God is so amazing. I mean SO amazing. We had no clue about New Life Foundation when we picked up our lives to move to Africa, and now, New Life is the main focus of our ministry here in Tanzania. The kids at New Life have completely stolen our hearts, and I know the deep love and joy I have for them is straight from the Lord. We know full well THEY all are the reason we are in Tanzania!

The kids from grade six down to nursery are getting ready to go to their home villages for a holiday. Even though 70% of the children at New Life are considered orphans here in Tanzania, they still have some form of relative to return to during this holiday, which will last a month. We have been working a lot with the 6th grade lately, and a couple of the girls in that class have really stolen Brian and I's hearts in particular. When we found out that one of them had no where to go during the holiday, we knew right away we wanted to have her come stay with us. Well, then we found out that another girl very precious to us had nowhere to go either, so we knew right away we wanted to have her come and stay with us as well. Then we found out there was only one girl in grade six left with no where to go, so we knew there was no way we could leave her behind. So one turned into three. :) We have come to find out that all three girls are from the same village. The village is very far away {takes one full day to travel to} and very unreached. They have tried to send local African missionaries to go and minister to them, but it was even too overwhelming for them to handle living there. Their tribe kills their food daily, or they don't eat. They don't live in homes, they live in what was described to us as nest like things. If the girls ever do go home for a visit, they must have a chaperone go with them, otherwise there is a very high chance they will be married off and not able to return {remember they are 13!!!!}. We feel so beyond blessed to have this opportunity, and are excited to see our relationships with these precious girls grow. We are praying to see trust levels increase as they spend more time with us, and to have some amazing times of ministry with them in our home. They are really some of the sweetest girls in the world, we feel so blessed that this is our lives. Our kids are THRILLED, and will wear the older girls out I am sure!