CHICKEN-VEGIES-SOY AND RICE...

... THOSE ARE THE INGREDIENTS OF THE FEED MY STARVING CHILDREN FOOD PACKETS. WITH HAIR NETS IN PLACE AND RED TEAM SHIRTS ON, MEMBERS OF THE AFRICAN ORPHANS PROJECT MET AT LOVE OF CHRIST LUTHERAN CHURCH TO PARTICIPATE IN THE CHURCH'S THIRD YEAR PACKING EVENT. THIS EVENT TOOK PLACE OVER THREE DAYS AND WHEN FINISHED ON SATURDAY EVENING, THE CHURCH'S VOLUNTEERS WILL HAVE PACKED OVER 550,000 MEALS DURING THE THREE YEARS.
THESE ARE THE SAME MEALS THAT ARE ON THE WAY TO OUR CRECHE IN SHONGWENI AND WILL BE AT THE DOCK NEXT THURSDAY, THE 18TH OF NOVEMBER. FROM THERE THE PALLET WILL BE TRANSPORTED TO THE CONTAINER ON SITE AND USED DAILY FOR THE CHILDREN'S MEALS.
MEMBERS OF LOC WERE JOINED BY TEAM MEMBERS FROM CHRIST CHURCH LUTHERAN INCLUDING PASTOR ARNIE FRANK. EVERYONE HAD A GREAT TIME AND MOVED PRETTY WELL IN TIME TO THE MUSIC INSPITE OF THEIR AGE DURING THE TWO HOURS. THE MEMBERS SPLIT INTO TWO GROUPS AND WITH THE ONE GROUP PACKING 29 BOXES THAT EQUALS 6264 MEALS AND THE SECOND GROUP, WE MORE THAN PACKED THE AMOUNT OF THE FOOD THAT WAS SENT TO SHONGWENI--7128 MEALS. MILLIONS OF THESE NUTRITIOUS MEALS HAVE BEEN SENT TO NEEDY CHILDREN AROUND THE WORLD AND HAVE BROUGHT THEM BACK TO GOOD HEALTH.
MANY THANKS GO OUT TO THE TEAM MEMBERS THAT HELPED AND ESPECIALLY TO WALTER SCOTT FROM LOC WITHOUT WHO THIS PACKING EVENT WOULD NOT HAPPEN AND OF COURSE THE STAFF FROM FEED MY STARVING CHILDREN FOR THEIR DEVOTION TO THE HUNGRY OF THE WORLD AND THEIR CHRIST CENTERED ORGANIZATION.

GRAND OPENING

WE JUST RECEIVED WORD THAT THE CRECHE OPENED TODAY. THE NPO APPROVAL WAS GRANTED AND THE NURSERY OPENED WITH 36 CHILDREN AND THERE WILL BE MORE ATTENDING IN THE COMING WEEKS. WHAT WAS A DREAM JUST A FEW YEARS AGO HAS BECOME A REALITY. THE SHONGWENI LUTHERAN CHURCH AND ITS FACILITIES WILL BECOME THE CENTER OF ACTIVITY FOR THE COMMUNITY. NOW THE CENTER OF COMPASSION COMMUNITY CENTER PREVIOUSLY DEDICATED, WILL BE USED AS A KITCHEN FOR THE NURSERY AS WELL AS A TRAINING CENTER FOR THE WOMEN TO PERFECT THEIR CRAFTS. THE MOTHERS NOW CAN LEAVE THEIR LITTLE ONES IN THE CARE OF COMPETENT TEACHERS THAT WILL GIVE THE CHILDREN A SPIRITUAL FOUNDATION AS WELL AS A HEAD START IN SCHOOL.
CAN YOU IMAGINE WHAT WENT ON TODAY WHEN THE CHILDREN EXPERIENCED ALL THE LEARNING TOOLS IN THE BRIGHT ROOMS THAT WERE JUST COMPLETED. THANKS GO OUT TO LAKESHORE LEARNING CENTER FOR THEIR HELP WITH MANY OF THE ITEMS IN THE CLASSROOMS. ALONG WITH THE DAILY EDUCATION, A HOT MEAL WILL BE PROVIDED. THE FOOD SHIPPED FROM FEED MY STARVING CHILDREN WILL SUPPLIMENT THEIR DIETS AND IS ONLY A COUPLE WEEKS AWAY FROM ARRIVING.
WITH THE PASSING OF HER FATHER LAST WEEK, SHARA WILL REMAIN IN THE STATES UNTIL JANUARY AND DURING THIS TIME SHE WILL BE WITH HER FAMILY AND THEN TRAVELING TO SOME OF OUR SISTER CHURCHES AROUND THE COUNTRY. JULIA HAS HER HANDS FULL AND PLEASE INCLUDE HER IN YOUR PRAYERS AS SHE OVERSEES THE DAILY TASKS OF THE CRECHE AND CENTER.
GRASS WILL BE PLANTED ON THE SOCCER FIELD AND BEHIND THE COMMUNITY CENTER THANKS TO THE DONATIONS FROM OUR GOLF TOURNAMENT HELD LAST SPRING. THIS EVENT ALSO PAID FOR THE GRADING AND CONSTRUCTION OF THE SOCCER FIELD AND WHEN COMPLETED IT WILL GIVE THE BOYS MANY HOURS OF ENJOYMENT.