In Africa, there is so much truth to "truth is stranger than fiction"

One of the reasons I don't blog often is because the stories I need to share are complicated and full of details that need to be related. And I need to get it  just right because the story - and it's a true story- needs to be told in exactly the way I experience it here.

So, let's go back to the year 2009. It was this year that while working in a medical clinic here, we noticed two little girls who were always around. We started to wonder why they were not in school. Long story short, we ( and other friends) started sponsoring these two young ladies for boarding school.  Here's a picture of Lois and Grace in 2010

Over the years, we have had contact with the mother of these two.  For many years, we had to beg and plead with her to do even a small part to help. Peter and Mama Shiko were frustrated because on visiting day she would come with nothing for her children and expect them to provide for her. In fact, they described her as a little bit crazy.

Fast forward 5 years. Grace and Lois are thriving in school. Grace is in 8th grade and Lois is in 5th grade. They are lovely girls. The top picture on the left side is of them in 2010 and on the right and bottom -this year 2015.

These girls are thriving and becoming wonderful young girls.

Then there is the mother. The good news is that she is attending our Wednesday bible study faithfully. She also works on the farm here. She leads some of the outreach our group does.

The bad news is - she's addicted sex. We knew that she was a prostitute. But slowly but surely, her life is changing.  God is good.