JANUARY.
Four destitute boys we took in January 2010 start primary school for the first time. The boys are aged 11 and 12 yrs. None of them has ever held a pencil before. Rainbow House E.D.E.C (EARLY DEVELOPMENT EDUCATION CENTRE) opens to fee paying children to help pay the ever increasing cost of food. We enrol 30 children who will pay small fees and 10 who are destitute free of charge.
FEBRUARY.
Guest house conversion begins. An old hut turns into a fabulous dwelling complete with en-suit.
MARCH.
Exam time. Kachi (aged 12) in top of her class. Tatu (aged 10) also takes 1st place. All the kids have performed well.
APRIL.
School holidays. A drama is performed. Directed by Kazugu (cook) and Jennifer (matron) about children’s rights. Rainbow House came first, again! All in aid ‘OF THE DAY OF THE AFRICAN CHILD’. Money arrives for the water tanks and guttering. Baby Linda (Upndi) is a year old on 29th April. I shudder to think that if I and Rainbow had not stepped in to help Linda would have been aborted.
MAY.
One tank and gutters are completed. We race against time as the rains are due. The rains start on 16th May. In one night a tank holding 46000 litres is full! 2nd tank in place but need guttering. We must wait for more finance to finish. Great shame as the rain continues to pour down. Another £500 is needed to complete this project.
JUNE.
Volunteers, volunteers and more volunteers! I’m falling over them all! Joanne comes from Germany and stays for 4 weeks. She has painted all the outside rooms. Wonderful job. Four young men come from Ireland and are completing the painting. Rainbow was very shabby after 5 years and 40 kids! The entire houses, inside and out are painted in bright rainbow colours. I thought its time we made a BOLD statement. Linda takes her first steps and is delighted with her performance! Exam time again. Waiting on results...........to be continued.
PRAYER
• Praise God for making this entire project possible. After all it was His idea!!
• For the guest house. Which means I don’t have hoards of young volunteers taking over my house!
• For the water tanks. We no longer have a mud bath as most of the water in collected.
• For our volunteers who have contributed so much
• For the finance to continue to be pressed down, shaken together and overflowing
• For my vision to be increased and my health and strength to continue. I have just celebrated my 58th birthday. Do Missionaries ever retire?
• For our kids who, as destitute and orphans carry heavy burdens of rejection.
MAY GOD BLESS YOU AND KEEP YOU. THE LORD MAKE HIS FACE TO SHINE UPON YOU AND BE GRACIOUS TO YOU. THE LORD LIFT HIS FACE TOWARD YOU AND GIVE YOU PEACE. AMEN.
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