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)

Our most exciting news this month is that we hired three teachers for our new school, Lilongwe Hope Academy! They were so excited that they all wanted to started work the day after they were hired, much earlier than just a week before school started. They have been busy preparing their lessons and are enthusiastically looking forward to the start of the school year in September… (read more below)

What a busy, exciting month July has been! Amid frequent power outages, severe diesel and petrol shortages, political protests and riots we have been so blessed. Our children, Kara & David and Lindy arrived mid-month, along with their friend from Thailand, Jessica Pellowe.

Lindy is here completing her final placement in her Physician Assistant program at Baylor HIV/Aids Clinic (where several of our children receive treatment), so she has been off to work every day. Each time she comes to VOH, her doctor skills are put to use. Thanks for being a blessing, Lindy! … (read more of our newsletter below)