esther's house newsletter, march 2012

The new kitchen is ready for unveiling! During the month of March and early April

we were blessed by the efforts of 5

volunteers from the United States who came

to work on our kitchen and update it to a

modern institution kitchen. Roy Downs from

Albany, Georgia spent a month overseeing

the project and was joined by a rotating

series of other men from Arkansas and

Pennsylvania. The first 10 days Doug

Kitchens, from Cross Church Springdale in

Northwest Arkansas joined him and the tile

floor was laid and the cabinets were built and

painted. We dropped Doug off at the airport

and picked up Ryan Roush and Jon Downey

from Keystone Baptist Church in PA.

They took care of hanging and painting the

ceiling and installing the lights over the next

10 days. They also installed a large exhaust

fan in the exterior wall so the cooks do not get

too hot working in an indoor kitchen. Our next

trip to the airport had us saying farewell to Jon

and Ryan and picking up Mike Dunnam from

Cross Church Pinnacle Hills in Northwest

Arkansas. Mike took care of laying the tile countertops, fabricating the iron cage around

the gas canisters and helping with all the

finishing touches to the kitchen project. We

installed LP gas lines and have a nice

restaurant sized gas stove, a double gas burner

for cooking the large pots of nsima and a

restaurant sized sink. Below are some before

and after pictures so you can rejoice with us.

we encourage our kids to always attend

the classes and programs at Esther’s

House. While Alyssa and Stacy were

March 2012

VOL. 3 ISSUE 3

Esther’s House Ministries Newsletter

Ntcheu, Malawi

“Do nothing out of selfish ambition or vain conceit, but in humility consider

others better than yourselves. Each of you should look not only to your own

interests, but also to the interests of others.” Philippians 2:3-4

This new sink is suitable for cleaning the large

pots we cook with here at Esther’s House and we

have many cabinets and a center island to utilize.

Within 2 weeks we had all the repairs

completed and were well into adding extra

support to all the roofs in all of our

buildings. We are thankful to God for

protecting everyone and for provision to

repair the damage and improve the other

existing roofs. We will always face

More pictures of the

kitchen upgrade

Top, before photo and bottom after show the

old and new sink.

Above you see where we stored the VitaMeal for our

feeding centers and now that wall holds a new gas

stove and more cabinets shown below.

ish and tutoring them in all subjects using

the same textbooks that they have at school.

The nice cream colored walls give the room

a brighter and larger look and the tile floors

and new ceiling with lights enhance the room

and make it easier to keep clean.

This project is such a blessing to our campus

and gives us so many advantages for caring

for the children. We can now start baking

our own bread in the new oven or cakes

and even cookies for special occasions.

Very exciting!!

Roy Downs on the right, Mike Dunnam in

the middle and Joe Jailosi, one of our

Malawian construction workers, on the left.

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Please Pray for:

Jarod and Sarah Ring who will be joining our

staff in June 2012 as volunteers taking over the

position of Director of Operations.

Staff of Esther’s House as we grow and develop

new programs.

The children at Esther’s House to be developing

into strong Christian leaders in Malawi.

Progress in our electrification project.

Sponsorship of special project that help us

continue to grow and improve.

If you wish to make a donation just follow this

link www.puremission.org and then:

Select “Support an orphan”, “Send a servant” or

“Support a project” and follow the prompts to

make a one-time donation or set up monthly

support which only requires one entry to set up.

Thank you all for keeping Esther’s House a

priority in your life and prayers.

(On the left you see Doug Kitchens and Jailosi

having a little fun with the new kitchen pass

through window. E H Pizza Parlor!!)







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The final wall is the one with the pass

through window for serving plates from the

kitchen into the dining room. The window

had been boarded up since we were not

using it and the space was used to store our

maize and sugar.

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