At 12pm on Wednesday this week our offices will close for the Christmas period signalling the end of the year.  I wanted to take this opportunity therefore, to say a HUGE THANK YOU to everyone who has supported, prayed for and encouraged me this year as I have embarked on what is now almost a year in Africa! It is difficult to even know where to start to sum up my year; however there is a scripture that comes to mind.  Psalm 9:18 in the message translation says “no longer shall the poor be nameless”, and for me that sums

Single file we climbed through the small door to enter the home for our first home visit.  As I made my way inside my eyes took a few moments to adjust to the darkness that now surrounded us.  I felt my way to sit next to Barbra as I was instructed and began to take in my surroundings.  We had entered the home of a family of 5.  As I looked around me I took in the dimensions of the one room house, we were now sitting in.  The width of the room was no more than 1.5 meters wide,