We are happy to share stories from the orphans who are being cared for in our home thanks to the Golder Trust for Orphans.

Sarah turned 10 years old at the beginning of September. To celebrate her birthday we had a treasure hunt Hope Farm style. Everyone (children and adults) had to perform some farm tasks in order to get puzzle pieces that made a map to find the treasure.

Sarah and April have been going to swimming lessons. Sarah takes it seriously and is doing very well. April approaches it with her usual enthusiasm and wants to learn to jump out of the water like a dolphin.

Michael writes his final school exams in May/June 2009, so he is working hard. He is temporarily sleeping on the bottom bunk in the small children’s room as we have to repair the ceiling in his room. He helps with the farm chores, which is a huge blessing to Andrew.

Sarah has baby chicks at the moment and she spends lots of time in the barn feeding them and sorting out the silly hens who don’t look after them properly. She helps with the farm chores and loves milking the cow.

All of you that have spent time with us know how much I enjoy farming and this month I have had such fun.

I know all we do is for the people we help and to grow the ministry but this last month has been so cool.

Thanks to the Golder Trust for Orphans during the last month we received a donation to help us produce our own food and to fence down to the river for more grazing. We bought a dairy cow called Fraulein and are now milking every morning and night. We are making our own butter and even made ice-cream. We got young bull calves which we had to bottle feed and have raised chickens for the table. I got a quad bike and made a trailer so I can easily manage the fences and herd all the animals.

Many thanks to all the Golder staff who are contributing to the Trust for Orphans. Your donations are making a huge difference in the lives of our orphans and our community.