October 2006 Southern Malawi Ministry Centre Update

"Our Iris base continues to expand. When you drive into Bangula at night, ours are the first lights you see. With two children’s homes and two pastors dormitories, plus two missionary homes, there is a veritable suburb developing!! As the finishing touches go on our long term missionary home, the walls are going up on two new children’s homes. With the first two full, it is exciting to think that we will be able to give a home and a family to 24 more orphans. As we grow in numbers of children, we become increasingly aware of the need for a school. The local Bangula school has 1,200 students, 100 students in every class. The level of education being provided is very low. We are hoping and planning to begin building a school where we will begin by teaching our own children and then expand to serve the local community as well. We also need to build a kitchen / dining room facility for our pastors. We wait on the Lord for both projects.

"We continue to feed approx. 3,000 vulnerable families every month. This has been made possible by donors all over the world, as well as containers of food coming from both Canada and the United States. It is wonderful to be able to offer some support to the elderly who often have dependent grandchildren, and the handicapped, as well as many orphans. We are so grateful for this support. Thank you for serving with us, helping us love the poor here in Bangula."

[The Bangula base is growing!]