African Home Depot

Grocery shopping African Style!  This food will last the village over a month!

So much to do and so little time!!  The Mission team has been hard at work since the day they arrived.  As we mentioned before, the biggest project our team plans to achieve is building a fence around the entire garden.  This started with a large shopping day at Pupkewitz, AKA the African Home Depot, to buy all the building supplies.  This was a project in and of itself!

The team has been joined by a number of awesome local volunteers and together have dug 350 feet of 12 inch trenches as a foundation.  In their current 95 degree heat, they aren’t missing the New York winter in the least! ;-)

Please continue to pray for safety and keep watching for more updates!!

The Three Amigos

L-->R is Larry, Elton, & Erik
Photo credit to Cindy for getting up at 3 am to snap this pic for us!

Today is a very exciting day! Elton and a mission team from Community Fellowship at Princetown have arrived in Katima Mulilo to serve the people of this region through Sinanzi Sepo Project. Erik & Larry will be staying for 2 weeks and Elton will stay for 5.  They have big projects planned for their time here but first and foremost they plan to build a better fence in at the garden to deter the pesky pigs, elephants and other wildlife.  Just last month we had a heard of pigs come through so the timing is perfect!  They will also be purchasing supplies and clothing to bless the kids in our Mukisa school.  We are so blessed to have these men on board!

The team arrived safely in Zambia yesterday and then arrived in Namibia tonight with all luggage intact. Praise the Lord! The team is relaxing and resting arond the fire in the village before tackling all they set out to do first thing tomorrow morning!!

Please pray for traveling mercies and for a successful two weeks! Stay tuned to our blog and Facebook for periodic updates...

Life Happens

3 years ago when the Sinanzi Garden was first established a water tank was installed and cistern dug as our main water sources of irrigating our ever-growing number of crops.  A simple water pump is used to supply energy to the process making consistent irrigation in both wet and dry seasons possible.

As with any machine in Africa, it's lifespan can be on a day-to-day basis, but we have been incredibly blessed that this sole water pump has not only well-surpassed its expected life span, but has also not fallen victim to theft either...until now.  On January 1st, our staff house had its door smashed and the water pump along with 2 shovels were taken.  While we are heartbroken over this, we are also reminded that we have been on borrowed time with that pump as it was AND noone was hurt!  The pump has been functional way longer than we could have ever expected given the workload we put on it.   So, in some ways, the joke is on them. They stole a pump that is in it's final days. It has been reported to the police but likely nothing will come of it.

Elton's family has graciously allowed us to borrow a pump in the short term and will be purchasing a replacement when he is actually there later this month.  A water pump costs about US$500.  If you feel led to contribute, we would greatly appreciate it!! You can do so by clicking the "Donate" button on our Facebook Page or via PureCharity.

We ask you to pray with us for the continued safety of those involved in our ministry, for the wisdom how to proceed with repairing the door, strengthening our security, and replacing the pump.  As always, thanks for your continued prayer and financial support through all the ups and downs!