blessed to watch as God perfectly orchestrates each project we have set out to
accomplish.
We built the pre-fabricated home on the approved site. The home is beautiful and the
people of Kayamandi are excited about the possibility of more homes being built in and
around the pre-approved site.
Cliff and Rose, the founders of Hopebuilders, as well as the rest of the team would love
to have your prayers as the Town Counsel continues to discuss the future of this pre-fab
home and possibly more homes. The Counsel is a little stunned at the speed with
which the site was chosen, approved, cleared and the home erected.
Please pray that our manner of operating will not hinder the Counsel from allowing this
and other homes to bless the people of Kayamandi.
days is handing out hundreds of pairs of shoes. Alla Peters, a lady from
Mariners Church who accompanied the team to Kayamandi this past July,
saw the thousands of children with no shoes and her heart was broken. Alla
went home to Newport Beach and starting sending out e-mails asking for
shoes. Our team brought 20 Army size duffel bags stuffed full of shoes. Men,
women and children lined up for hours, wanting a pair of shoes. The team had
an exceptionally interesting afternoon, looking through row upon row of shoes
to find just the right pair for just the right person. Out of the hundreds of shoes
that were brought, there are still dozens and dozens of locals coming to us in
need of a pair of shoes.
She has a 20 year old son in high school with two years left to finish, a
fifteen year old daughter in high school, a thirteen year old daughter in junior
high and a nine year old nephew in her care who is in second grade. The
nephew’s mom has passed away and he now lives with this lady as another
son. We photographed the woman and her children, knowing that she too
will soon pass. Her children are in dire need of child sponsorship. Getting
through the administration and paperwork of sponsoring a child takes three
to six months. It is obvious this woman does not have much time. As we left
the woman’s home, Dave Coen, our team leader, immediately dialed the
Horizon International child sponsorship headquarters in the United States.
to allow three couples on our team to sponsor the three younger children in the family. The next day, all six proud new
parents went to the home, met their sponsor child and gave them gifts from America. Each new parent carefully held
this woman’s hand, looked her in the eye and said, “I will take care of your child”. The woman absolutely glowed as she
watched each child being loved and cared for. She will be able to rest, to eat and to cease some of her worries
knowing her children’s futures are blessed by these families from so far away. Child sponsorship makes a world of
difference in a child’s life. (Later, the oldest boy in this family was also sponsored by a member of our team.)
are broken even more profoundly. We trust the Lord for their safety, their health and their futures.
Laura Adams, for the Fall 2005 Africa Team
