Gabriela & Maya @ JW Tumbles

JW Tumbles ~ Spencer's Birthday Party

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Mar 7, 2008 
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The girls were invited to Spencer'sbirthday party at JW Tumbles. Spencer is my friend, Sally's 3 year old little boy. The girls had a great time.

Check out the link below on the girls party for more pictures

http://picasaweb.google.com/cjthompson1/GabrielaMayaJWTumbles

Peace Nihorimbere is the leader of Women of Global Action for Central Africa

Peace Nihorimbere is the leader of Women of Global Action for Central Africa.  She is from Burundiand a survivor of three genocides in her country, which coincided with the genocide in Rwanda.  Her brother was killed in the genocide in Burundi in 1972.  Peace and her sisters, who were at boarding school, had to hide each night to escape attacks.  In 1993 Peace and her three children fled Burundi, lived with her sister in Switzerland and then settled in Canada. Eleven years later, God called Peace to return to Burundi to help rebuild her country.  She directs ministry to women and children, particularly widows, sharing the gospel and love of Jesus, coordinating micro-enterprise projects to provide women with a means to support their families, as well as coordinating ministry throughoutCentral Africa. Peace is an incredible example of God’s faithfulness and grace and is allowing herself to be His instrument to touch hundreds of lives in this region and beyond.

Peace coming to Houston

Our dear friend Peace from the country of Burundi in Central Africa is coming to visit us this week, Saturday-Friday.  We have her lined up with quite a few meetings to share what God is doing in Central Africa mainly the countries of Rwanda and Burundi.  Diane and I will be leading a team of 8 to Rwanda and Burundi April 4-15, 2008 to do ministry with the various projects that she is working with.  Most of the work is with widows and orphans for the genocide of 1993. Many of you might know about the genocide that took place in Rwanda (the movie Hotel Rwanda and Beyond the Gates).  Rwanda and Burundi used to be the same country before the colonization of Africa in the 1950-60's and usually what happens in Rwanda will carry down to Burundi as well due to the influence of tribes in these 2 countries.  Burundi is now considered the poorest country in the world, the average wage for a good job is $.87 cents per day and remember this is to feed and care for a family of 5-10 people.  Peace and her volunteers are working to train these ladies in dress making and hair styling so that they can make a living to take care of their families.  many have HIV/AIDS so that brings a whole different dimension to their situations.  Please pray for her this week.

New blog

Check out our new blog about the Crews family.  there will be regular updates of our travel and family.