Meet Kathy

We have a new house guest! Her name is Kathy and she'll probably be with us for quite a while. We met her last year at the medical camp in Kenya. She is a pharmacist from Australia. Although she had been living a very comfortable and successful life there, she felt God prompting her to be involved in missions, specifically giving her a heart for Africa, primarily Kenya. She has done a few short term missions and wanted to do something longer. Originally, she planned to meet us in Kenya and stay with us while we were there for Julia's delivery. Then, the plan was to come back with us to Moshi. Well, Julia arrived early and so Kathy came directly to Moshi in the beginning of February. She was blessed to spend time with Marli before Marli headed back to the US and now she is focused on getting involved with ministry work. Because are in the very early stages of the orphanage (finalizing land) and don't have much for her to do, we are working to introduce her to people we know in ministry who could use her help. While her background is in pharmacy, God has given her a heart for the broken - children, women, old people...anyone who is hurting. So, it looks like she'll be working with a couple different ministries - one teaching children and another working with women coming out of troubled circumstances. She'll be teaching them English as well as doing some vocational training. Kathy has been a blessing to us, loving our kids and helping out in the house. She is enthusiastic and has a huge love for the Lord and His beloved people. We look forward to seeing where He leads her and how she is used in Tanzania.



(We were blessed to celebrate her birthday with her just a few days after she arrived.)