5 boys and 13 children on the way

Another beautiful day in Zambia!!  Although this is the hot month, it isn't unbearable.  Lovely cool fresh mornings before the heat of the day.

Much has happened since I last wrote.  I was unable to get to the internet for over a week since my back was very bad.  But here I am.

Over the last 2 weeks our 5 little boys have arrived.  On their first Sunday with us they were all dressed up for church, big smiles on their faces.  It was something to behold.  Whenever they see me, they come up and shake my hand with the little knee bend which is used around here to show respect. 

Kamau and Miriam with the social workers have identified 13 more children in need of a home.  Kamau hopes to identify 7 more before the heavy rains when it will be impossible to travel to the remote villages where some of the children live. 

Within the next 2 weeks, we are planning to finish the 2 cottages already built.  We are praying for the next housemother.  So we may have 25 children by the end of November.

The sites have been marked and the foundations are being dug for 4 more cottages.  We plan to mark the sites for an additional 4 so that we can have 8 cottages with foundations dug and footers poured before the heavy rains.  Once the rains begin we can't do that part of the construction.  Work has also begun on a Director/Visitor house where we will live.

Crops are being planted and irrigated.  Fields are being prepared for the rains.  The welders are working on security bars, awnings for protection from the rain, and metal beds for the cottages.  The market is doing well, and we have begun taking the truck up the road two times a week to sell produce to the small marketers who sell along the road.  Usually they have to take a bus to get the produce they want to sell. 

This is a busy, happy place.  And we are eagerly anticipating the arrival of more wonderful children.