Think for a moment what it would be like to be a widow in a country where your only security for your old age is your children.  Now think what it would be like if your children have all died from AIDS and you are now left alone to provide for yourself in your old age.  Now add to that the fact that your children’s children have no one to care for them since their parents death, so you have been left with the task of not only caring for yourself, but to some how provide for a handful of children. 

Bonnie & Widow
This is the plight of many of the widows we will visit when we journey to Africa this year.   Most live in mud huts and as mud huts they have thatched roofs.  Now a thatched roof is not a bad design for a roof, but it will only last for about 5 years before it starts to allow the rain to come through. Many of these poor widows sit in their tiny mud hut getting drenched by rain when the rainy season comes.  There is no place for them to stay dry.  They sit, eat and sleep in the wet. 
This year the mission team has hopes to replace some of these roofs (or at least a portion of the roof) to provide a dry area for a widow and the children she is caring for, to be able to stay dry.  
The team will also carry basic supplies and prayer to the widows.  BUT the team cannot do this on their own, they need financial  support to be able to do these things.  If God is leading you to become involved with the mission team in helping these widows, you can send your donation or go online to make a donation.  Mark your donation for “widows fund”.
May God bless you as you give!  We can also use a few more people to join the mission team to help with this task.