Two weeks ago I arrived in Lichinga and am slowly adjusting to life here. Sometimes it seems as if I’m living in the late 1800’s. I like the laid back pace of life, but it requires a little more energy for doing everyday tasks. We have no running water or electricity, so we draw water from our hand dug well for everything from drinking to bathing to washing laundry and cleaning. We use kerosene lamps for light when the sun goes down and have a solar panel and battery for charging things like cell phones, computers and rechargeable batteries. The solar panel also supplies just enough power to run a sewing machine, so I have already been busy sewing capulanas for the girl’s beds and laundry bags for them as well. We are hoping to hire a tractor sometime this week to plow up two acres of land for planting potatoes. How exciting it will be in 3 months when the girls are here and we can dig up our first harvest together!
We have picked up some of the forms for the orphan girls that were distributed in surrounding villages and will soon take them to social services to verify each family situation. Then we will be able to choose an initial twelve girls between 5 and 10 years of age who will come to live in “ Village of Joy ”. Hopefully we will be welcoming them home by sometime in March if all goes well. Eventually this first house will be full with twenty four little “treasures” joyfully running around and enjoying their new home.
Thank you for all who have been praying and supporting me financially. I am trying to get together a more concrete team of intercessors to pray for me as well as for things that are happening in the bigger IRIS Lichinga family. If you would like to pray for us on a regular basis and receive more frequent prayer requests and updates please email me in response to this email and I will put you on the list. Otherwise I will just keep you on the regular update list about what the Lord is doing in and through us here. That one should be about every two months or so, depending on internet availability.
Blessings to you all and have an amazing day filled with the presence of the Lord and joy!!!!
Love,
Tanya
We have picked up some of the forms for the orphan girls that were distributed in surrounding villages and will soon take them to social services to verify each family situation. Then we will be able to choose an initial twelve girls between 5 and 10 years of age who will come to live in “ Village of Joy ”. Hopefully we will be welcoming them home by sometime in March if all goes well. Eventually this first house will be full with twenty four little “treasures” joyfully running around and enjoying their new home.
Thank you for all who have been praying and supporting me financially. I am trying to get together a more concrete team of intercessors to pray for me as well as for things that are happening in the bigger IRIS Lichinga family. If you would like to pray for us on a regular basis and receive more frequent prayer requests and updates please email me in response to this email and I will put you on the list. Otherwise I will just keep you on the regular update list about what the Lord is doing in and through us here. That one should be about every two months or so, depending on internet availability.
Blessings to you all and have an amazing day filled with the presence of the Lord and joy!!!!
Love,
Tanya
