One last update before outreach..
For the house building project in Zwelethemba, we're working with the contractors now, and the people in the community, and they figure it will be about two weeks before we should start to build. Most of the peole from our team will be on outreach during that time, either in Mozambique/Zimbabwe/Malawi or in Tanzania/Kenya, so we won't be able to help build it. So what is going to happen is, the people staying on base are going to 'hire' the the people in that live in the shacks, and work along side of them and build the house. We can see that God is moving in this new plan too, even though it wasn't what we had in mind. This way the people in the community will be involved in improving their living situations, and making some money too.

This past Wednesday we had our final outreach to the kids in Zwelethemba. We planned a Christmas party for them, had a time of worship, a drama, dance routines, and we had a great time! Normally we have about 200 kids show up, but this time 430 came, it was incredible. With some of the money you have supported me with, and money from others supporters, we were able to make little gift bags for the kids to take with them. We hand made bracelets, cut out stars with a scripture written on them, toothbrushes, soap, and some snacks. They loved it so much. As the kids left we made prayer tunnels and prayed over each child as they left. It was really sad knowing that it was our last time there, but it made us really excited for our big outreach that is coming up.

So on December 14th our team will be leaving the base at 2 a.m. and driving to Cape Town to catch our flight to Johannesburg at 6 a.m. From there we fly straight to Nairobi, Kenya. I do not know the exact plans of where we will all be during outreach, but I'll tell you what I have been told so far. We will be at different areas for one to three weeks at a time. In Kenya we will be working with the Masai tribes, staying in the bush with no running water, electricity, nothing really. Where we are staying is where the most african wildlife will be found, so we know this experience will be incredible in so many ways.

We are bringing a lot of shoeboxes with us, and we are meeting up with a church team from Cape Town around Christmas time, and on Christmas day we will be handing out the shoeboxes to Kenyan orphans. I am so excited that we get to spend Christmas day like that, it will be really amazing. I think beginning to mid January we will be driving down to Tanzania, and continuing our outreach there. Some of the things we will be involved with during these two months and areas to pray over...
-visiting children in rehab centers
-working in an orphanage with 800 children, that is currently being run by 2 Christian missionaries
-teaching on rehydration, water purification, HIV/AIDS, farming
-street ministry

I hope you all have a really great Christmas, and a happy new year! I am looking forward to coming back and sharing my experiences with you. Thank you so much for all your prayers and support, it has meant so much.