Living life together

We are so excited to share with you everything God is doing in Tanzania as well as hear what he is doing in your lives! Thank you for partnering with us in God's work all around the world!

Sunday, May 6, 2012

Continuing to walk in a miracle

We got to meet Lightness, Kelly and Dillon at their home. They are currently living with her father's oldest brother in a small room made of sticks and mud...and couldn't be happier! The babies are at home with their own mama, in their own clothes, with their own bottles. Now all they need is their own home. Lightness is an orphan herself and, as you have read, has no husband to support her. She was almost finished with her last year of secondary school when she got pregnant, but desperately wants to return and finish so that she will be able to support her children. Now, she needs help. We have found a family that will help lightness pay for her rent, electricity, and food for her babies. (milk and porridge) Also, she is currently living in a room in her uncle's house with his furniture and his cooking utensils.  She will need a bed, sheets, cupboards, pots and pans, etc.  finally, she asked also after I asked her for the seventh time if there was anything else, she asked if someone could help her with some clothes.  . But she has nothing to put inside of the home she is moving to. She needs a bed and dresser, a small table to eat on, and cooking ware. We are wondering if there is anyone that might feel led to help lightness with these things. Also, her final year of schooling is $250.00 for the whole year's tuition. We have seen God do an incredible thing in Lightness's life and we have been so blessed by the opportunity to be able to watch God do a miracle. Please don't feel obligated in any way to send funds. We haven't asked for funds on this page before because we have wanted this to be a place to encourage and include people in what God is doing here in Tanzania. This specific opportunity just seemed like a really exciting and obvious way for anyone that felt led to be connected specifically to someone's life. We brought with us all of the clothing items the babies would need and she was so very grateful. It was strange, too, because usually in this culture when you give a gift, the recipient becomes really quiet and subdued. The opposite was true for Lightness. She looked us in the face, shook our hands squarely, and thanked us for the gifts we brought. I continue to be more and more impressed with this young lady and, to quote Chariots of Fire, "I feel His pleasure" when I see her with those children. Lord, you are good and your mercy endures forever.

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