Karen
(Karen): From missionary Holly Nelson with Special Hope Network in Zambia, Africa:
1.We ask for prayer for capacity building in our lead Zambian staff. We are investing time and leadership skills in 4 of our staff and are really encouraging them to lead and manage our 43 staff. They are learning computer skills, training skills, evaluation of their staff, and much, much more.
2.Please pray for our CCC moms and their kids with special needs as cold season begins. We have homes here that aren't airtight, and the cold wind, combined with a lack of understanding of germs and safe, clean water really cause colds, coughs, fevers and flus to spread. And of course there is still Covid. Usually cold season begins in June, but this year it has started early.
3. Please pray for our Community Advocates as they learn from our disability training. After 8 weeks of daily teaching, we hope that they will encourage change in their churches, clinics and schools to be welcoming, inclusive sites for children with intellectual disabilities and their parents.
4. We are opening a new Community Care Center in June 2022. There is a lot of work to be done to set that up. Choose a compound, find a small home to rent, set it up with our activities, rugs, and pillows. Walk around the compound to advertise and find the kids with intellectual disabilities to sign up, and then start!