Continuation Decision-making aid - day center?!

According to Augustinus and Yvonne's wishes, the day center itself should fulfill two requirements. First, approximately 30 needy and neglected children should be registered there by their guardians, who would then be required to attend from midday to evening, receive meals, and receive academic and personal support. Second, the center should also be open to young day visitors, who, for a small fee, may use the facilities (Wi-Fi, computers, homework support, learning opportunities, and sports activities, etc.). The management of this larger day center can only be assumed by a well-trained person (management and pedagogy), who would also be expected to live at the day center.

I am confident that we can build this day center together with other organizations, but given our current resources, we will only be able to cover the subsequent running costs for staff, water, electricity, investments, and repairs if we scale back or abandon other projects (approximately 78 young people who receive educational support, the two existing soup kitchens, etc.).
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Continuation Confirmands support confirmands

Joachim Knoche, The chairman of the Namibia Support Association, was able to spend five weeks in Namibia in November. At that time, Namibia was not a coronavirus risk country, and after presenting a negative coronavirus test, he was able to move freely throughout the country. He thus managed to spend a few days at the confirmation ceremony in Okombahe.

On a Saturday in mid-November, all the confirmation candidates and their families met at 10 a.m. in the 100-year-old Protestant church in the heart of Okombahe. The weather was hot, over 35°C, but with all the windows open, a pleasant breeze blew inside, making it bearable. Pastor Andreas Nowaseb led the 35 confirmation candidates, including the girls dressed all in white and the boys dressed in black, to their seats, while the congregation sang hearty songs. Unfortunately, the power went out that day, meaning the specially hired pianist couldn't accompany the songs with his own electric piano. But the African voices, especially those of the young people, were captivating. After the liturgy and a lengthy sermon in the Nama-Damara language, the young people were blessed in small groups. Each received their confirmation verse as a framed picture to hang. At the end of the official ceremony, Joachim Knoche conveyed greetings from the Untersteinbach congregation. He also emphasized that the Untersteinbach confirmation candidates and their parents had raised enough money for those confirmation candidates in Okombahe who are in need and who have regularly attended Sunday children's services in recent years to cover the confirmation fees for 14 confirmation candidates. Yvonne, the children's service leader, and Albertina, the soup kitchen director, had selected these 14 young people in advance. He was able to show the congregation two large group photos of the Untersteinbach confirmation candidates, one with masks and one without masks, and hand them over to the pastor. The gratitude and joy over this was immense, and all the sponsored confirmation candidates came forward and had their photos taken as a greeting for Untersteinbach. After the 2.5-hour service, the individual families continued their celebrations at home.

The next day, the following Sunday, was the first communion for the confirmation candidates with their parents and relatives. After communion, a member of the congregation stood up and said that he had seen many of the confirmation candidates dancing in the disco the previous evening. He then encouraged the confirmation candidates to also dance for Jesus in church. During the following song, all the confirmation candidates came forward and danced joyfully and with great emotion, this time also playing the electric piano. back