Up and running

Well, hear I am again, Bek's mum Susan, relaying their news. Still no internet, and at this stage I think they believe that they won't have any connection at all, but only time will tell. The big new is they have established a feeding program, which was one of their main goals. At the moment they are supplying about 17 children and 3 adults with a meal three times a week. Some one has donated enough maize to support this ministry for several months, depending of course on how may people they end up providing meals for.

They are very exited about this and the fact that they have finaly moved into thier house. If you go to the Vana web site www.vana.org.au, you should be able to see the three existing houses, one of which is theirs for the next year. They now feel that the hard work in getting their is begining to pay off. There is also talk of the first children moving in soon which will change everything.

Well, I think that is about it. We talk to them once a week, but the connection isn't always good, this week it was terrible so some of the finer detail is missing. Please keep checking this blog and leaving them messages. It would be great if when they get to Harari and manage to get on line there is a heap of messages of support for them.

In the mean time, keep them in your prayers/thoughts. When you are getting ready for bed, they are starting their day, so that is a great time to have them on your mind.

Thanks for your support
Owen & Susan

Fun with Visa's

Hi everyone, Susan here again. Spoke to Bek and Dion Wednesday night and they have asked us to let you know what is happening at the moment. Aside from all the other things going on they have now discovered that they need to apply for a visitors visa every month, which of course isn't ideal. Their other alternative is to apply for a working visa, which will cover them for 12 months but will cost $500 US. As you can imagine, this would put a dent in their money. Please be praying for a solution for them, as if they do apply for a working visa some of the documents they need are here in Australia and may not reach them before the current visitors visa runs out. I'm sure God has a solution, we just need to find it.

They had a great Easter with Errol, Donna and thier children, doing a bit of sight seeing, they were on the road somewhere when we spoke to them.

The status of their internet connection is still not good and at the moment the best they can hope for is to be able to get to Harare once a month to make contact with people, probably via this blog. Please continue to leave them messages, I'm sure they will appreciate them once they can get online.

Thanks for supporting them, I know the appreciate you all.

Owen & Susan

Life in the 3rd World

Okay, this isn't Rebekah or Dion, but Susan, Bek's mum. She has asked me to post this as they still have no internet connection. The story so far is that there is no power, someone stole the oil out of the transformer and it ground to a hault. They are waiting for a new one, and living with generators for the moment, but they can't be run all the time. They have been waiting for some help to get their internet up and running, which I think they have done, but there is now no phone line in or out of Chivhu, so still no communications.We have spoken to them a couple of times via mobile phone and they seems to be doing okay. They haven't moved into their house yet because of the power problelm and the weather has turned very cold, colder than they expected.

I will leave it at that, I'm sure they will be posting all their news soon. Keep praying for them (only 11 months left!)

Susan