Thandie (Director of the The Children's Home), Staff, Bro. John Fullford and Chuck Miller had a meeting and walk through of the home to see why the children have been sick. Thandie had concluded in the last couple of weeks there are maintenance needs in the children's rooms. The funds have been very low and the budget needs to be re-assessed. The care of the children needs to include the care of them nutritionally as well as physically. The rooms need work and the staff is attempting to make changes as well as thoroughly clean (we just did it) each room with disinfectant. This is rainy season and the mold is collecting from the walls sweating. We are freezing here in the states and the children are having summer like weather.
Update on the results of the court today: Five of the staff and four of the teens were arrested a month ago for handing out tracts (yellow paper) at a Soccer game. The Futbol /soccer game was attended by the President Bingu (Christian man, political colors blue) so there was alot of security. The people were excited in the stadium when the President spoke and started waving their yellow tracts. We now know the yellow was a respresentation of the past president political color. You know where this is going, Therefore the security was sure the yellow paper was causing a political uprising and arrested all that were handing out the yellow papers.
The nine arrested were held in jail for 9 hours (which they took as an opportunity to witness to the other 40 plus) and were released for another date to be heard by the Magistrate/Judge. The third time before the Judge/Majistrate and it was decided they needed to pay a hefty fine. No more jail and a warning not to use YELLOW paper.
We hope to have pictures soon of the wonderful and lush garden. Thank you God for giving us people to send the money for Fertilizer, seed and the pumps.
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