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Huruma ProjectsOur family is settling in here at the orphanage and the children are enjoying every minute spent with the students and orphans on break, attending some classes with them and spending break and mealtimes together. While here, Michael is traveling around to various congregations for service, but is also overseeing various projects that need attention here at the orphanage. Here they are used to doing without, and have so many needs that they don’t even tell us all of them until we are here to see them firsthand. Some are very simple to rectify with a little money and skilled labor. Primary School—We paused construction on the last primary classrooms when the boys’ dorm burned down and are lacking about $2000 to finish those up. Boys’ Dorm—The boys dorm is constructed, but requires new latrines before they can move it. It will cost $600 to get this finished up and we hope to do it before we have to leave. Clothes lines—The students need better clothes lines put up. Many of the ones they have currently we have observed are of barbed wire. You can see why this is undesirable and can ruin clothing. For about $250 we can replace half of it which is where we are going to start. Bathing Rooms—The original bathrooms that were built have never worked very long so we are desiring to convert them into bathing rooms for bucket baths. Right now the girls do not have a very private area for bathing and we want to change that. Kitchen ventilation—The two large ovens in the kitchen do not have proper ventilation and smoke billows around in the dining room looking for an outlet. We have a man coming out tomorrow to look at it. We will have to cut a hole in the roof and make a vent and possibly something to channel it better. Chainsaw—One of the problems causing smoke is that the cooks are using long pieces of firewood so they can’t shut the door when they put it in. We have purchased a chain saw that will help with this daily need for suitably sized firewood. Tractor Repairs—The tractor has served us well, but needs some TLC. We brought $1000 worth of parts with us, but found that there were more needed when we got here. Bro. Barak made a two day round trip to locate parts in a large city for $700 which we hope will help get it in good working order. Donations for these projects may be made through PayPal to donate@africamission.com or mailed to Africa Mission, P.O. Box 2042, Nixa, MO 65714. Please memo designations. We thank you for your prayers and support while on this trip. ... See MoreSee Less