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We have recieved several request about an online option to donate to the MICS Buy a Brick, Build a School campaign. We finally have an option for you!
If you are interested in getting involved in this project, there is a secure link to make a donation by credit card, on the left side of this webpage. If you are interested in donating by mail, there are 2 other options available to you. Please view the options listed on the left column of this page. If you are unable to see the link, please clear your web browser cache and reload this page.
Thanks so much for your interest in this project. If you have any questions or would like more information, please feel free to email us at SkipRonda@gmail.com
The Lord is doing amazing things in Macha. We appreciate all the prayers and support from home.

Just wanted to pass on a story from our Buy a Brick, Build a School campaign. A couple of weeks ago, we were spending some time back in Botswana visiting some of our friends and helping out at Dayspring School (the school where we spent the last 8 years). While there, we were approached by Nate Sabin, the son of a missionary family that is working at Dayspring School. He told us that he wanted to help out the children in Zambia. Nate had been doing some outdoor work, helping out at Dayspring school. He had saved up all the money that he had been paid for these projects and wanted to donate it to the buy a brick campaign and buy 3 bricks. We were so touched because he wasnt just donating a portion of the money that he made, he donated everything, all $36. He told us that it is better to give than receive, and that it makes him feel good when he does something for people that are in need. We are so appreciative of Nate, he may be young, but he has a very big heart. Thank you!

Our first contributors for the Buy a Brick, Build a School project came as a wonderful surprise. Menomonie Alliance Christian School (in our previous hometown of Menomonie, WI) collected an offering from the students for the MICS project in Macha. The student council matched this collection. The total donation was $360, this was enough to buy 36 bricks toward the new school building project. We are truly grateful for the generous hearts of these kids. Thank you very much!

MICS students have been studying the seasons in science. This day summer was the topic, so they had a parade wearing different types of summer hats. (It is still winter here in Macha, however) They paraded around the yard of the school with each child wearing a hat and making the sound of a band instrument.
Mrs. Sakala and Miss Zawa wore their hats also.

Last weekend a group from Macha decided to visit Lake Kariba for a time of fellowship and relaxation. There is a beautiful place overlooking the lake with ample sleeping quarters, a pool and a beautiful view of Lake Kariba. Some were brave and went swimming. even with a metre long croc (made of wood) in the pool. We all also took advantage of a relaxing boat ride on the lake and even saw some animals. SO, it is not all work and no play in Macha.

On Friday 14 July the MICS students had a kite party at the ABFA airstrip. They each had made and decorated their own kite in the classroom and this was the chance to see if they would fly. We started out with a surprise activity provided by Dorien Visser, a volunteer from Holland. She had a large parachute silk that was used for some games to see how the parachute reacted to the wind and student handling. Balls were bounced in the parachute and a type of ring-around-the-rosie was played. Also, we all got a chance to see how much pull the wind had on a larger kite.

The one kite we used was Ronda's; one that her father had especially made for her emblazoned with Christian symbols of a cross and a dove.

After flying the kites, each student had an opportunity to "eat a kite and its tail" .The edible "kites" were pieces of bread cut in the diamond kite shape and the "tails" were strands of red licorice. Each student could put butter and cinnamon and sugar on their "edible kite" to decorate it before making it disappear as a snack.

Tuesday is the day for a PE outing at the ABFA (All Blessings From Above) airstrip. Each Tuesday, at the end of the morning classes, we all climb into the Pajero and head for our PE time at the airstrip. Because of air traffic control's flexibility, we were able to play dodgeball right on the runway surface. An outing and exercise all in one.