Only 4 days until we leave! Really only 3 days by Arlene's way of counting . . . you can't count today, because it is already here, and you can't count the day you leave! :-)
Many of the children in the Tana River and Lamu Districts walk up to 2 miles to school, and then 2 miles home, because they know they will get to eat lunch, which is often their only meal for the day. Not only do they get lunch and an education, but they also experience the love of God and hear the Gospel. All this for only $5 per month per child! Such beautiful children and the next leaders!
Many schools are held under trees, which give little protection from the sun and heat and rain. However, there is a brick making machine (no motor requiring gas or electricity) which will enable the villages to make brick to build a school building! The cost of a bag of cement is nothing in our budget, but it is a huge amount in theirs! (They are able to make about 400 bricks from one bag of cement, which is mixed with local soil and sand.) The brick making machine will not only allow them to make brick to build schools, churches, and homes, but also to make brick to sell . . .giving them a "hand up," not a "handout!"
We are excited to see an update of what God is doing in the Tana River/Lamu Districts!
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