Mukema

Laurie and her team are now in the village of Mukema, where they will spend their last week of ministry. The team flies out August 3 and will arrive in the States August 4 for debrief. Laurie will be back in Oregon August 8th.

Reports from the orphan rescue units keep coming! Today we had a message directly from Laurie: 

Over the past couple of days, we’ve been playing with the orphans and helping the facilitators with jobs around the unit such as harvesting corn.  As for water filters, we will still be giving two to the unit and two to the local school.

Yesterday we handed out donated clothes to some of the people here.  The children were smiling as they realized that the clothing was now theirs.  It was sad that some of the clothes were way too big for children but still they were all very very happy to receive what they were given.   I am overwhelmed by how much more work there will be left undone when we leave.  Though our work here this summer is helping people, it is important to remember that the real work being done here is being done by the facilitators who labour here throughout the year to develop these communities.

Pray these teens through their last week in Africa! And pray for the permanent Teen Missions International staff who make their homes in these villages. 

—Lisa 

(Laurie's mom)