CHICKEN POX, VIRUS, CHILDREN’S DAY, DRAMA……..

Oh what fun we have here!  However, just like any where else in the world, we have our share of illnesses – seems the chicken pox just loves to hang out here at our center!   Our babyhouse (36 1-4 year olds) has been off limits for almost a month now as chicken pox and rotavirus makes the round.  We have isolated a few babies in the last couple of weeks to our prayer house, hoping to contain this last outbreak.  Your prayers are so appreciated – not only for the children, but also for the people who are working 24/7 with this house…the nurses, dorm mothers, and the Mozambican tias (mamas) who live with these children.  We have a little boy, Shelton, in the hospital at this time very ill – your prayers for his recovery would be a blessing. 

      

The music program did their first presentation and it was terrific!  This group has never performed like this before – new drummer, guitar, and keyboard players added to the excitement.  The song was YOU ARE HOLY.  We did it for church, then we were asked to do it for the two school assemblies.  This month we will do it at Som De Seu (the Sound of Heaven) service in the city.  God is blessing this ministry abundantly. 

              

          

Our current project is dance to the song I AM.  New drummer and bass player added and 7 new teens doing the dancing!  Excitement, fun, hard work and lots of prayer is our key as we feel the anointing from the Lord even in our practices.  We were privileged to have a team from Texas come to one of our practices and God directed them to lay hands on and pray for our team.  It was fabulous.

Children’s Day….Christmas on June 1st, is always  a blessing.  The Camarata I oversee of boys 15-17 years of age, was brightly decorated with balloons and ribbon as we all shared in the giving and receiving of presents.  Food was plentiful in the form of cake and jello, and we thank God for His abundant blessing upon us.  Thank you to all who support this Camarata – especially this time of the year and for Christmas.  You are such a blessing to us!

    

On the home-front – I am so excited to be visiting America the latter part of October and month of November.  It will have been 2 years and 9 months since I been ‘home’, and I so look forward to seeing my family and friends once again.

That is it for this update……..more exciting news to follow in next blog later this week!  Bowling, wedding, engagement, etc.  Blessings to you and yours.