Good Works

There is a lot of good work going on all around Moshi so here are more details about what our team will be doing.

Orphanage - Recently, Africa Now Ministries has begun working with an orphanage in Moshi that currently houses 19 children between the ages of 4 and 13. These children live in a old house that needs a lot of work plus they currently sleep on the floor along with the mice and other assorted African bugs. Our team will be helping to remodel the orphanage by building interior walls, painting, updating electrical and plumbing, buying beds, bedding and mosquito nets. Phil, with Africa Now Ministries tells me this can all be done for about $14,000. Can you imagine all that work for that little amount? I look forward to being able to make a difference for the children of Moshi for years to come but mostly I look forward to simply playing with the kids.

Haruma Christian Academy - The photo of the brick building with the cross in the previous post is a photo of Haruma Christian Academy; a preschool that is almost complete in Neja Penda, a bush village outside of Moshi. The children are already attending school but the cement floor needs to be completed, they need a bathroom and they need supplies. Phil tells me about $1000 is needed for the finishing touches. Previous visitors from the US poured the first half of the floor and built desks for the school. Phil describes the bathroom as a "two hole toilet room" and tells me the children currently run into the forest when nature calls. I know we will be visiting the school and doing what is needed but I am hoping we do not have to dig the toilet holes.

Moshi Church of Christ - This is the main reason that Phil and Amy Carter are living in Moshi. They were asked by the founders of the church to come help with growth and training of local leadership. There are about 130 people who worship weekly at the church and their main preacher is a man, Charles Ngoje, from Kenya. Charles studied at The Nairobi Great Commission, a preaching school in Nairobi, Kenya run by the Churches of Christ. Currently the Moshi church is worshiping in an old movie theater but they are looking for land to purchase in order to build a permanent home for the church. Training local leadership is the first step to building a self-sustaining congregation but having a permanent home is the next most important step. They currently have raised about $500 for the building fund and are hoping to raise a total of $20,000 by the end of the year. I look forward to worshiping with the Moshi church and getting to know many of the members.