Claudine is walking alone.





Claudine is walking alone.
Amazing work on the new property in just two days.
From this:
To this:
The crew that made it happen:
The field now has cabbages and tomatoes growing.
The senior kids arrived home early for holiday. Imagine 16 teenagers full of energy and happy to be home. Camera not available...pictures next newsletter.
The Lord be with you
Arlene
"Due to a computer malfunction, there will be a delay in publishing the February 2011 Newsletter." This really sounds great. The truth be known and advice given.
Do not spill a cup of tea on your laptop keyboard.
The computer cannot be repaired and so I have lost some precious pictures and documents. I wonder if anyone else has made this same mistake - or only me! This means buying a new laptop, which was not in my budget for the months ahead.
Advice for you all and especially me :
Don't drink and computer!
UPDATE ON A MORE POSITIVE NOTE
February has been a month of change at Urukundo. We have become more agricultural with 7 kitchen gardens.
carrots
Squash
The view standing at the garden site looking south. There are also red beets, dodo (a type of spinach) green beans, peas and maize.
Now that electricity is more dependable we can freeze foods for use during the dry season. A gift to buy the freezer was sent to us by a friend in Canada. Our need now is freezer containers - freezing is not big in Rwanda.
We finally have a nurse. She comes 2 days a week. This is a big help especially for our babies.
David, Claude and Luki are missing from this picture. They are big boys now and go to YWCA preschool. Having our own preschool will be such a blessing for the community and our own kids. It is in the vision stage and needs financial help and lots of prayers.
200 day old chicks are scheduled to arrive in March.100 layers & 100 broilers.
The small cyber cafe will open in a few days.
Rabbits will soon become a source of meat for the kids.
Purchase of a new guest house. 3/4 paid for from a personal donation, remainder pending help.
Prayers and financial help needed.
I hope you enjoyed Februarys newsletter. It has just been fun for me. The kids make Urukundo a wonderful place.
Blessings flow. Prayers needed.
On the farm, we now have one cow and a young calf, five sheep (2 males and 3 females). We have goats, but they are currently on John's land in Nyanza. We hope to bring them home to Urukundo farm as soon as possible.
Urukundo Foundation was given official status as a Non Profit Organization and Mama Arlene was given a permanent Visa by the Immigration Department.
Our first visitors in 2011 have included two working teams of 9 and 18 boarding volunteers, some long- and short-term visitors as well as several day visitors wanting to know more about Urukundo.
What a view for a school! On a clear day, the Volcano can be seen in the middle of the hills in the distance.
Imagine--on this land a school where children are safe, loved, and education is priority!