Moringa, Floor Polish, and Chickens

   Have you heard of Moringa? It is a diet supplement that is easy to grow and helps boost the immune system. You can grind it, eat the leaves raw, or put them into a crockpot. It does have a slightly bitter taste to it. We have been distributing 10 moringa seeds per household so they can grow a nutritional addition to their diet.

Jabulane (our coworker counting moringa seeds)

   Last week was the launch of the Section 19 community project to produce floor polish. The Woman's Support Group opportunity will provide several things for the women of Section 19, a marketable trade skill and much needed income to provide basic necessities for their children. We are excited to see how God will use this micro-industry!

  God has opened another door for us. We have been given the use of a building every Friday evening to teach the people of Maphiveni about mother to child transmission, TB, and abstinence. Jabulane and Mary will be teaching with us. This will be our first adult teaching series, please pray that it would go well.  

  Chips is set to expand into two new sections on August 1. There will be an additional 600 families served by Chips in these two areas. We will be going to a meeting to get the final go-ahead on July 6. Please pray that God would continue to open doors and work out all the details. There is such a real need for Chips in these sections as people are dying because help, medicine, and proper nutrition are not available.  

  Speaking of expansion, we are looking to find a place in the community(s) to house the Chips office. Right now we are working out of a room at the church but are quickly outgrowing the space.  

 This woman, Delsiwe, is a Chips patient and was so grateful when we were able to put a fence around her garden so the chickens couldn't keep destroying it. Now her garden is thriving and she delights in sharing her produce with all her neighbors, including us!