While we were in the States for my sister’s wedding I mentioned this solar project to a friend. Out of his concern and generosity he sent a check to cover the cost of the first 4 solar kits. What a blessing this will be to four families who serve the churches and communities here in Usandawe! -Jon

We were so blessed to be able to come back to the States for two weeks (Oct. 18th to Nov. 3rd) in order to be a part of my sister Elisabeth’s wedding this past Saturday in Pennsylvania. It was a wonderful weekend celebrating with Liz and Dain, and seeing family and friends. Rachel and her cousin Melanie were flower girls, Josh was a junior usher, and Drew and his cousin Michael were ring bearers. – Jon

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Cousin Michael, Josh and Andrew looking good!	Playing rock, paper, scissors to pass the time as they wait to walk down the isle.
The happy couple.	Cousins.
Our family.

The most recent donation report came in from the mission, and the final amount raised allows us to buy an additional 33 sacks of maize, taking our total to 163 sacks! Thank you so much! This coming week, while we are at our missionary conference and then off to the US for my sister’s wedding, our colleagues in Magambua will be working on getting these last 33 sacks from a village called Lahoda which had a better harvest than the villages right around us. Thanks again for partnering with us in this effort. Blessings in Christ, Jon

Dear Friends and Family,
Thank you so much for your generosity over the last month and a half towards our famine relief efforts. We now have enough funding to buy at least another 80 sacks of maize, maybe a little more depending on what the final September donation statement says.

That puts us at a total of at least 130 sacks of maize. So we have now SURPASSED OUR GOAL of 100 gunny sacks, and are not in need of any more funding for this project.

Any funds that have already come in that are earmarked for famine relief will be used for that purpose, and over the next month I’ll keep you up to date as to the final number of gunny sacks we collect.

We thank the Lord for His provision of this food through you for needy villagers here. Thank you for being willing to be used by the Lord for this effort.

Serving Christ with you,

Jon and Melissa

Through the generosity of many of you we’ve been able to buy the first 50 gunny sacks of maize to be used for famine relief. Thank you so much! We’ll continue to work on getting 50 more sacks as the funding becomes available. – Jon

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Unloading the first 50 gunny sacks of maize.
The maize in storage in Magambua. Josh and Drew pose with Micah, a friend from Singida who arranged the purchase and delivery.