Family House 3 Plastered

For the last two weeks a crew has been “swinging mud”, and the house, between the Tanner's and the Mbugua’s has changed, from the chicken cage, into what will soon be a home. We are excited to see that the plastering is almost finished, and to know that soon it will be ready for kids. Pray with us, for foster parents to fill it. The need for a foster family, who will raise Mavuno children in a manner that glorifies our Lord, is becoming more and more obvious as Family House 3 continues to progress.

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Camping Trip for Volunteers (By Marco John)

All the Mavuno volunteers went to the Serengeti National Park. It was a two day camping and hunting trip. As we arrived in the park, we divided in two groups. The first group remained at our camp site to clean-up the area, prepare dinner, and ensure security. The second group took off for hunting, but the area was voided of animals. This was Monday evening. Soon after dinner, we had a wonderful praise and worship festival. As we were singing, Dan was busy making tea for everybody. After the singing, everybody went to bed. Marco and Daudi snored like the tractor farming Mavuno sunflower gardens.
Next morning, the second group went hunting. But again, there weren’t any animals in the hunting area. Instead, dogs from several homes showed up and tried to chase our car. We had a strange experience, during our hunting trip. We met two boys (approximately 17 years old). They were walking in the park so the ranger asked where they were heading to. They said they were going to talk to their god who would give them rain (they were traditional rain makers). We talked with them for a little while. They showed us their local medicine,but revealed that the medicine will harm us if we touched it. They showed us the medicine and we took a few pictures with them. Dan told them about Jesus and that everything was created by God; even rain comes from Him. They said they havetheir own beliefs. This was a new experience to most of us.
It was a trip full of fun. We did all the following: played cards, swung, sang, and target practiced.

Heroes of the Trip:
Dan-Drinking and making tea, climbing the tree, swinging, smelling and touching the “rain medicine”

Masumbuko-Swinging
Gabriel-Climbing a tree and target shooting

Malucha-Cooking rice, taking pictures, and making jokes
Daudi- Snoring and washing dishes
Marco-Washing rice, snoring, eating mangoes and making jokes

Musa- Swinging and Singing

Daniel- Climbing the tree

John- Taking pictures and organizing the praise and worship festival

Mashaka- Karate

Making camp

Director Dan having fun on the swing
Masumbuko looking for animals

Musa testing the swing

Getting Daniel up the tree

Malucha making dinner

Daniel and Musa playing cards

Singing: (from left back) Doudi, John, Marco, Daniel (cant really see him), Musa, Malucha, (right from back to front) Masumbuko (cant really see him) Mashaka, Gabriel

(left to back) Daniel, Musa, Malucha (right back) Gabriel, Mashaka (you

can't see Masumbuko, but he is back there)

Dan witnessing to rain man #1, Malucha, rain man #2

Daniel, Masumbuko

Rain Medicine

Karate Guy (Mashaka) vs Hunter (Gabriel)

A Working Tractor!

Praise the Lord! The required piece to fix the tractor, after many delays, has made it safely to Mavuno. It was installed shortly after arrival and is working brilliantly. After 6 months of rest, the tractor now has a long to-do-list and is keeping very busy. Thank-you for your prayers!

Prayer Request and Praise!

Mavuno has been working on sending a container from Bozeman, Montana. Praise God that it is finally ready to send to Tanzania, as it is bringing a lot of important supplies. It is scheduled to leave Monday, the 23rd of November. Please pray for safety as the container travels overseas and across the country. Pray that everything arrives safely and undamaged. Also pray that the container clears through customs without delay. A BIG thank-you to everyone who has donated, helped organize and pack the container. Mavuno is very grateful!

New Off-Campus Children

On October 14th, God blessed the Mavuno Off-Campus program with two new children, Constantine and Jumanne Mzurikwao. Jumanne is 8 years old and his little brother Constantine is 5 years old. They were born and raised in Bunda by their father. Unfortunately, their father was mentally and physically not able to take care of the two boys. So he decided to take them to Kulianas for assistance. Kulianas contacted Mavuno and asked them to take in Constantine and Jumanne. So Mavuno placed the children temporarily with Michael Kabulimoja in the Magu area.

Please pray for wisdom for Kabulimoja as he raises Constantine and Jumanne. Also pray that Mavuno can find a set of permanent, Godly foster parents to raise up these 2 boys to serve the Lord.

Constantine Mzurikwao

Jumanne Mzurikwao

Jumanne and Constantine settling in along with the other Kabulimoja children