• Caring for orphans. Works with Child Evangelism Fellowship International in looking at the state of social care in orphanages - improving conditions, making them more homely, helping provide toiletries, clothes etc.
• Puts on Fun Days for children, Christmas parties.
• Teaches the truth on HIV/AIDS.
• Set up a Comforts Ministry within her church there, including hospital visiting, blessing cards, knitting, counselling etc.
• Has helped with finance for house building, setting up businesses, bought exercise books and pens for schools, paid many school fees, bought medication and paid for operations.
• Gives clothes, toiletries etc. sent to her in regular parcels from England to the many needy people God leads her to.
• Completely supports 3 teenage orphan boys, having them in her home as much as possible, regarding them as her own.

MAKING GOD’S NAME FAMOUS IN ZIMBABWE

“Joy to the world the Lord has come
Let earth receive our King"

We are God’s representatives in the earth. His mouth piece and we are instructed by the apostle Paul to imitate Him as His representatives. We should speak His word just the same as He would. We should speak it boldly with authority, believing it has the power to change our lives and circumstances.

God’s word spoken out of your mouth regularly produces a powerful, victorious life.

Dear All,

Greetings and love from Zimbabwe. I arrived back Saturday morning after a very good flight. Was I favoured – wow - I could not have been treated better by everyone if I was the Queen of England.
I sailed through customs, people kept coming up to talk to me and others kept smiling and waving both in the Airport and on plane. How wonderful.

I was met at Airport by very, very hot sunshine. Dorothy, bless her, picked me up and we went straight to her house for a barbeque. It was to celebrate my return, Dorothy and Alan’s departure to America and of course darling Kuda’s 2nd and Hope’s 1st birthdays.

All the staff were there from Jabulani, what an incredible moment it was. I was home at last.
How the babies have grown. The biggest change was in Blessing. She is still small but has put on weight,especially on her face.

Kuda is undergoing intensive physio and they have made her a stander, so it is easier to feed her and better for her digestion, expanding her lungs and strengthening her bones. Daniel has put a lot of weight on and is very heavy to carry. Hope and Grace are walking well and both shout Nannan - I love it! The newest baby, Joseph, is doing so well and lives in the same room as Kuda. We are so blessed to have such wonderful babies. Things have been very busy since my return and several projects have already begun, but I would like to share them in more detail in the following newsletters.

I want to thank you all for your love and support whilst I was back in Rotherham. You are all wonderful. It has been great meeting new people and I hope I will see you all again next year. I’m sorry I missed seeing certain people but you are in my thoughts and prayers. But in the mean time have a super Christmas and don’t forget the true meaning of Christmas!

Lots of love, In His service,                                                                          
Christine.

MAKING GOD’S NAME FAMOUS IN ZIMBABWE

“Being unwanted, unloved, uncared for, and forgotten by everybody. I think that is a much greater hunger, a much greater poverty than the person who has nothing to eat.” ( Mother Teresa)

Greetings, in the name of Jesus.

I trust this letter finds you all well. It is Friday morning 7am and only a few minutes ago I walked into work to be greeted with a ‘song’ by Grace and Hope saying ‘It’s our Christine’. I said it’s Nannan, so they said ‘it’s our Nannan.’ Of course I had to hug and kiss them and do my usual greetings. I went into Kuda and said –Good morning my little sweetheart and she blew a big ‘raspberry’ and smiled so much. Blessing, who is just about walking, wanted me to dance with her. Joseph was asleep and Daniel gave me a sloppy smiley kiss. I am so blessed!

As I said in previous newsletters I would like to tell you about some of the projects you are involved in. I can’t thank you enough for your support. So many people have been helped and empowered in so many ways.

Before Christmas in Sunday school we had a competition. We divided it into age groups. They were all given the task to make a Christmas card. It had to be all their own work and signed by their parents – what a lot of talent. It was difficult to pick one winner from each group. They thought the prizes were fabulous. Thank you Justin, for your support in this.

We had a great Christmas party, well, several actually with lots of fun games and food. A day to remember for each of the children, especially those in the rural areas. I wish you all could have seen their smiles. Well you are the ones that put them there! Thank you for allowing me to share in that. We played pass the parcel, musical chairs and statues (bring back memories to some of you??) Several of you have given books for the library at Renewal fellowship. It is looking really good, with lots of exciting colourful books for the children. Samuel Dozwah is in charge of that and doing a great job. We are thinking for accessability of moving the library into the new youth centre when it is completed.

Talking of “Youth Centre” – thanks go to Rotherham Youth and Sharon for raising funds for this venture. The youth here have already been away for a weekend, all youth have been bought a t-shirt and a seminar put on for youth in the area about purity in relationships and HIV/AIDS. I was very privileged to speak at this and also on National Aids Day, making God’s name famous.

As you will probably know, a lot of parents haven’t the money to send their children to school, so, on your behalf we have been able to do that for many children. Fees, which are paid every 4 months, vary considerably from 5 US for the term to about 60 US in rural areas. It is a lot more in the townships. One such boy you have helped is Increase. He lives on Retreat Farm near Chitungwiza, a very poor area. He is 10 years old. He had to drop out of school last year when his father became sick and his mother ran away. Increase had to take care of his father. To raise money for food and for his father, he worked in peoples fields. You were able to buy his school uniform, shoes and other items needed for school. You also provided food. He is now in school and we are monitoring the situation.

Well I could go on and on, but I will leave that for future newsletters.

God bless and keep you all.

In His service, Christine