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"He who despises his neighbor sins, but blessed is he who is kind to the needy." Proverbs 14:21
Solomon must have taken close interest in the lives of his people
and noted those who made a success in life and those who
failed to learn some basic truths for happiness and fulfilment. He
was very emphatic that how we view our neighbours can be sinful.
Selfcentred people can find they live a life that is unfulfilled and
unrewarding. Yet those who show pity, kindness or compassion
to the poor are themselves blessed. The interesting thing is that in
both cases it is our attitude to others which causes us to receive
the blessing or the condemnation. If God treated us the way we treat each other we would all be without hope and without a future. The way we treat others communicates much about what we know of God and how he wants us to live happy and fulfilled lives. We have recently written five year plans for each of our programs at Eagles Wings. For our Camp Program we would love to eventually have our own facilities within Livingstone. This could open many doors for Eagles Wings, one of which would be to run more than one camp each year. As many children’s lives have been positively impacted on Camp, we see this as such an awesome opportunity. Part of this five year plan means that we need to obtain land, which is becoming increasingly difficult due to the massive development of Livingstone Town. As Zimbabwe’s border town of Victoria Falls suffers from the political and economic issues that Zimbabwe faces, Livingstone is growing. Therefore land has become like gold to international corporations. Lackson and Clayton recently met with Cool Bananas, a community development project in Zambia who already own land within Livingstone. Cool Bananas have generously offered Eagles Wings land for FREE so that we can develop our Camp Program. All Cool Bananas have asked in return is that we continue to advise them with community development work, which is more of a privilege than a burden. We are humbled by this offer.
Clayton, our new Camp Program Coordinator,
will confirm this opportunity in
February 2008 when he meets with Cool
Bananas in Livingstone to view the land.
Please be in prayer as this offer unfolds
and that if God has this land for us, the
doors will continue to open. FROM PREVIOUS UPDATES
Family Program
Much prayer and wisdom is needed in this program, especially with the
reintegration of children into existing families. During a recent visitation,
one relative of a child in our care told Lackson and Augustine that she
would rather kill herself than take the child back into her home. This is
an extreme example, but shows the difficulties that Eagles Wings faces
with reintegration of children in care and also the type of emotional abuse
these young children go through, at times unbearable to consider.
Street Children Documentary
NEW PRAISE AND PRAYER POINTSGovernment Exams
Eagles Wings sponsors 47 children
into various Government Schools in
Zambia. Some of these students face
the nerve-racking task of writing major
exams over the coming weeks.
Clayton & Anna Hinds
After completing their first year at
Eagles Wings, Clayton and Anna
leave for Australia very soon for their
Christmas break during December.
Hopefully, this will be a time to relax,
refresh and enjoy the company of
their friends and family before returning
to Eagles Wings early in 2008.
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