Silembe, Zambia | HOFO Update

Progress continues at the House of Faith Orphanage in Silembe, Zambia. We will soon be ready to add capacity for another 12 children with the finish of our 2nd home at the project. As seen below, while we are adding the finishing touches to the house, we have begun the process of building the furniture. Some of the furniture is built by local tradesman and some is purchased and moved from Livingstone.

Our financial commitments for this project continues to be very aggressive for an organization like ours. This is what we believe remains for HOFO in 2008:

$ 3,000 Finish 2nd home
$ 3,500 Furniture for 2nd Home
$ 10,500 3rd home
$ 3,500 Furniture for 3rd Home
$ 1,000 Finish Bathhouse, septic system
$ 2,650 Finish facility Kitchen-Laundry area
$ 27,025 Silembe School Project; bore hole, teacher’s home, school & home furnishings
$ 10,500 Operations – 11 children - 1 May, projected at 32 children – 1 Jan
$ 61,675 TOTAL HOFO INVESTMENT REMAINING IN 2008.

We need your financial support to fulfill the commitment. Tax-deductible donations can be made at our website at www.worldorphanrelief.org, or you may mail your check to WOR, 16352 Prairie Farm Circle, Parker, CO 80134.

Below is our most recent update from our team in Zambia:

The 1st bunk bed from Golden is almost ready.



Getting Mukwa planks has slowed progress. He has joined some wood for the next one. The drawers are made and stored.





This is the walls when we arrived mid morning on Friday 5/16. We are on schedule to close-in/secure this house before we go to the States (Part of our team will be departing for the US in mid-June, and will be returning the 1st part of September).

I stand amazed at this water flow. It has changed course, flowing around our building, not through it. I plan to collect 1 or 2 loads of rocks Monday, as I have seen them heaped today.

This 'wonderful' African lumber will be trusses on the roof in a couple of weeks.

Believe it or not, Elizabeth prefers cooking in front of the sinks with these charcoal braizers. She is happy with the water connection and hose that reaches anywhere in the building.

The solar panel, battery, and 1 light are connected and working well in the 2nd house. Our painter has started, and will stay until finished.

Cattle like the place. I hope this one doesn't eat clothes.

By mid afternoon the walls are higher. The scaffolding I made for putting up ceilings and painting our house has held up well.

Linda and I (Linda and Mike Jones) will be out Saturday and Sunday, preaching in the 'bush'.

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Continue to keep our Zambian team in your prayers. Our next team from the US will be visiting in November. Be praying for these folks as they make this life-changing commitment, and begin preparing to bless the people of Zambia.