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Dear Friends,  

Warm wishes to you all in this new year of 2009!!  We are looking forward to seeing how God is going to move and the new challenges it will bring.  We have much to be thankful for as we move into a new year.  

Grey

We are thankful that our Street Kids ministry is going forward.  This week we had a few challenges and some victories.  Four of our boys were arrested last weekend and Glen spent the better part of Monday trying to sort out the issue.  Three boys were innocent and released later that day while one boy was guilty of stealing from a car in town.  One in that “innocent group” that was released is named Grey.  He has not been so innocent in year’s past but has made a real change in his life.  This Sunday he informed us that he passed his “Primary School Leaving Exam”.  This is a big victory in Grey’s life.  He is far past the age for Primary school but due to his life challenges, he was delayed in reaching this goal.  His goal was reached due to the help of some friends in Finland that contributed to his basic needs with finances.  He is now looking forward to starting secondary school.   He is also a regular drummer in our worship team at the church.  Well done Grey!  Let’s see what God will do in 2009!  

Another young man who has been with us for some time is named Yohane Howard.  He lost his father while he was very young and his mother ran away from the family when Yohane was only 8 years old.  He and his two young siblings (Chikondi and Thokozani) have also been helped through friends in Finland .  While the twins have just started Year 6 in school, Yohane has written his Secondary School Leaving Examination and had a dream to go to the School of Accountancy in Blantyre .  Kerry had the pleasure of accompanying him and enrolling him for his courses this term.  He was extremely excited as he stood there in his “McDonald’s” employee shirt that he must have bought from the market as there is no “McDonald’s” in Malawi !  He is one of the blessed ones who have a chance to change his future.  We are so thankful to those who have contributed to the lives of these boys who would otherwise still be on the streets.  

Thank you to everyone who supports our family with love and prayers throughout the year.  We can get weary and wonder if what we do will make any difference but we are so encouraged this week and look forward to a wonderful 2009.  

Love,  

Glen and Kerry Halliwell