Please join us in praying for the work in Eburru and in praising God for the mighty ways in which He answers our prayers!

Praises:

• For a solid foundation and continued growth in our child sponsorship program
• Mike S. has volunteered to serve as the new David’s Hope new accountant!
• Over 400 generous donors and sponsors contributed to David’s Hope during 2011, representing both churches and individuals. December’s giving almost doubled the giving from all previous months in 2011.
• 21 people were baptized in Eburru on December 11th
•  Feast Party was held on Christmas Day in Eburru.  All of the Camp Brethren staff were invited and the gospel message was shared! (Staff represents distributors, ground men, teachers, cooks, lab tech, nurses and others)
• Funding was provided to supply each of the 12 orphanage residents with 3 sets of school uniforms
• A new teacher was hired for the new 3rd grade class!

Prayer Requests

• 2012 goal is to increase from twelve to sixteen orphans in orphanage.  This will require additional funding to meet their needs
• Camp Brethren School will go from 2 standard classes to 3 in January and will be able to accomodate 200 students
• A new 3rd grade teacher and a new class of students will join the existing Camp Brethren family in January for the 2012 school year’s start.  Pray for smooth transitions and a successful school year
• Logistics and planning for Pastor Steve’s upcoming trip to the USA in late March/early April
• Opportunities to share the work of Camp Brethren with potential partners in the US
• Funding is needed for new textbooks, electricity for the school & the construction of 5 more classrooms in 2012
• Next David’s Hope Leadership meeting on January 15th
• Bank wire transfers to go through correctly; there have been some technical issues with this lately
• For safe & quick completion of the orphanage parent’s house and teacher’s dorm in January
• For a new orphanage cook for to accept position & alleviate the growing workload on the school cook