LATEST UPDATE
The situation with the orphans has improved drastically thanks to your help: instead of two meager meals per week, the 50 orphans in Kisenso are now getting every day a simple breakfast and a good hot meal for lunch! The 50 orphans in Kikimi are getting their share in food packages which we prepare for them since we don't have any cooking facilities there yet. Here we would like to give special thanks to Pastor Theophile and his wife Florence for their untiring sacrificial labors involved in this project.
Besides food, they also need clothing, shoes, a minimum of medicine for malaria etc. Also we would like to provide for them all basic schooling, and the best would be if we could find sponsors for a building for them on our plot of land in Kikimi. So besides the daily food supplies we have plenty of new and big challenges. But we - and the children – are very thankful, that at least their most basic need -- their daily food -- is supplied, thanks to the additional help of local sponsors.
So we would like to keep this sponsorship to R.100 a month per child to now help towards their other non-food needs.
The field project in Kikimi progresses slowly too: along the little brook we started to build three fish-ponds, but need to invest more time, planning and finances before we can start breeding fish. We planted new cassava (African potato), but will have to see how to get the field to produce the most, because the ground is very sandy in this area. Vegetables grow well in the valley near the brook where we can water them well. Between the cassava plants up on the hillside we planted pineapples and they are growing very well. Across the whole field we started to plant different fruit trees, and there is room for lots more. Our thanks go to everyone who supports us in this endeavor and we would like to ask for further support as it will take quite an investment to get this project producing to its full capacity.
The Bible studies every Sunday continue to go well and every week we also have visitors coming over to our home for further studies. We are planning now to start with some "hands on" practical training for the most potential students so that they can actively help us with the enormous need here and get better prepared for their future.
If you would be able to help us find more supporters in your area we would appreciate it very much, as the orphans still need a lot more help to get a better chance in their future lives.
Thank you for your prayers for peace here in Congo! Since we arrived the situation is calm and we continue praying for the stability so that new investments can come and this way more jobs can be created and the life of the poor can hopefully be improved. We pray also for you that the Lord will supply all your needs according to His riches (Phil 4:19).
PLEDGE (please click on comments to answer this pledge).
o I would like to help sponsor one orphan by donating R.100 on a monthly basis.
o I would like to help sponsor your agricultural project by donating R. ____
on a monthly basis.
o I would like to help towards purchasing a vehicle for your team by donating R.______
o I would like to help towards your living expenses to enable you to preach the Gospel by donating R. _____ on a monthly basis.
The situation with the orphans has improved drastically thanks to your help: instead of two meager meals per week, the 50 orphans in Kisenso are now getting every day a simple breakfast and a good hot meal for lunch! The 50 orphans in Kikimi are getting their share in food packages which we prepare for them since we don't have any cooking facilities there yet. Here we would like to give special thanks to Pastor Theophile and his wife Florence for their untiring sacrificial labors involved in this project.
Besides food, they also need clothing, shoes, a minimum of medicine for malaria etc. Also we would like to provide for them all basic schooling, and the best would be if we could find sponsors for a building for them on our plot of land in Kikimi. So besides the daily food supplies we have plenty of new and big challenges. But we - and the children – are very thankful, that at least their most basic need -- their daily food -- is supplied, thanks to the additional help of local sponsors.
So we would like to keep this sponsorship to R.100 a month per child to now help towards their other non-food needs.
The field project in Kikimi progresses slowly too: along the little brook we started to build three fish-ponds, but need to invest more time, planning and finances before we can start breeding fish. We planted new cassava (African potato), but will have to see how to get the field to produce the most, because the ground is very sandy in this area. Vegetables grow well in the valley near the brook where we can water them well. Between the cassava plants up on the hillside we planted pineapples and they are growing very well. Across the whole field we started to plant different fruit trees, and there is room for lots more. Our thanks go to everyone who supports us in this endeavor and we would like to ask for further support as it will take quite an investment to get this project producing to its full capacity.
The Bible studies every Sunday continue to go well and every week we also have visitors coming over to our home for further studies. We are planning now to start with some "hands on" practical training for the most potential students so that they can actively help us with the enormous need here and get better prepared for their future.
If you would be able to help us find more supporters in your area we would appreciate it very much, as the orphans still need a lot more help to get a better chance in their future lives.
Thank you for your prayers for peace here in Congo! Since we arrived the situation is calm and we continue praying for the stability so that new investments can come and this way more jobs can be created and the life of the poor can hopefully be improved. We pray also for you that the Lord will supply all your needs according to His riches (Phil 4:19).
PLEDGE (please click on comments to answer this pledge).
o I would like to help sponsor one orphan by donating R.100 on a monthly basis.
o I would like to help sponsor your agricultural project by donating R. ____
on a monthly basis.
o I would like to help towards purchasing a vehicle for your team by donating R.______
o I would like to help towards your living expenses to enable you to preach the Gospel by donating R. _____ on a monthly basis.
Please deposit your gifts on the following account: Gino D. Volpe
First National Bank
Woodlands Boulevard
Account Number 62047881679
Bank Branch Number 230732
First National Bank
Woodlands Boulevard
Account Number 62047881679
Bank Branch Number 230732
