food

To all those folks who have and are contributing to the food appeal. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. It is just amazing to see how God is moving the hearts of His people to help other they don't even know.

We are busy buying up maize and are getting it ground to Melie Meal and will in the next few days start distributing to the Churches. It is quite a logistical nightmare but we are happy to be able to help those who are going hungry. Please pray the the actual distribution among the Church members will go smoothly. This is going to be done by the pastors of each Church with their elders and deacons.

Went to Siyabuzana

We, Walter Rosie and myself (Jinx) took a "quick" trip to Siyabuzana to see how the building of our small little "bungalow" is getting on. And the two guys are really getting a move on. Wailosi & Bhikosi are great guys. We have had to leave them to work on their own and are doing a lot of work. Next week on Wednesday we will go out there again with roof sheeting and get that put up. We are hoping that by then much of the outer walls will be prepared for mud plastering and then an outer plaster of cement.

Faithful friends

A special note of recognition from Dawn & I. We know you won't want to be named, but to SD & JB We thank the Lord Jesus for your faithful behind the scenes service to Him. With amazing friends like you who stand in the gap where we are just unable to do what needs to be done.

Amazing!

God is good, even in the middle of difficulties then He really carries one through. We had been having some over heating problems over the last 6 weeks or so. We tried all the small things like changing the thermostat, tied up the viscous fan, removed thermostat. Well with no success at all.
The only thing left was the head cracked or the head gasket blown.

After taking off the head it was only the gasket that was damaged and caused the problem. God is good! it could have been so much more expensive.

Building update

God has really carried us through and sent many folks to help out. The short term-er house is getting very close to finished. The floors is in and the place is plastered inside & out. Septic tank is complete but just needs the lid put on. Lights are in ceilings are in. Now I have to do the fitting of the bathroom and the kitchen. Toilet, basin, shower and kitchen sink with all their plumbing. After that we need to get the place painted.

Our first occupants of the house will be Walter and Rosie who in a bout a week to 10 days time leave Northern Ireland for Kenya for some Africa orientation and then they arrive in Harare on 22 October and we will be there to meet them. We can't wait!

Land Rover problem

We needed to make a trip to SA to see doctors and also to make sure Toni got organised for university next year. Yes our baby is going off to University in 2011. She has been accepted to the University of Pretoria.
On the trip down the Land Rover overheated and I thought that it was just a once off, water was low or something. But on our way back from SA to Mozambique just before leaving SA we started to notice the temperature got very hot every 20-50km. What is normally a 6 hour trip turned into a two day trip.
We have tried everything to get the problem sorted out but the problem is still there. The only thing that is left to look at is the head and or the head gasket. This is a much bigger job than I am used to dealing with. And quite frankly I don't have the time or the resources to deal with it here in Espungabera. Please pray for wisdom.

Feeling better

After a fall which I (Jinx) had while building the new Short term-er house in Espungabera, was feeling quite beat up. Thankfully nothing broken but quite bent though. We recently went to South Africa and I was able to get straightened out and am feeling much better. Still a few aches and pains but much better. Thanks for praying.

Short term house

My head is still spinning. Just a very short time ago there was just a pile of building sand, stone & bricks. 2 Months later there is a small 2 bedroom house standing. Roof on, ceilings in, electrics done, Plastered inside, and almost finished plastered outside. WOW!

It is still going quite hectic here but God is AWESOME! He is doing stuff that we find ourselves running to keep-up. Very soon we will have the final floor put in then the finishing touches can be done. The next few things will just be pictures with captions. so watch this space

Pastor Domingo's house

We are very grateful to everyone who have helped in getting pastor Domingo's house liveable. The whole family just seem to be so much happier. There is still quite a lot of work to be done. In the next few days the floors will be cemented. Then all the plastering will need to be done. But Pastor Domingo said today that once the floor was done then the next thing to do is the ring beam of the church.But we soon hope to have a photo or two of that up on the blog as well.