This is Abbi's new friend, Vimbanashe. She is 4 years old and lives here at Karanda with her Grandma, who is the cook for the hospital and nursing school. They love to dance and sing together. It's pretty entertaining to watch and listen to Abbi's broken version of "Shona."
Kids Club started back up this week. This is a program on MWF afternoons for HIV orphans. A meal is provided along with a Bible story, love and encouragement. The Kid's Club ministry has also have provided their school uniforms, shoes, and medications. It was very fun catching up with our little friends that we have missed! We brought some pictures we took last year and they loved seeing themselves in the pictures! Many of these have never had a picture of themselves. I think I will take some more and send them to a group coming in late June. We noticed a lot of our old friends from last year were not there. I learned that once they enter 7th grade, because of school schedules, the kids are no longer able to attend Kid's Club. We missed seeing a lot of the girls from last time! After talking with the missionaries, there has been some discussion about starting a Saturday Kid's Club for these older girls. This would at least provide them some high protein food, and even more important a time to study the Bible and build relationships with a Christian mentor - at such an influential time in their teenage lives! After discussion and prayer, we realized that the amount of money it would cost to fund this for at least a year, is the exact amount we were given by a generous family + the amount raised by the local Catholic school at our home! Praise God! Please pray for these kids!
Blessing, Collin, and Praise enjoying some Dum Dum's during Kid's Club!
Another friend, Caleb, is the 6 year old son of the Hospital Administrator. Abbi just loves playing with Caleb and he speaks English very well. She often obeys him much better than she does me! He is good at helping me keep track of her!
The kids (and adults) all love soccer here! Our church was able to send some soccer balls like this one Praise is enjoying!

I will be taking over a Wednesday Bible Study for about 10 Midwifery students starting this week. I am very excited about this opportunity! Most of these students are married and have children. They have finished 3 years of nursing school, worked at a hospital for at least 2 years and are now in a very demanding year of midwife training. I look forward to spending time with them . I think we'll go through a devotional by Beth Moore, "Jesus, the One and Only." We'll focus on the life and character of Christ. Most of them know the Gospel story here, but it's difficult to determine what they actually believe. Please pray for these women on their spiritual journeys with Christ.

Well, this is the non medical update of our week. We're doing really well - thank you so much for the prayers and emails! It's always so nice to hear what is going on at home! We'll do a medical blog update soon too!