God Continues To Work!

April 12, 2011

Dear Heroes,

We enjoyed having Vincent Luwizhi with us in Virginia, Pennsylvania, Texas and California! He shared much of what God is doing in Grippis Farm. Below are a few of those stories. I will continue to share more stories with you so you get a full picture of what you are accomplishing in Zambia.

PRAISE!
God Continues to Provide for the needs of the people of Grippis Farm. He continues to express his love to them through you and others! Do you remember Leah, the 19 year old orphan and mother of 2 year old twins who came to Grippis last year?
The government leaders allowed her to build a mud house in their community, but she had no funds for a roof. Some of you provided those needed funds, and she got her roof! A church in Texas started helping Leah with food for herself and her children. Since that time, her sister died, leaving Leah with twin 4 year old nieces to raise as well as her own 2 year old twins. In March the bulldozers came into Grippis to build the roads that are part of the city development plan to make it into an official sub-division. Unfortunately, Leah’s little house was sitting where one of the roads is supposed to be. The bulldozer drivers allowed her to stay for a couple of months, but she has to relocate. Leah has no plot of land assigned to her in Grippis – the only way she can get one is for someone else to leave their plot. Even then, Leah does not have the money to purchase a plot for herself. I told her story to the First Christian Church of Larned, Kansas, and their hearts were moved to adopt Leah! They took up a collection which yielded enough for her to purchase a plot! Their heart’s desire is to continue to collect their spare change and bring it together once a month so they can help Leah build a proper concrete block house on her plot! When Leah has the chance for a plot of land, we will already have the funds for her to buy it and start building her new house! Praise God! God’s love is pouring over her. Vincent reports that her whole countenance is changing as she experiences the kindness of God through others in her life. She is also taking the Adult Literacy courses which are the first schooling she has had in her life. Transformation is happening!

PRAYER NEEDED
The people of Grippis held an election in March to select government officials. Mr. Sachika was the Vice-Chairman of Grippis for many years. He spearheaded efforts to get their plots of land for them, purchase the land for the school and many other important contributions. The community has elected a new Vice-Chairman – I only have a first name at this point – Aisha. Please pray that Aisha will take up the mantle of leadership with God’s blessing and lead the community’s efforts to become all that they can be with God’s help! I hope to have more information for you soon!

WHAT’S HAPPENING IN THE PROJECTS?
A new animal shelter is being constructed for the Animal Husbandry Project. This training center will continue to provide opportunities for families in Grippis to learn how to increase their personal income by raising small animals. The 12 families who received the first round of training in raising rabbits are now seeing the fruits of their training and efforts! They are selling their rabbits to the Chinese in Lusaka who buy them to cook and serve in their restaurants. 10 more families will receive training next month as well as the 12 high school students from Grippis who will use their money for school fees, uniforms, books, etc.

One family at a time, God is bringing hope into lives through the kindness of God’s people! Thank you for making it possible.

Richest Blessings,

Tanya Brenneman