GOD IS FAITHFUL!!! The last few months have been quite the journey, as we have been going through the process of applying to have our TEP (Temporary Employment Permit) renewed. It seems that  everything that could have possibly gone “off the rails” in the process of applying for this permit, did in fact go off the rails (from hold ups with David’s passport renewal to new forms and processes on the Malawian side that suddenly appeared overnight). But despite it all, our God has shown Himself faithful, and in the end it has all worked out!… (read more in the .pdf below)

HAPPY NEW YEAR! We are very thankful for God’s love and strength during 2011 and we are looking forward to great things in 2012. New Year’s Day we worshipped at Capital City Pentecostal Church and were challenged to step out and do what seems impossible!

December has been a great month! We missed our family, but we are thankful for good friends, the Purdy’s (PAOC missionaries running the Bible College in Lilongwe) and Leuw’s (new missionaries working with Lifeline Malawi) who joined us for Christmas day!

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MERRY CHRISTMAS! So hard to believe it is time to celebrate our Saviour’s birth again! But so thankful that He came!

November was a very busy month for Connie in Canada – passports, missions conventions, graduation and moving of our youngest daughter to Thunder Bay. It was great that Connie was able to visit 7 churches in the month that she was there!

David remained at VOH to keep things going. Jones, our child protection offer was still off recuperating from his hip surgery.

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October has been another month filled with many answers to prayer!

Jones Mwengo, our Child Protection Officer, had hip surgery and it went very well! His recovery is going faster than anticipated and he surprised us by coming into the office today! He will be back with us full time in 3 weeks. Please continue to pray for a speedy recovery. We need him at Village of Hope!

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PRAISE THE LORD! Lilongwe Hope Academy, the primary school at VOH is officially open! We received approval for the school from the Ministry of Education the day before it was scheduled to open – God always answers prayer just in time!  (read more in our .pdf newsletter below)