Our Vision
July 8, 2008
We wanted to update you on what’s been happening in regards to our work here in Moshi. Last week we met with two older street boys who know we want to help street children. They told us that there are many younger kids who are in desperate circumstances and need to be taken off the streets before they die. These younger children are eating out of garbage cans and drinking contaminated water and are showing signs of sickness. We saw the same thing in Burkina Faso , and felt honored that these boys wanted us to be the ones to help them. After a hardy lunch we parted and these boys went back to the streets and we walked down Main Street with a Tanzanian friend who just stopped and started talking to a little girl, He asked her where do you come from? Where is your mama and baba? She said, I have no mama and baba. I hid on a (bus) and prayed to God that he would send someone to help me. We looked at each other and knew we could not leave her on the street, we took her for some food and then to our friendʼs house, to stay temporarily. Her name is Mwajabu. She wanted her picture taken wearing the little jacket we bought for her. After investigating her story we plan to take care of her permanently. She is 12 and does not know how to read or write.
Diane and I visited a secondary school (high school) of about 1200 students. A pastor teaches bible there and he told us about these girls who come to his class that confide in him that they are without basic needs. They board at this school and are the brightest of the bright, but have little to nothing such as soap, toothpaste, feminine napkins, underwear, as well as school fees. We came to the school to meet these girls; there are approx. 32 who are in desperate circumstances. We played games with them, and the Lord impressed Diane to give these girls her testimony regarding having to give up her baby when she was young. Afterwards one young girl came up and confided in us that she was pregnant. She sold her body in order to buy her basic needs. If the teachers found out they would automatically expel her. Her name is Prosista; her father has mental problems and threw her mother and siblings out. They went and lived with her grandfather. Several years later he threw them out also. So for the last three years the mother has been going from home to home in the village trying to keep shelter for her children. The school found out that Prosista was pregnant and called her mother, her mother cried because Prosista is there only hope for a better life. Today we met with Prosista and her mother, they live 2 hours from here and we asked them to come to our home. After hearing all stories we decided to take her in. She will stay with us until the baby is born. We can help the mother by setting her up in her own business to take care of herself and Prosistaʼs baby while Prosista finishes school. She lives in a village and the way they can make income is to sell basic food items from the market that is 50 miles away. She just needs a booth and capital enough to buy enough food to feed her family and enough to sell. That way she can have an income. For less than 200 US dollars we can help this mother take care of her family.
VISION: God has been planting a vision in our hearts. We have been looking at property to house and rehabilitate street children both boys and girls of Moshi. We will provide for their basic needs educate them and teach them about Jesus. In 2009 we will start research to find any remaining relatives, of these lost children. We would work with these families to solve the problems that caused these children to run away for example death, abuse, and poverty is also some of the reasons. We could take that relative and teach them a skill or set them up in a business. For those who have no parents, we would teach them a skill, like carpentry, sewing, masonry, computers, auto mechanics or business management.
*We have located property with 2 houses sitting on 3 acres for a very reasonable price that would include rent, water and electricity. Please pray with us regarding this property. (See pictures below) 1st pic shows front gate, 2nd shows big house, 3rd small house. But, as it stands right now we are living on 50% below our budget… So we need more support in order to fulfill the vision God has given us. Also Lord willing in 2010 we plan to open a street center in Downtown Moshi where street kids can come to eat a nourishing meal, play and get counseling. With this street center we will be able to help hundreds of these boys and girls leave the streets.
With Love, Your Hands and Feet in Tanzania
Jeff and Diane
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