Sorry it's been awhile since my last post but things have been busy.
Let's talk politics. As you know Zimbabwe has a unity or coalition government. There is Robert Mugabe and the NDC led by Morgan Tsvangirai. Last week, Morgan threatened to leave the government because NDC members were still being beaten, killed, etc. As well, the changes that were suppose to happen, weren't. If Morgan leaves this causes problems for everyone. Zimbabwe gets its electricity from Namibia and it's petrol or gas from South Africa. In the last week ZESA (our electricity) has been off most of the time. We get it for a few hours each day but not much. We borrowed a car last week, it took us an hour and 6 gas stations to find somewhere that actually had gas. I am told that this is because Namibia and South Africa are threatening to cut us off unless the government stabilizes and gets it together. Yesterday in the news Morgan "resumed his duties". This is good for me because it means I can stay. If he left, the country would be in trouble and I would be evacuated.

The construction classes are going to be on their way soon. I met with a gentleman who owns a carpentery factory. He builds furniture. We have created a course where I teach the theory and he teaches the practical. We'll start with furniture like bunk beds, tables, chairs, hutches, coffins etc. and move to house construction. We are in the process of putting together a list of orphans from various homes around the country as well as our own to start classes.

We are starting a news letter that will be available in January to let people know what's going on with the project.

The weather here is getting uncomfortably hot. I am told this means the rains are coming. I am getting desperate for rain! This is where I miss the four seasons of home!

Christmas decorations are already up here, which seems weird given the weather. Halloween, Thanksgiving or Remberance Day is not celebrated here so it's been odd to just see decorations for Christmas where at home there is usually a build up.