Rice for Ruth's Shawl

Rice for Ruth's Shawl

God has brought something to us that we are very excited about. It is a ministry called Ruth's Shawl. It was started by a couple from the states and it is a ministry with widows and orphans. The village where they are ministering is right here in Lilongwe.

ago and James went with them to hold a medical clinic to see all the children. There are about 19 widows and 60+ children.

We talked a lot with Steve and Nora who started this and they mentioned how amazing it is to see the difference in the ladies faces now after meeting with them. Such joy, many have accepted Christ. They have even started literacy classes and a bible study with them. James asked them if they are able to do anything special for Christmas, a party or presents for the children. They said no, that at Christmas time they get rice instead of nsima, a type of porriage. They can only afford rice twice a year. Here are some pictures of our family as we went to visit the ladies and give them each 5 kg. bags of rice.

Here is a link to their website as well. www.ruthsshawl.org

This was were we bought the rice.
I thought this little girl was so cute. I would love to have had a new dress to give her.
They would put the rice in bags and weight the bags on this scale.
Here's Wes helping load the rice bags in our car.
The women gave a a welcome song and dance when we got there.

They had a small Bible study showing us how their literacy classes were coming along. They closed the time with prayer.

Here's Chad carrying the bags of rice inside Freida's home, one of the widows.
They were so excited to get the rice, again they sang for us.
Here is a picture of me and the boys and my friend Jeannette who's a second grade teacher at the academy. The ladies were so proud of their uniforms!
This is just some of the children at Ruth's Shawl. They were so precious and sang some songs for us.