Dear Brothers and Sisters,
Praise the Lord from Whom all blessings flow! That may seem strange to write in a pandemic in the middle of a week of isolation for me. It may seem strange to write when my travel ban exemption request was denied. Yet, through it all I am seeing God’s hand at work.
On the travel ban exemption, many of our prayers were answered, just not the big one right now. God has provided a place for me to live when I do return. It has a beautiful view as an added blessing although I’m just happy to have an address. He gave me an American economic stimulus check when I didn’t expect to get one having filed my taxes last year as a non-resident. This will help pay for the plane tickets home. He caused a Member of the Tasmanian Parliament to think so much of my service to the children that he wrote in support of my application. The application made it all the way to the Commissioner’s office because of that, but in the end, it was rejected saying “your circumstances do not outweigh the risk to the Australian people.”
So, what now? I settle in for a few more months of long-distance ministry, change roles to being more of a coach and encourager to those on the ground, and expand to local ministry in South Carolina.
On the Tasmanian front, we are preparing for LEGO Zoom Club this school holiday. God has provided the workers. I will actually only be doing the Bible lesson in club one day because others were willing. This does my heart good to see people stepping out in ministry. There are also older people who don’t feel comfortable on Zoom, but they will be mailing out prizes to the children who attend. The biggest prayer now is that God would bring the children to register for the club. Would you pray for 15 families to be reached with the Gospel?
Because of the Tasmanian COVID rules, each organization has to have a COVID Safe Plan that meets State Government guidelines. It is impossible to assure this is implemented and stuck to in the bounds of the law without me, the only paid staff, on the ground to begin in-person Good News Clubs. However, my former church has stepped up to allow Good News Club to operate under their umbrella so that the children can meet again! It is also not possible to meet in schools, so for School Term 4, we will be bringing 3 clubs together under one roof in the church fellowship hall. It will be a lot of work for the teachers with all of the cleaning procedures before and after each week. When I floated the idea out there to the teachers, many of the team jumped on board and were willing to do what it took to reach the children and be back together again. A couple are even willing to transport children who would normally have been at the Riverside Primary School club. We are praying for transportation for those at the St. Leonards Primary School club. I will continue to be involved with encouragement and guidance.
On the American front, I am looking forward to helping out once a week at Trinity Baptist Church in Cayce. I’ll be assisting the preschool staff’s own personal children with their online schooling. There are about 7 children ranging from kindergarten to 11^th grade. It will be a challenge with so many different levels of work, but I am really looking forward to being with a classroom of children and young people in person again until I can return to Australia.
My other endeavour has to do with medically fragile children who can’t get out around others. My friends, who all the kids call Papa Henry and Ma Mary, and I will be starting a Zoom Kids Club for them. This is something I can identify with having to be in isolation so much myself. It has to be even harder for children. We will also be mailing out craft packets to the children so they will have a craft that goes with the lesson that week and some other goodies. Of course, when I return to Australia, the mailing will have to be done by Papa Henry. The good news is I will be able to teach the lessons on Peter that I have developed for our Good News Clubs in Tasmania next year. There will be some adaptations for these children’s special needs. If you know a child who is staying at home that could benefit from this, let me know.
Prayer Requests: ·        

Praise God for answered prayer and for a way forward for Good News Clubs in Term 4. ·        

Continue to pray for my return to Tasmania in God’s time. ·        

Pray for God to bring 15 families to LEGO Zoom Club. ·        

Pray for Sara and Ben who will also be teaching Bible lessons at the LEGO Zoom Club that God would bless our preparations. ·        

Pray for the club in South Carolina for medically fragile children that God would show us where those children are. ·         P

ray that many would take advantage of that opportunity to learn more about the God who made them in His image. ·        

Pray for all the technology to work both for the Zoom Club in Tasmania and the one in South Carolina. ·         P

ray for transportation so that the children at St. Leonards Primary School can attend Good News Club.

Together for the children,

Stephanie

BEAUTIFUL HARVEST

September 9, 2020

Psalm 126

As I write this update, I look outside and see freezing rain coming down.  Two days ago it was 96 degrees.  According to Masani Cece, the blooming Goldenrod tells us that Fall is imminent.  We hope that our Fall and Winter bring us moisture because it was a very dry summer here.  This is important because precipitation is so limited here the little we receive is vital to the livestock, crops and keeping down wildfires.  

I posted a video to our Facebook page this month summarizing what we have been up to all summer.  I described most of this in last month’s update.  This month we received $5000 in PPE donations.  We have been in collaboration with the Utah Navajo COVID-19 Relief Fund.  We were able to provide 1152 bottles of hand sanitizer, 7500 gloves and 4000 face masks to Navajo families.  I would easily say we have reached over 8000 face masks since the beginning of the pandemic.  This means we have distributed face masks to 5% of the Navajo population!  

When we first moved to the Rez we knew that we would have to homeschool based on the poor educational opportunities available.  Shortly after that we started a co-op of families.  At one point we were up to 6 families involved.  Ashli called the co-op Inspired Learners.  Over the course of 2019 we saw the commitment to collaborate and co-lead fade as some families only wanted to be served.  We saw others move from the Rez due to different opportunities or paths for their lives.  For 2020 we removed scholarships and continued the homeschool path alone.  But God.  August brought new questions, new followers and new interest into homeschooling.  Ashli has shifted from homeschool mom into homeschool coach.  We would love for you to follow this journey on Instagram.  Ashli’s account is raisingtalloaks.  Here you will find the efforts we are making to reach others, share our story and coach in providing Christian education to “small acorns.”  In August, we had a Navajo family reach out to us about homeschooling.  We started small by providing curriculum and coaching through phone calls.  This led to more interest and a commitment from the family so we opened up one more scholarship.  We contacted our resources and shared the story and received the curriculum and virtual learning package at ⅓ the usual rate.  This family identifies as “Traditional Navajo” in their religious beliefs.  They reached out to the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints in the recent past and were rejected.  We believe that through our existing relationship and homeschooling we will see a great redemption story for this family.  

We started this ministry in 2017 with the vision of changing families and working from the bottom up within churches.  This vision has never wavered despite the changing world.  We have only changed the methods we use to reach the lost.  

Beautiful Harvest Website and Blog

Sincerely,

Justin and Ashli Galloway

Team Seasoned Heart

Greetings from PA, USA. GOD graced me to travel 48 hours to my home. Officials more concerned that I passed though Germany than Africa.

Thank you for those who caught the vision of setting our students up in business to transfer wealth. There is a donate button for student endeavors. Wycliffe, our first business owner is opening his third branch.  Erick, launched his cybercafe(left). His desire is to reach the street kids. Any profit will go to that. He plans to do outreach at least weekly. Next student, Lotin, is teaching me Kiswhaili. I am paying for him to go to driving school. He also will be helping on the farming launched this month. We gained two new students whose education was interrupted by Covid. They are building a kitchen garden in the compound and a waist high table for laundry days. Save the backs of people!!

With the grandchildren and those who would join our walk to the school we would pray at the school gates for them to open up and let our children be educated. Several days before I left as we prayed a man was leaning on the wall watching us. When we explained what our prayers were about, he opened the gates and invited us to have the run of the place. A prophetic move and built the faith of the children. Before I left, I gifted three goats to orphans. When the schools open, they can pay fees from the offspring of these goats and get educated.

November, we want to do our international conference- 16-20. I plan to fly to USA in time for Labor Day. I plan to stay to vote and then return to resume our mission in Kenya. My first act when I return will be is to attend and bless a wedding union of two students who are from enemy tribes – Luo and Kikuyu. Our GOD is redeeming His people and the land.

Pastors who pray for Trump in Kenya had Maasai(warriors) fashion this weapon for Trump. They see him as a good strong leader. Intercession and fasting are lifted for our President Trump. They sent this to be placed in his hands. Pray for the path to open and watch what our GOD will do.

Please check out our website www.tshkenya.org or email us teamshministry@gmail.com. Pray. We have updates weekly. Contact to be part of that is Grace Plaster grace.lanae@gmail.com.  You can donate on website or see what our projects are. Mailing address TSH PO Box 481 Harleysville, PA 19438. Check out blogs (Facebook is censoring and blocking because I am forthright) and give feedback.

Blessings of courage: Hannah S. Hunter