safely, and we have already seen God work mightily. During our time getting into the country, we encountered great difficulty in customs as we tried to get our luggage through. This time forced our team to simply stop and pray. As we sat and held onto our luggage, we could not do anything to change the situation except ask our Almighty Lord for His help and will. Judy was working her magic as she beautifully became friends with the people working customs, and the rest of our team prayed. Quietly we waited and watched many people walk through the door that we have anticipated walking through for months. Several hours later we were given the okay, and we too made it through those long awaited doors! That in and of itself is a wonderful miracle, and a great way to begin our trip of watching God at work.
Since arriving we have gone to Hands of Hope and visited Foundations for Farming. Foundations for Farming is an incredible organization built with the goal to work, serve and evangelize for the glory of the Lord. Their work in agriculture is to cultivate a harvest, teach people how to farm God's way and allow families to farm and eat from their own plots of land. One small plot of land, costing $50, can feed a family for one year. We pray for this organization, this ministry, as it continues serve and teach the people here in Zimbabwe, and beyond, how to grow bountiful crops. We are very grateful to see the love and light of our Savior in the men who lead it.
Foundations for Farming motto: Equipping the church and the nation to rebuild Africa
Find out more: http://www.foundationsforfarming.org/
Find out more: http://www.foundationsforfarming.org/
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