This is a picture of a typical Malawian cow. Skinny and about to blow over. We try to purchase one cow a month ($500) so that the children can eat beef once a week. But we have been having trouble lately finding a fat cow. I talked to Thandie last night and she had good news. A fat cow has been located. I guess that is not particularly good news for the cow, but we are praising the Lord for providing us with a strong healthy cow. It is a bit more money that we have allotted for, but a much wiser purchase than this skinny cow that wouldn't feed much at all.
This is the memory card that works in Thandie's digital camera. But more importantly it is an answer to prayer! I started this blog just about a year ago. And the biggest struggle has been having new pictures to post as well as pictures of new projects and events at Good Samaritan. The Lord has blessed me with the opportunity to take two trips to Malawi in which I took lots and lots of pictures. I have also been able to get pictures from others who have visited. But my hearts desire was to find a way to get updated pictures quickly and inexpensively. While Mrs. Carrier and Mrs. Miller were in Malawi this past September, Thandie learned how to email pictures from her home computer. But then the ground phone line was stolen, and she hasn't been able to connect to the internet. And the internet fees were outrageous. My next idea was for Thandie to burn the pictures on to a CD and send them to me with visitors. We have been able to do this a couple of times, but Thandie doesn't know how to do it on her own. Recently Japhet took Thandies camera to an internet cafe and spent two whole days and gobs of my money to send me a handful of pictures. Which I am extremely grateful for, but not a solution for ongoing picture communication. Then I found out from Brother Gentry's daughter that a business man in Malawi recently began sending paperwork to Brother Gentry once a month through DHL (the fastest way to send mail). But I didn't think that I would be able to take advantage of this opportunity because it was too expensive to develop the pictures in Malawi and no one in Malawi could figure out how to put them on a cd. And then the Lord gave be a great idea! Send the memory card! It is small and cheap to send and holds over 500 pictures! WooHoo. I sent Thandie some money to purchase a new memory card so she won’t be without one. I hope to send several memory cards with Crystal when she goes to pick up Savannah-Hope. The business man is sending the memory card to Brother Gentry today. I am so excited! So if it all works out according to my plan...(which rarely happens) I should be able to get new pictures once a month and they should only be a couple of weeks old. This is such exciting news for people who like to see pictures on the blog.
Andrew's (Good Samaritan vice president and school principal) daughter Madalitso age 18 has Malaria. Josofina and Owen are both feeling better and are going to school today. Ida still is vomiting and having body pains. Please continue to pray for her.
Savannah-Hope is still waiting to come to America. The Johnson's are still waiting for their immigration form, I-171H. Please continue to pray for Savannah-Hope's adoption journey. It has been a much longer process than we were originally told, but of course she is worth every minute. We are trusting completely on God's timing.
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