Staff Writer

This past year has gone so quickly, but WellSpring reached a new milestone on December 3 as Naomi and Jolima shared their 2nd Birthday at the house in Mufulira.

The girls at WellSpring love to spend time playing various games once their chores, homework, and studies are complete. It has been beautiful to see the blend of traditional Zambian games and American games such as Uno, Connect 4, and a favorite “Dodgeball”.

Annie turned 14 today, and the girls celebrated with cake, a special dinner, and a party.

Giving Tuesday has become a Global Movement. Here in the US we understand it to be a day in which we “give” to our favorite charity or non-profit in order to help that group accomplish a mission we have passion for.

As part of our monthly tradition, we gather once a month for a Bible study at our residence, focusing on praising and worshipping God through song. This week, we were privileged to host visitors from Campus Crusade for Christ, Racheal and Diana. The Wellspring team felt truly blessed to share in fellowship with them.

Over the last 2 weeks WellSpring has been given an amazing opportunity to begin its first farming project. The ministry was able to secure 2 limas (5 acres) of uncleared land. The task of clearing the land has started and the plan is to grow maize (corn) on all 5 acres.

Wellspring GIrls house is a sanctuary for over 10 girls, providing them with a clean, safe environment and access to educational and recreational activities. Our primary objective is to safeguard these girls from early marriages, sexual exploitation, physical abuse, and other forms of maltreatment that they may have encountered prior to their arrival. Ensuring their security and protection is our top priority.

This week the team took time to examine the girl’s growth and development. The girls have been living under our care for nearly a year. Their day-to-day lives look significantly different now than from the lives they were coming from. They are attending school, and church, eating three meals per day, accessing medical care, and clean water, warm beds, and a loving Christ-led leadership team pushing them to be all Christ has called them to be.

Over the weekend the girls decided to utilize an ever increasing pile of dirt that is being dug up as the foundation of a new wall which surrounds our yard is being built.

Last week, with the help of our ministry partner Campus Crusade for Christ out of Lusaka, we were able to fulfill a promise of bringing a life changing wheel chair to Shila’s family. We say “family” because the wheelchair will be able to help her grandfather and her sister – both suffer from disabilities that don’t allow them to walk.