Samaritan Village Weekly Report - December 21, 2009
Dear all,
We thank God for his many blessings. We are fine and we to continue with preparations for Christmas and New Year.
Thanks to you, for your support and prayers and many thanks to all the sponsors and volunteers in 2009.
On December 18th 2009, the children and staff visited Ngorongoro Crater. We enjoyed the trip a lot because we saw many animals, including the big five (except a leopard). We saw Cheetahs, Buffalos, Elephants, Black Rhinos, Zebras, Antelopes, Thomson Gazelles, Hippopotamus, Baboons, Hyenas, Wildebeests, Ostriches etc.
The children at the Ngorongoro Gate
Safina, Sunday, Anna at the Gate
Cheetah in the Crater
A lion asleep in the Crater
The following is our time table for Christmas when our children will visit other children to provide small gifts and light the candle to give them hope in the coming of Jesus Christ.
December 21st St Lucia – HIV +
Camp Moses Children stay in hard situation
St. Joseph Children stay in hard situation
December 22nd Bethlehem Children stay in hard situation
Shalom- Street children
Living water- Children stay in hard situation
December 23rd Chiswea- Street children
Mateves- Children stay in hard situation and HIV
Remand home- children in prison (for children’s)
St. Gabriel- children born in prison during their mothers detention prison
December 25th Christmas with all children around the centre (neighbors children)
The materials for our new children’s house is here and Monday they will start to make the roof.
Many thanks to Mr. Arvin for bringing Father Christmas to our centre. He provided some gifts and drinks to the children but three children cried and were scared to touch him or get a gift from him (Scholastica, Flora and Ester)
Father Christmas 1
Father Christmas 2
Father Christmas 3
The following are the donations we received:
Friends from (ICTR- Arusha under Martine Epee)- Food, Juice, Cakes, Cash 720,000T.shilings for the building.
ICTR Group
Prayer Group from Arusha
1carton salt, 7carton bar soap, 5chikens, 2box fresh milk, 100kgs rice, 20kgs beans, 1box washing powder, 50kgs sugar, 2pcl toothpaste, 1box bush, 1box biscuits, 20ltrs vegetable oil, 15pairs sandals, meet,1blancket, 25Wheat flour, 7pair shoes, 17breads, soft drinks and vegetables.
Mike and Ryce Duncan (Parcel From Australia via post)
Balls, ball pumps, clothes, Pens and Candy.
Sylvester Mtema (Arusha)- re-building children swing.
Manase Kilewo (Arusha) 5chikens
Sunday school from Anglican Cathedral (clothes, food, soap, cash 110,000T.shilings and cheque 500,000T.shilings for the children Christmas.
Norwegian Aid- US$ 400 children food.
Debby Shapiro (USA) transfer- USD 300 for the Christmas
Zachariah Simon (Unga Ltd Evangelism Lutheran church)-Arusha- 20ltrs vegetable oil, 2kgs washing powder, 4kgs bens, 20kgs rice, 10kgs maize flour.
Student from Martha Shaka School Dar-es salaam)- Infants clothes and cash 100,000T.shilings
Mrs. Juliana Lemnge (Arusha)- 1box Juice, 20kgs rice, 2breads.
Mrs. Justin Lorivi (Arusha) 10kgs rice, 1dozen Vaseline jelly, 2pkts sweets, 1dozen toothpaste.
(When you give to the poor, it is like lending to the LORD, and the LORD will pay you back). Proverbs 19:17
THE SAMARITAN CHILDREN AND STAFF WISH YOU MARRY CHRISTMAS AND A HAPPY NEW YEAR 2010!!
Josephat Mmanyi
Co-ordinator/father of village