Today we began our day gathering for breakfast and then off to Maude's existing orphanage location- College Mixte Notre Dame De Lourdes. As you know we have been doing construction on a new orphanage building CMNDDL being funded by Maude's supporters. Maude currently has an orphanage with 90 children and they will be moving into the building under construction when it is finished. Maude needs $70,000 US to finish the dorms at the new facility. We went to visit her and the children today at their current facility. She took us on a tour of each classroom, through their dorms, etc. We met Stevenson, a young man who was crippled during the earthquake and our group prayed with him. We played with the children for awhile and then gathered around Maude and prayed for her. This was a very touching experience for both Maude and our team. She told us that she started the orphanage with only one boy 16 years ago. She had 40 children until the earthquake in January 2011. Since then she has added 50 more children. You can see pictures of todays activites on Facebook.
After this we went back to the job site and had lunch and worked until 3:30. It was a VERY hot day today.
Tonight we had a great dinner (again). After dinner we were able to figure what tomorrow nights dinner was going to be because we saw a goat head and leg in the kitchen. Our team discussed ways we would be able to help both the Upper Room and Maude's orphanages. We have decided to try and buy a propane stove for the Upper Room while we are here since they are cooking every meal on a charcoal stove. The cost for the stove and the propane tank and line will be between $600 and $800 US. We hope to install it before we leave on Saturday.
Today, Friday, we drove to Balan to see the village where we would have built the house had the forms come in. We were all amazed at the beautiful landscape of mountains and a salt water lake. We saw the guest house that is being built (where we would stay next year) that will sleep about 30 missionaries. We were able to stop at a primary school and visit with the kids during their school day as well as walk around the area. Afterwards, we headed back to the work site for our last day on the job. We accomplished a lot there, and said a lot of goodbyes to the men that we worked with all week. While we were at the site, Mr. and Mrs. Turner went to purchase a stove and propane tanks with the money you raised to bless the Upper Room orphanage with. Tomorrow we will present them with that.
Pray for continued effort to help the people that we have come in contact with...Nicolas ( the pastor), his family, the Upper Room, the men we worked with, Maud and her 90 children at her orphanage, and the people that have served us as Mamika.
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