Our First Church Service

Greetings Dear Ones!

These smiling faces of the children were captured right after our first church service on Saturday of last week. Now that we are growing as a family, it is difficult to get to get 21 people into our ten seat van in order to go to church on Sundays. We knew that it was time for us to come together on another day of the week for praise and worship of Jesus Christ, so in our outdoor kitchen, we held our first service. Right before we met, the clouds were dark with heavy rain and it started to come down, but we were determined to meet anyway. As we held the service, the rain stopped and the sun came out.

Miriam led songs in the local languages and also interpreted the Bible message for Kimberly as she taught.


Kimani helped out with the visuals. The message was about Abel's right heart attitude which pleased God, and Cain's wrong heart attitude which led him to take his brother Abel's life.

We had a great time praising the Lord!

The Kamaus

Kimani's Corner

Hi,

We recently saw a vicious bug that looked like it wanted to take over the world! I first saw it when Malaika called me over. When I came, wow it looked mean! It had sharp, spiky teeth and a red mouth. One of our cats, Natasha, was playing with it. We let it go so that it could mind his own business. I hoped our bug-eating predators [our cats] didn't eat it.

From Kimani




Malaika’s Corner

Guess what? Last year we went to Livingstone and we saw a monkey that looked like it wanted to jump on the car. He was cute and when we went to see the other monkey, he followed us. We liked it very much, but we had to see other animals. It was nice. I was sad to leave it, but I did not cry if that is what you think.

From Malaika

New Arrivals

(Kamau, cleaning the veranda)
(Isaac and Brighton, eagerly helping to get their house ready)

Happy New Year everyone!

Our prayer for you all is that you may continue to draw closer to the Lord and experience the power of His might this year. Our new year begin with a lot of activity at the village. The children were busy helping the adults cleaning the 2nd cottage in preparation of the next group of children who were due to arrive on Wednesday, January 2nd. Some workers were putting the final touches such painting or cleaning off spilled paint, others were fitting locks on the doors, while yet others were checking the plumbing to make sure there was a smooth flow of water in and out of the house.

Finally on Wednesday, The big day arrived! There was a lot of excitement because we have been praying for each of these children and for many of us, today was the first time we were actually going to meet them face to face! Kamau and Miriam, the Village social worker, left to pick up the children. Upon their return, the children at the village must have been looking out for the appearance of the vehicle because they were all lined up like a welcoming committee waiting to greet and meet their new friends. Eight children arrived five boys and three girls the fourth girl was to arrive the next day on Thursday. Two of boys cried a bit when they were separated from the guardians but they soon regained their composure and later on they joined in the playing with the other children.

(New arrivals getting out of van)

(The welcoming committee)

Here are pictures of the new children:

Selita, age 7

Sharon, age 6

Docklin, age 3

Joyce, age 6

Gift, age 5

Phillip, age 6

David, age 4 (David is a cousin of John Jaula, who is already at the village)

Francis, age 7

Sharpi, age 5

It was a wonderful way to begin the New Year!

Zikomo, kwambiri (thank you very much) for your partnership with us. We hope that the Lord is encouraging your hearts as you see what your prayers and support are doing here in Zambia.

The Kamaus

Praise God for a New Year!

(Zesco Workers posing for a shot)

( Gathered together for Hope Club)

( Listening to the story of creation)

( Having fun at Hope Club)

(Kimberly & Miriam taking the opportunity to present the gospel to the children)

(Listening to the reason why Jesus came to earth)

(Kimberly, Miriam, Rose, & Mary)

(Enjoying Christmas dinner with family and friends)




Dear Ones,

The rains have finally arrived! It has been raining elephants and hippos! With the rains have come hordes of insects of every variety imaginable! The yellows and browns of the landscape so prevalent during the dry season have been replaced with the lush greens and rich browns of the rainy season. It is a beautiful sight to see.

Another beautiful sight to see has been the bright orange uniforms of the Zesco workers and their equipment lying around as they have begun to work on the property. On a recent morning,we heard them singing as they were working to raise the electrical poles. What remains to arrive now is the transformer. A few days before Christmas however, the Zesco workers came to get some of there equipment so that they could work on another site. They said they would return sometime within the first week of January so please continue to pray that they would complete the job of installing power at the village.

The most compelling part of our call to rescue orphans in Zambia was the knowledge that many, many children needed to hear the truth about the gospel, especially those who are vulnerable due to the loss of one or both of their parents. The physical needs of our children at the village are being met but we knew that the time had come to address their spiritual needs. Two weeks ago we began Hope Club which is a Bible club that meets once a week. Kimberly teaches the Bible lesson and sings songs with the children and the housemothers translate for her. Kimani and Malaika help with the games.

The Friday before Christmas we held a party at Hope Club where the children learned about the birth of Christ, played games, sang songs, ate snacks and played with balloon animals. It was a delightful time. On Christmas eve we fought the crowds and traffic in Lusaka as we ran errands. It felt like we were in the midst of the type of shopping frenzy that we experience back home in Delaware. On the day of Christmas it was a special time as we invited Pastor and Mary Zulu, their nieces and Chomba, a friendly gas attendant with his fiancée, to join us for dinner and fellowship.

Please continue to pray daily for the safety of the children at the village as they play outside. Today, our cat Natasha, killed a small poisonous snake just outside of the house where the children were playing. This is now snake number twelve since July when we moved to the village. Last week, Rose one of the house mothers, heard a commotion of sorts while she was on the veranda of the house. She looked over at the bag of charcoal where the noise was coming from, and saw a lizard run out from the bag with a baby snake chasing it. The lizard got away but unfortunately for his tail, it became the last meal of the snake. Rose was able to kill it because it was busy munching away!


Prayer needs:

1. Discernment and God's guidance in all aspect of the ministry as we begin the new year.
2. That the seed of God's word planted in the hearts of the children will take root and bring forth
salvation and much fruit in their lives.
3. Please pray that Kamau will not allow the constant demands of the ministry to hinder his daily
spiritual disciplines.


4. Pray that Kimberly will be diligent about faithfully teaching Hope Club.




Blessings to you all!


The Kamaus