March Village Happenings

( Rose Chipoya & her children)

Bwanji Everyone,

One of our great joys this month is welcome Rose Chipoya; one of the House mothers back to the Village of Hope. Rose had been away for three months after she came down with a severe case of appendicitis.

She was rushed into the hospital which is an hour away from the Villages of Hope, it took awhile for the doctors to figure out what was wrong with her but, after she was diagnosed as suffering from appendicitis, for whatever reason, the decision was made to do the surgery early the next morning. Rose stomach swelled up during the night and by the time the doctors made the incision, the appendicitis had ruptured and as a result, there was concern of blood poisoning. The recovery took longer than usual, but she has now returned to her family at the village.

(Some of the children at the Sons of Thunder Orphanage)

Another one of my highlights was a week spent in Livingstone at the Sons of Thunder farm and orphanage. A team of seven left the Village of Hope on March the 9th, this team consisted of Pastor Zulu, Benedict and Kathleen, their daughter Sena and two visitors, Julie and Rose both visiting from the Midwest. I first visited the Sons of Thunder orphanage in October 2005 when Benedict and I visited Zambia for a week to scope out the land. We also spent that time praying and seeking guidance and direction pertaining to possible future ministry involvement in the country.

The purpose of our recent visit was to explore and discern the possibility of taking in the 44 children currently living there. To our delight we were encouraged by the management and the government Social Welfare Officers to pursue the steps necessary to begin the process of admission into the Village of Hope.

When I first visited the orphanage in 2005, I found a lot of babies who were crawling all over the place and others feeding on bottles, these babies have now grown and most of them are now three and four years old. The wonder of it all is that providentially, they may become part of the Village of Hope family soon. Admitting the children will be gradual as we will only be able to take in eight children at a time as each house is completed. This process will continue over the coming months as the Lord provides the resources needed.

We are asking that you join us in prayer for the following:

• The housing for the new children that will be arriving will be completed on time.
• Pray that the transition will go well.
• Pray that God will send the right housemothers to care of the next group of children to arrive.
• Continue to pray for unity among all of those serving at the Village of hope.
• Please pray that we will be successful in getting Kimberly's mother to Zambia for a visit.

God's Blessings to you all!

The Kamaus