Happenings at New Day

Here are a just a few things that have been happening around New Day Orphanage.


Birthdays are a BIG deal here at New Day, and last week Muchoni celebrated his seventh birthday.  I’m sure it was his first birthday party ever, and he seemed pleased. The children and staff chased him around with buckets and cups of cold water—which has become the “birthday tradition” here at NDO. It was a very hot day, so he didn’t seem to mind a bit. The party ended with cake and drinks, and a present. After the party, the children enjoyed some tumbling fun with Josh and Christy Moran who had them line up to do some fun flips.

Muchoni enjoyed getting wet on such a hot day!

The children laughed and laughed when Josh and Christy lined them up to do flips

Wes and I continue our work of putting together our house, which is coming along slowly. We are hoping that our kitchen cupboards will arrive soon so we can have a place to put things. We've made a makeshift kitchen, but we are eating most of our meals with the Morans, who are staying in the Tidwell house while they are in the states.

Speaking of the Morans, God knew that we would need some help in these early days at New Day. They are helping us in building projects, cleaning projects, shopping and organizing as well as helping out with the Bible studies that are ongoing here at New Day. Thanks Josh and Christy, Riley and little Wes, for coming to Zambia at this time!

There is some building going on at New Day, and Wes and Josh are in charge of making sure the workers are in place each day, have the materials they need, and are doing what they need to be doing. The second orphan house is one of these projects. The bricks were made a long time back and the foundation poured, so last week the men put up the walls, and now they are waiting for the windows and doorframes to arrive so they can continue.

There are lots of other things happening around here, and one of those is the education of the children. I’ve been dropping in periodically to visit the school. I've enjoyed sitting in on the Math, Phonics and Tonga classes. Teachers Abigail and Hildah are doing a good job and the children seem to be having fun while they learn.

Teacher Hildah used a fun song to teach the children counting and simple addition



We are still waiting for the electric company to hook us up and turn us on. Wes paid a visit to them recently, and they showed up today to look things over. They have made us a promise that they will come back two weeks from now to finish the work. We are praying that they will keep their promise this time.

Speaking of electricity, it is time to turn off the generator and go to sleep. The days are very hot now, but the Lord has blessed us with some cool nights so that we can sleep.