Today was visiting day at St. Gabriel's school. Peter's daughter and nephew go there. It is a boarding school, so there are special days when family can come and visit them.
We started preparation very early this morning.
Miriam and Mama Chico prepared beef, chicken, rice, chapati, oranges, sodas and Len made Mandazi ( a bit like a doughnut)
This is Miriam. She is Mama Chico's sister and mother to Timothy.
Mama Chico is Charity , Harnox and Mephis' Mama. She is also Mama to the five girls now sponsored by dear friends and servants in the US.
In 2008, when we first came to Kenya, Lois and Grace were always at the clinic. They smiled and were inquisitive. We saw them again in 2009 and then again in 2010. We finally spent enough time there and teammates started to notice that these two young girls were not going to school. We started looking for them and figuring out their home situation. The mother is a widow. She is not able to send them to school. Several team members volunteered to help with their schooling as well as a dear friend of ours. Now Lois and Grace are not only in school, but in boarding school. They are happy and bright eyed and we are so thankful to God for allowing us to find them. There was another girl, Elizabeth, who was a bit more difficult to find because she was still living in an IDP camp. But we found her and now they are all in school. It's amazing to think what a difference this weill make in their lives. I can already see the difference in their faces.
Thank you to all of you who are helping to make a difference. I hope these pictures give you some indication of our commitment to them. We visit on parents' day. We make sure they have enough supplies. We take them snacks, Mama Chico and her family include them as their own. Bwana Asifewe...Praise God.
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