Persevering Love - LTLA Update - July 2024

 

Joyful Greetings Friends! My heart is full along with the Life to Life Africa team after the wonderful experience hosting the latest team from Hopevale Church. God richly blessed the time we had serving and learning together. I was greatly encouraged by the spirit of unity, love and perseverance exhibited by the Hopevale team. Thank you for your prayers for us, as much was accomplished for the advance of God's kingdom and for the glory of His Name. There were certainly travel challenges as the team arrived with none of their checked luggage and they were caught in the worldwide technology meltdown on their return home. By God's grace all twenty three bags arrived only two days late to bless the ministry with all the kind donations provided by the Hopevale community. Milwaukee Tool company contributed tools for the construction projects thanks to Roy, Hopevale team member. We thank him for appealing to them for a generous donation of cordless drills and saws. God sustained the team with much needed patience on their return as it took four additional days to get all eleven team members home. The team certainly displayed persevering love throughout the entire trip. As you will see in the photos and videos below there was a lot of activity and much was accomplished. Our prayer and belief is that there will be eternal impact from the interactions that took place. We experienced the blessing of co-laboring in God's kingdom work! Joyfully in Him, Mike Sulc Life to Life Africa

Construction Projects

Clarence (second from right), friend of LTLA in Zimbabwe with drip irrigation experience, oriented and demonstrated how to install the drip irrigation system.

Hopevale team members Kevin, Adeline (first and second from left) and Roy (fourth from left) joined Erasmus and Lunga the first few days digging the trench for the drip irrigation system.

(L to R) Harold, Roy and Kevin found where to connect our new water tank to our well water in order to provide water for the drip irrigation system.

Kevin (right) working with Brian (LTLA team member) to install the drip line connections.

Drip irrigation system in operation. Timely watering will help the vegetable production which will provide income for LTLA. Video: https://youtube.com/shorts/pperJHm4D0c

Zviko (LTLA team member) painting chicken coop metal with Kevin.

Adeline put her welding training to work on the chicken coop.

Team effort on the chicken coop with Zviko and Adeline welding while Kevin, Roy and others painted.

Completed chicken coop that can house 500 broiler chickens which will be an income source for LTLA.

Sewing Training

There were 8 sewing training sessions held by the Hopevale sewing team during the week.

Sewing training in action. Near is Tracy, Hopevale team member, with Letwin while Michelle, another Hopevale team member, encourages Itai and Patricia.

The fashion show at the end of the week with the LTLA ladies wearing the dresses they made. Hopevale sewing team members Michelle & Tracy (left) and Liz & Peggy (right)  joined them

Repairs

Kevin and Roy installed two new doors for the triplex building at the LTLA Community Center.

Harold repaired doors at Gogo Mildred's home. She housed six Hopevale team members in her home.

Shelton and Roy with the donated Milwaukee tools.

Ministry Activities

A morning devotional time for Hopevale & LTLA ladies.

A sharing time of life lessons for the Hopevale & LTLA men.

Adeline (left) teaching a lesson at the LTLA Critical Care Center as Tsungai (center), Critical Care Center director, and Peggy (right) look on.

The LTLA Critical Care Center children enjoyed time with all the "aunties" from Hopevale. Peggy on the left and Ronda on the right.

Jean shared her testimony at the LTLA Women of Hope meeting and at church on Sunday morning.

Roy, Kevin and Harold shared what God has been teaching them with the LTLA Men of Hope.

Ronda and Peggy distributed reading glasses at the LTLA Women of Hope meeting.

Alison (left) and Michelle (right) helped with the LTLA Children of Hope meeting.

Dr. Tafadzwa & the two nurses at the local clinic gratefully received all the medical supplies provided by Hopevale Church.

Ronda, Peggy & Jean (L to R) encouraging Diana, LTLA team member who is recovering from cancer treatments.

The LTLA Chosen Generation group singing praises to the Lord prior to hearing Adeline's testimony.

Final group photo of the Hopevale & LTLA teams.