Chloe, our 11 year old, is starting her own little ministries. This is a big deal for her and we are so proud. She is an extreme extrovert but quite timid of new things at the same time. Perhaps that is one reason she has not embraced being out with local children - the idea of not being able to communicate scares her.
However, she is now starting two neat ministries. One she begins today - inviting our Tarime pastor's daughter to begin learning English. Knowing English is crucial to success here because secondary school is supposed to be taught in English (though isn't always as the teachers are not all that fluent). Certainly any training after secondary will be in English. Neema (nay-mah) is close to Chloe's age and also a bit shy. Chloe's plan is to have her over every Saturday. They will spend time learning English (and my hope is that Chloe will also learn more Swahili - we do lessons as part of homeschooling) and playing. This will also fill a great for a friend.
Chloe has also started her own blog for MK's (missionary kids)! It is at http://www.mkworld.blogspot.com/. Feel free to visit and please tell any MK's you know about it. We just started so it is not polished and there is not much there, but we plan to do more and the hope is that other MK's will contribute so that it will be more in a magazine format than just Chloe's thoughts.
Please pray that her plans to have Neema over will succeed and that nothing will prevent this from becoming a weekly event. Pray also for her blog - that others will join it and that it will be a joy.
Blessings!
