Today it was back to the leadership seminar. One more day to go......

Yesterday, we took a long, jarring journey out to Mudaka. As you can see, the roads were very interesting....

This was the purpose of the trip. These are some of the ladies supported by our micro-finance post in Mudaka.










We had a very enjoyable time with them and learned a lot. I can not possibly write all they shared, but I will just give you some idea;
- I put my loan into my business, and it succeeded
- I have 5 children and this allowed me to send them all to school
- I am able to feed my family and my husband, and now I can eat every day, I feel so much better and stronger!
- I can even buy soap for us to wash ourselves
- I have joy in my heart because you have helped me to build my business. My children even have new clothes!
- people in this village looked down on me, I was nobody, I could only ask them for money so I could stay alive. Now I am a farmer! They even respect me! I am a big lady and I have my own money!
- I had no hope, now I have hope
- thank you, thank you, thank you! I pray God will bless those who support Wezesha (that is the name of the micro-finance group) I pray God will even bless their parents!
- Wezesha really helped me
- Wezesha transformed my life (to which everyone nodded their heads and clapped)

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I give my thanks also to all of you who have enabled us to do this! This was a remarkable day! I thank God for those of you who stand with us! Without YOU, there is no US!
God bless you again and again!

Had to let you see for yourselves, how tall the sunflower plants are!

Leadership Conference

Day 1

This conference is for the leadership of Bethsaida's new church plant in Bukavu.....New Life Bukavu.....

smiles for you today.........

this is an idea of what it takes to keep all devices and a fan running and charged when we get some power........(all of this goes into one plugin!)

and this is to say that ........ well quite frankly, I'm not sure what it says, but we see this frequently.

Did we make you smile?

Tupendee Wazee report......

The report is that this ministry has “changed their lives so much”!

Before Tupende Wazee, they felt invisible, no-one was aware if they were ill or suffering. No now seemed to value them as individuals.

According to their testimony……..

“We don’t know how  God has put this in your heart to start Tupendee Wazee, but because of your care for us, we are doing well. Look at me, I was once too thin , and shaky to stand, and now (hands spread wide to show us) because you feed us I have become strong. I feel young again!”

“I was sick at home and could not come one day, I had phone calls……are you ok?…….where are you today?……will we see you here?…….I felt so cared for and valued!”

one woman was attacked on her way to the program, but she said because of the encouragement and love she has received there, she is ok. She can stand…….she has friends.

They are so happy, they have trouble to express it, they just praise God for what He has done!

I say.......ME TOO!!

To God be the glory!!