Birthdays On the 11th of March, we celebrated Gertrude’s 11th birthday. She learned how to bake tie dye cupcakes, had a water balloon fight with the Kwathu family, and bought chips as a treat! She had a wonderful day! On the 13th of April, we celebrated Austin’s 10th birthday! We spent the morning playing games and the afternoon at …
Birthday On the first of February we celebrated Rozaria’s 7th year of life with fun colored cupcakes and games. She enjoyed cupcakes, choosing a toy in town, and playing with everyone. There was a team visiting Kwathu that also brought some more fun to her day! Highlight Child Willard is 11 years old, one of the most sensitive …
Highlight & Birthday On January 20th Purity turned 9! We threw her a surprise birthday party; she had no idea it was coming! Lots of cupcakes, soft drinks, and sweets filled her day. After dancing and playing she picked out a princess movie to watch. Purity just so happens to be our highlight child this month; we have seen a …
We had the opportunity to celebrate Christmas and New Years with close friends of ours, coming together as one big family. One of the best moments this season was sitting together on Christmas Eve, sharing one blessing that we had received from God that year. It’s such an awesome thing when you take time to reflect on where you’ve been …
The month of November has been filled with half days of school, studying and anticipating the Christmas season. We celebrated our last birthday of the year; Anton turning nine years old! He enjoyed dancing with everyone, playing musical chairs, making his birthday cake, and walking to town. He got a couple pairs of shoes and a pirate costume. With his …
September 2012 Home In August one of our long-term volunteers, Dawn, went home to visit and do some fundraising. (She also went to bring our new long-term volunteer, Hollie, back with her!) The two of them took a road trip to Alabama to visit our partner Grace Klein Community. They shared our story at a Community Night event and spoke …
A team from Oral Roberts University came to Kwathu. The guys from the team helped clean up the land! They dug up some weeds and made the land look a little more put in order. Their hard work was appreciated. We started taking some of the blocks to the land and the first blocks for the walls have now been laid. …
This month was really wonderful. A team from Oral Roberts University visited for a couple days; it was short but sweet. They had willing hearts to serve—raking the yard, cleaning up the land, ironing clothing, helping to cook, and making bracelets for our shop. They were a blessing to us! On the 25th, Linto turned six years old. He …
We want to introduce Mama Nicole to you. She started working with us this month, joining Mama Josephine and Agatha. Nicole is a vibrant woman who is a qualified preschool teacher who truly has a heart for teaching and children; we are so thankful to have her at Kwathu as a mama because not only can she care for the …
Over the last couple weeks Kwathu has been very busy making blocks for the new house. It’s been exciting to see blocks take over the yard and stack up, knowing that every day we are getting a step closer to seeing the house stand. When we are done making all the blocks that we need, we will start building and …
