Kingsland travels

hello!!

Hi guys

Ok so i know im rubbish at posting! and in a month this is my second post...but i will try and bring you up to speed!

so, i havent been as busy as i am used to out here this last month, but i have been taking as many oppotunities as have been offered to me. it has been interesting, and challenging to look at some exsisting projects, and too see what is being done here! there is however, alot of places that there is no help, and no-one doing anything, these places really broke my heart, i have visited a community of around 400 families and they are living constatly in drity water...in some places up to the ankles, other places up to the knee...as i stood calf deep in water among these people and spoke to them i felt their untter dispair...there is a scchool available to some of these children, but the parents cant afford for books, pens and pencils and uniform for them, and also cant keep the belongings dry! i sppoke to the mothers who selflessy said to me "if you come here pleae do something for our children, therefore they can better themselves"
I made these people only one promise...and that was that when i was in sri lanka again i would visit them...me (and the interpretors i took) are the only people who have ever been there to ask these people how they are doing, the joy on their faces was worth more than i could explain...and was definately worth getting my shoes wet for.!!!!  these people are playing on my heart, and if i can simply offer school supplies for their children, a big difference could be made!

I also visited a special needs childrens home (Budist...there are NO christian specials needs home in sri lanka) this project is running very well, and has plently of donors helping them, some of the childrens disabilities however are shocking, and the interprtors i took with me were eveidently shocked as they had never seen such things...i realised God prepared me for this kind of thing along time ago, allowing me not to be shocked bt the image of these children...i have been exposed to this kind of thing for the last 5 years and i am so thankfull!  i had a cuddle with a 10day old baby, who had been abandonded becasue he wasnt propaly formed..i cuddled him, and fed him his bottle...he was just the size of my hand, and had been left becasue his grandmother didnt want him bringing shame on the family...
the project are doing there best for these children,...but how can u cuddle a baby as much as it needs when there is only 3 members of staff to around 15 babies...my heart went out to them, but i dont feel this is a project i could do much for....they are getting alot of help!

there have been some good oppotunities out here this last month, and i am going to have alot to think about before any decisions are made.
i want to thankyou all for your prayers and support
I have certainly  missed being regular at lexden these last 4 months....but i should be back for a good 4weeks or so now!

Thankyou so much

Love in Jesus

Beth Daisy

"Kia ora" from New Zealand

Dear friends

We are now starting week 3 in New Zealand after a successful start to the campaign. So far we have spoken to schools, prisons, churches, newspapers and outreaches. We also had a great opportunity to speak on one of the tv channels to share our full testimonies to over 70,000 viewers each which was a fantastic bonus to get the the Gospel out. We started of working with the bethren churches then moved onto the AOG and ended the week with the Elim churches-no comment.

We are now getting ready to go to more prisons to preach the Gospel and then we will be meeting leaders from around the North Island to try and kickstart a "Love your town" campaign (Love southend...) which is similar to the Hope initiative but with more of a focus on evangelism.

Highlights so far were preaching and reasoning with the big mauri dudes in prison and being given the freedom to altar call at schools. Also having the freedom to pray for people at some of the churches expecting signs and wonders to follow the Gospel being preached! but focusing first on getting the Word out there.

We have seen many people young and old give there hearts to Christ which of course is the greatest miracle of all and would value your prayers that these new converts would go on to grow strong in the Lord through discipleship.

We have also managed to have some good time off and have been to volcanic mineral spas, white water rafting and golfing....

Gotta go now sorry rushed, please pray that we will have boldness to carry on preaching the Gospel and for our precious families back home doing the hard work!

Jesus is coming!

Jamie

 

Good morning from Sri Lanka

HI Guys

Welll i have arrived...and thankyou Jesus was upgraded....they must of felt sorry for me teehee!
Its so hot out here at the moment...im rejoicing for the fans!

i want to start by saying thankyou for all your support, and for standing by my every changing plans, and trusting God in what he is doing in my life. Its so much esier knowing i have a church who support me and believe in the vision God has given me.
and then secondly i want to thank the people who have finsncially supported me so far, it is thanks to your donations that i was able to get out here, and will hopefully be able to help in a small way out here in this next month, and in the future.

I have been settling in gently, and havnt been to busy yet, but that will soon change. I have just returned from a visit to a slum here in Colombo, we took a walk around and said some hello's, i felt bad just walking onto their territory, but to be able to get an idea of what can be done to help these poeple i have o go ther, i hope this trip i can build relationships with people so they begin to trust me, which will make it easier for us to be able to do something productive!

Its strange to be away again so fast, i just got back into the swimg of life at home...but this is how its going to be i suppose...in and out of the country every few weeks (not that im complaining in over the moon that God chose me)

Id really appriciate your prayer support while i am here, I am with people i love and trust, but being the only white brisitsh person it can feel a littl isolated, so please pray for me!
Pray for wisdom and strength, Pray for the relationships i hope to form, and please pray for Gods provision in my life at this time. Also please pray for mum, as now she is at home without me again, shes a big girl, but i know that while i am missing her she is missing me 100x more! Please pray for her!

I love you guys very much, and will keep you updated!
please get in touch if you feel God saying anything to you, I am really waiitng on his guidence at the moment ( daisyministries@googlemail.com

Much love in Jesus

Beth Daisy xxx

A quick update!

Buna Zewa

hope you are all well!
just thought id send you a little update!

firstly and foremost.....thankyou Jesus....my big sister is currently in Labour with my new niece or nephew...a little miracle baby that the doctors said wouldnt happen....so thankyou Jesus....there is alot of rejoycing from Romania tonight :) !!

anyway,...back to the subject!
its going amazing here...everyday im amazed by how much has happened in just over a month!
the roof tiles are now on and the building is water tight and safe! its fantastic!
The insulation is all now, and the building is taking shape! almost all cables and water pipes are in, and even the radiatiors are on the walls! we have been so blessed with brilliant volunteers!! and they have worked so hard and been such a blessing to us!

was brilliant to have my mum out here and for her to see the place and the poeple I love soo much!
i got to visit some patients with her and show her my friends in Casa Lumina...who all now refer to her as Mama coz they know she is my mum!! has been a fantastic experience for me....and will probably be the only time i can ever say i helped build a house....
God has been so faithfull to me...and to this project....
please keep remembering us in your prayers! its a tough scheduele and can be tiering...pray for health, and energy, for good comunication with other people int he groups, and good relationships! please pray for financial support for CITD, and most off all please pray for the young poeple in out care!

love you guys...and cant wait to be back in church...miss worshipping with my family at Lexden...

Beth Daisy xxx

Just returned from a week in Romania with Beth and now fully understand what has captured her heart!

Hi, I've just spent the week with Beth and Steve (Cry in the Dark)  along with 8 other people who all worked so hard on the Hard Hat Challenge 2009 in Romania.

It was hard work but so worthwhile. I had the privildge of meeting some of the young people who live in Casa Lumina and who will be moving into their new building once it is complete.

On Wednesday i spent almost an hour in the sensory room with some of the young people and then on Thursday went out into the villages visiting patients with the nurse and doctor from Casa Albert(Hospice) they are doing a tremendous job in very difficult situations. Making a difference in peoples and childrens lives.

Well Beth is still out there and will hopefully return sometime in September.

Please pray for her as she travels around the country and for continued strength with such long days and nights!

well thats it for now

Lorraine

Back to Romania

Hi guys, well as some of you know, i have been back in England for the last two weeks, catching up with the papers for the hard hat, and spent the week down at Revive christian camp, where i worked with the 5-11 year olds. as always it was a real blessing and i had a briliant time catching up with my wonderfull friends from kingsland!
but now i am back in romania...and am so excited to be here! i flew in today and cant wait for everything to start. Tomorrow we will be visiting patients with the Casa Albert nurses and then heading down to Casa Lumina to see how much progress has been made with the roof! praying the Romianians have stuck to their word and completed it!

friday we are hoping to visit the Roma village in Bacau with Liviu (director of Casa Albert) and are hoping to get an up to date lit of the families living in the community so we can try and effectivly help them. we have some donations of baby clothes and money for baby milk, so we hope to be able to bless this community in a practicle way...a massive thanks to everyone who has made donations to make this possilble!

saturday will then bring our first team of volunteers for this period (including my mum) which is very exciting for me as she has listened to me waffle on about this place for over 5 years now...and finally she gets to see!

hoping to be busy busy busy but will offcorse keep you updated. please pray for our work here! please pray for the staff at casa lumina as they deal with the young people as their routines are changed again!

thanks guys
lodza love
God bless

Beth Daisy xx

Back from Uganda

hiya
 Ben and Jack  and I got back from Uganda yesterday after 3 weeks in the sun. We had a fantastic time with Alan and Beryl and hopefully managed to do some helpful things as well
we built a playground at one of the schools (after the last one i helped build was replaced with a classroom!) and decided to bless Sam the headteacher at the other school by painting his house which he was very grateful for.
We went into the villages on a couple of days to visit the families of some of the children at the schools. That was difficult to see but it was great to see the effect that sponsoring a child can have on the whole family. We met a lot of people that Alan and Beryl are working with to help the area, and I led one of  their Bible studies. We preached at a Christian Union at Kyetume secondary school, played a lot of football with the kids and manaaged to see some of the other projects in Masaka like a goat farm used to employ young people so they can pay their schools fees, (run by Dave and Jackie who visited us when Pastor Sam preached a fwe months ago), and an American couple who have adopted 15 teenagers in 7 months and look after them in their house
Safari was brilliant too
Thanks for all your prayers
7

Uganda

Seven and Ben, and their friend Jack, fly back from Uganda tomorrow night (19th july). Sounds like they have had an amazing time. They visited teh schools this week and did some painting for Sam, the very smiley - and grateful head of the secondary school in Kytume

more swiss-french links

Bernie, Margaret and Natalie are away in France with Simon and DoraMaria from 18-25th, ministering at a camp run by David and the Swiss churches we have links with.  Please pray for anointing and blessing and breakthrough, for salvations, and for the Glory of God to breakout.

week one on a building site :)

Hi guys!!

sorry i havent updated you sooner...i have been staying at the baptist church next door to casa lumina but there is no internet!! now we are back at casa albert though so I'm back online :)

the building is going really well, the first team did a brilliant job, and the house has all its external and internal walls fitted, the roof panels are laid and the foundation on the second house was finished this morning! the team have worked mage hard in the bioling hot...up to 37degrees some days, but they have been outstanding. Steve is at the airport at the moment dropping them off and picking up the next team. that means i have had to stay behind and laze around the pool...its a hard life :P

we spent a day out with the team and we took them to ungereni the adult institution and to a roma village we have previously has trouble with, we had a brillaint day, and i believe alot off the guys were really moved and challenged by the things they saw! it also helped them appriciate what a good job cry in the dark are doing with casa lumina!

ive learnt alot off things this last week, having a group of 32 people to help manange has opened my eyes to alot off things, but i think god has taught me alot about myself and dealing with others through this!

im keeping my facebook updated with pictures, so feel free to have a look!!

god bless!

lodza love

Beth Dasiy!