Keeping up with the Times

Jodi and I are now keeping up with the modern times and have updated our blogsite so everyone can see where people are logging in all around the world. If you want to have a look, just click on the world map under the “Archive” section on the right hand side of the screen. Thank you to our friends in Florida, UK and Brisbane who logged in yesterday.

OOOOPS … I forgot to tell you all something!!!!

Ahh, it was about 3 weeks ago we had a missionary from GB come to visit. Ann used to minister here in Bulawayo for a few years and left to pastor a church at Clapham (London) at the end of last year. Ann was heavily involved in Willow Park camps and started the ball rolling with getting schools back in to use the facilities. Ann and her friend Jenny used to facilitate a lot of programs for prefix (high school seniors) and from all reports made a HUGE impact. It was great to have her back and to see her “do her thing” at Willow Park with a group of prefix from Matobo High School (Matobo is a rural area about 1 hour from Bulawayo). Seeing first hand the impact these studies can have on these young adults is amazing and has really pumped me full of enthusiasm to start running these programs again … it is just a waiting process. Both Jodi and I feel that we need to get Willow Park into running order first and then with the major renovations/clearing/cleaning up finished we can then concentrate fully on teaching and encouraging the youth from Bulawayo and in time to come youth from all around Zimbabwe … hey why stop here … we could have youth from all around Africa to come to Willow Park … nothing is impossible.

Time to do a little bragging!!!!

It only occurred to me after the event, but last week an astonishing thing happened … Willow Park Camps successfully purchased its first product (for many years) from revenue created from camps. This is a momentous occasion. I know the items don’t seem that great, but as small as they may seem, it is still quite the achievement for Willow Park. Ohhh, I have just realized, I have not told you what we purchased … a 5 litre tin of gloss paint, two paint brushes and an industrial bin … things are a happening here at Willow Park … I have some more exciting news to share in weeks to come … so stay tuned.