June 2009 Zimpeto Sewing and Carpentry Program Update

It has been a busy time for Betty and me. We sold our home back in Canada and spent most of our time there deciding what we wanted to keep or sell and what to put into storage. We also helped our youngest daughter set herself up in an apartment. While we were In Canada, the team here expanded the sewing room to twice its size. Betty and the girls now have more room to sew. The girls are progressing in their sewing skills to include quilt making, draperies and dress making. It's wonderful to see them grow; the sewing room has an atmosphere of joy that keeps them coming! We look forward to a year of new horizons. Betty feels very blessed to be a part of this.

After returning to Mozambique we went to South Africa and bought tools for Maracuene with donations from Iris Canada. The workshop is now finished and on May 19, 2009 we started work there. We have begun working with two boys and will slowly grow from here. We are hoping to turn this shop into a woodworking center where young people will be employed. We already have our first job, making windows and a door for Pastor Nico who is the youth pastor here at the center. The church at Maracuene is being expanded, so we will now be making the doors for the church.