Visitors, Ministers Retreat, a Visit to Batanai
On the 20th of April Patty and Gary LeDonne from my home church in Sebastopol, CA arrived to spend 2 1/2 weeks with us. Unfortunately the night they arrived they spent the night in Harare at my townhouse and they got robbed during the night. We lost all our cash for our Ministers Retreat. The robbers had broken in the back door and took all the money out of their backpacks. Nothing else was lost and no one was hurt so we were happy for that.
Within 2 hours of hearing about the loss in the US a family donated all the money to be replaced so that we could have our ministers retreat. It was such a blessing to us. Finally after lots of police reports they were able to leave on Friday afternoon and arrived here Friday night at 9 p.m. for dinner. They were totally exhausted as no one had slept since 2 a.m. when the robbery occurred.
One funny thing that came out of it was that when Major was awaken by Patty to tell him about the robbery he grabbed his shirt and forgot to grab his pants--so he drove to the local police station to get the police in his boxers and didn't realize anything until the 2 policewomen taking the report kept staring at his pants! Then he realized he had forgot to put his pants on in the terror of the situation!
Saturday the 22nd we had a Gala for HIV testing and Male Cicumcision at a place 2 hours further into the bush from us called Davare. We have built a school there with our ZRSDP partners so we went to encourage the community. We had soccer games, netball games for the women, a band, dancing contestants, quizzes and prizes. We tested 164 people and only 1 positive! We also did 10 circumcisions. They had so much fun we finally had to leave about 630 pm when it was getting dark. They didn't want to quit!
I left Patty and Gary home to take it easy and relax for the day as we had a busy week ahead. We did church at Chidamoyo Sunday morning and night.
Monday and Tuesday I put them to work at the hospital and they enjoyed seeing the changes at the hospital. Gary and Patty were last here in 2006 and they serve on our Chidamoyo Hospital board in the US.
Early on Wednesday morning the 26th we left for Kariba with 11 of our Ministers for a Ministers Retreat. Gary and Major and I drove 3 cars the 4 hours to Kariba. We also took 2 people to help me cook the food for the 3 days. We had to take a boat 1 hour down Lake Kariba to Rhino Camp.
We had a wonderful retreat with Gary leading sessions on Mark. We got to go out on game rides every evening and we enjoyed having elephant and hippos near our rooms each day. The ministers had never been on a boat and never been around animals before so it was a great adventure for them.
On Saturday we travelled back to Chidamoyo and when we arrived about 5 p.m. we were able to present to 5 of the ministers a brand new motorcycle that was provided for them by Natomas Christian Church in Sacramento. The ministers will now have transport to cover their many churches they help each Sunday thanks to this wonderful donation. We are so thankful.
Sunday, Patty and Gary and I went to Batanai for church and then went to my rural home at Major's for the night. They enjoyed visiting with Major, seeing the village and spending a night in the quiet bush. We enjoyed sadza meals and lots of roasted peanuts!
Today is May 1st and Worker's Day so a holiday at the hospital. We got to stay at Batanai and come home around lunchtime and relax a little before a busy week of work starting tomorrow.
Dave Gala
Lining up for HIV testing
HIV testing
Questions for prizes
Major giving out prizes for winning soccer teams
Ministers on way to Rhino Camp
Teaching sessions with Gary
Meal time at Rhino
Evening campfire time
Out on safari
The group with elephants in the background
Patty and Gary LeDonne
Elephants playing together
Giving out the motorcycles
Major trying out the new motorcycle
The 5 ministers and their new motorcycles
Kathy and Patty and Gary at Kathy's house at Batanai
Sunset and moon rising at Batanai
This looks like a very good and well-organised event. The HIV has become serious issue in the area and conducting the tests would help in identification of the effectee. The pictures are lovely.
ReplyDeleteMY NAME IS MARIAM FROM SOUTH AFRICA...I SAW THIS COMMENT ON POSITIVE BLOGS AND I WILL LOVE TO TELL EVERYBODY HOW MY STATUS CHANGES TO NEGATIVE, AND AM NOW A LIVING WITNESS OF IT AND I THINK ITS A SHAME ON ME IF I DON'T SHARE THIS LOVELY STORY WITH OTHER PEOPLE INFECTED WITH THIS DEADLY VIRUS...,HIV HAS BEEN ONGOING IN MY FAMILY... I LOST BOTH PARENTS TO HIV,. AND IT IS SO MUCH PAIN IVE NOT BEEN ABLE TO GET OVER.. AS WE ALL KNOW MEDICALLY THERE IS NO SOLUTION TO IT..AND MEDICATION IS VERY EXPENSIVE..SO SOMEONE INTRODUCED ME TO A NATIVE MEDICAL PRACTITIONER IN AFRICA..I HAD A JOB THERE TO EXECUTE SO I TOOK TIME TO CHECK OUT ON HIM.I SHOWED HIM ALL MY TESTS AND RESULTS.. I WAS ALREADY DIAGNOSED WITH HIV AND IT WAS ALREADY TAKING ITS TOWL ON ME.. I HAD SPENT THOUSANDS OF DOLLARS SO I DECIDED TO TRY HIM OUT...I WAS ON HIS DOSAGE FOR 1 MONTHS. ALTHOUGH I DIDNT BELIEVE IN IT, I WAS JUST TRYING IT OUT OF FRUSTRATION... AND AFTER 2 WEEKS, I WENT FOR NEW TESTS... AND YOU WONT BELIEVE THAT 5 DIFFERENT DOCTORS CONFIRMED IT THAT AM NEGATIVE..IT WAS LIKE A DREAM,,I NEVER BELIEVE AIDS HAS CURE..AM NOW NEGATIVE,,AM A LIVING WITNESS..I DONT KNOW HOW TO THANK THIS MAN... I JUST WANT TO HELP OTHERS IN ANY WAY I CAN..HAVE JOINED MANY FORUMS AND HAVE POSTED THIS TESTIMONIES AND ALOT OF PEOPLE HAS MAIL AND CALLED THIS MAN ON PHONE AND AFTER 2 WEEKS THEY ALL CONFIRMED NEGATIVE..BBC NEWS TOOK IT LIVE AND EVERY.. HOPE HE HELPS YOU OUT.. EVERYBODY SAW IT AND ITS NOW OUT IN PAPERS AND MAGAZINES THAT THERE'S NATIVE CURE FOR HIV AND ALL WITH THE HELP OF THIS MAN,,HAVE TRIED MY OWN PARTS AND ALL LEFT WITH YOU,,IF YOU LIKE TAKE IT OR NOT..GOD KNOWS HAVE TRIED MY BEST.ABOUT 97 PEOPLE HAVE BEEN CONFIRMED NEGATIVE THROUGH ME..AND THEY SEND MAILS TO THANKS ME AFTER THEY HAVE BEEN CONFIRMED NEGATIVE,,THIS MAN IS REAL..DON'T MISS THIS CHANCE,,HIV IS A DEADLY VIRUS,,GET RID OF IT NOW..
ReplyDeletecase there is anyone who has similar problem and still
looking for a way out, and he those cast all kind of spell like ::
Love Spells
Luck, Money Spells
Health, Well Being
Protection, Healing
Curses, ex, Breakups
NEW! Combo Spells
High Priestess Spells
Vampire Spells
Authentic Voodoo Spells
Custom, Other Spells
Business spells
Health/Healing spells
Cancer healing
Curse removal
Job spells
Healing from all kind of diseases
Love binding
Barrenness(need a child)
Need love
Lottery Spells
Promotions
Success
Money rituals
winning court case
Divorce spells
Low sperm count
Infertility in women
Breast enlargement/reduction
Penis enlargement/reduction
Diabetes
Arthritis
sicklecell
YOU CAN CONTACT HIM HERE AS (dr.abalaka@outlook.com) and also his state based number text him here if you're in the US: 760-935-3804 if you need any question contact me via here as mariambaurice@gmail.com i wish you best of luck and good health.
you give me some suggestion through by your post.Thanks.
ReplyDeleteหนังออนไลน์
ReplyDeleteI was in total despair when I found Dr. Todd. My life was going terrible and I didn't know if I was coming or going. I had just gone through a rough divorce, wasn't making enough money to sustain me and my children, and my 17 year old son had just gone to jail for the first time. When I talked to him, I immediately found a sense of peace. He was very honest with me and I could feel that. He also told me that everything would be okay. After my work began, things began to change. My bills were all caught up, the relationship I was in became much stronger, I was never FLAT broke, and my son was released from jail earlier than we expected!! I also completely got over the failed marriage and began to move on. And, received a better position at my job which will cause an $800 per month increase!! I felt completely comfortable with the work that was being done because I was always encouraged by Dr. Todd. manifestspellcast@gmail. com is the BEST.