Hello All!

We have been very busy with the Orphan Bible Clubs in Kalamba, Livuazi, and Msumphi. Just to refresh your memory, we have been going to each village twice a week. Kalamba has been doing great so we only go once a week on Mondays. Livuazi hasn’t been doing the club on their own yet. We meet with them every Wednesday and Friday and there were three meetings we weren’t able to attend because of no transportation and the leaders in that village didn’t show up because we weren’t there. So the village didn’t do anything. They were informed that they should start but there hasn’t been any interest shown from the leaders. Please pray it will continue and the leaders show interest in teaching the kids.
Msumphi has been doing really good except we picked to have the club on Tuesday and Thursday and the leaders haven’t been able to attend on Thursday because of another important meeting their village has every Thursday. We hope to change it to Tuesdays and Fridays. We plan on starting a dimba/garden which is located very close to the school buildings. Also, we plan on building a playground which is also located right next to the school buildings. We hope to be able to start going one day a week instead of two to Msumphi since they have been doing a good job teaching the kids the bible stories and coming up with games to play with the kids.
We also have been teaching at the secondary school- CDSS- in Nkhoma. Computer class is very interesting because every student is willing to learn but since they haven’t learned how to curve their fingers on the keyboard, we have been getting them to practice continuously.
I have just started teaching Biology class for Form 4. It is all about the human body so I feel right at home. The schools are separated by primary and secondary schools. Primary school is like our elementary and it has standards 1-8. The secondary school is like our high school and they have Forms 1-4. Many of the students in Form 4 (especially male) are over 20 years old, so it definitely has been interesting having to teach students my age.
The school didn’t have a problem allowing us to teach because a lot of their teachers started teaching right out of Form 4 with no college education. Plus, they all basically consider us all more educated then they are because we come from America.
Next week, we plan on leaving Nkhoma and travel to the south to the "game Park" which we call the safari. WE will be staying a couple nights around there as well so it will definitely be interesting.
Amy and Monica (the two girls from Canada who were here before us) are leaving on July 22. We all have been wondering where all the time has gone! I feel like I have been here for 3 months already but also like I should have 3 more months to go.
We have definitely learned many chichewa words, but there are still quite a bit we haven’t even heard of. The translators like to tease us by saying words in chichewa and then watching us take 10 minutes just to figure out they were saying something simple like "let us go" or "we have arrived".

This past Sunday, we listened to a sermon CD from Dr. Murray on Psalm 25:17. It was good to be reminded about how we are to have deep/ distressing/ distinguishing/ and desirable concern for our evil doings. We also witnessed the harvest time church gathering. Everyone has brought their "first fruits" which were given to the church for when they have large gatherings and they use that food to feed everyone. It was very humbling for me to witness everyone literally giving their "10%" to the church when so many don’t have enough to feed their own families.

Psalm 27 has really made an impression on me. Especially vs 8-10 and 13 &14 where it talks about how even when our father and mother forsake us, the Lord will still take care of us. Also how God tells us to seek His face. To wait for the Lord to fulfill his plan in our lives. there are so many kids here who are orphans. But they all still seem to trust in God and wait for his plan in their lives. What they experienced in their lives, or how much they have doesn’t change their desire to be willing to help others out. The cook for the house we are staying in took us to his home. he explained how he is taking care of 9 orphans form his sister and brother who have passed away. Plus he has his wife and three daughters to take care of, but he still smiles and you never hear a complaint out of him.

Well that is all for now. Hope all is well in the America!
God Bless!

In Christ,
Lenelle