It is encouraging to see how much people still think about, pray for and support the people they have met here when they go back home. Joy instantly comes to the kids faces when they receive a gift or greeting from the ones they love in America. Just knowing that they are remembered is enough […]
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Two New Visitors
It’s been a good week getting settled back into everything and getting ready for the teams to start rolling in. Steve arrived safe and sound today. He brought two girls with him, Emily and Mikayla who will be staying until May. It’s always fun and exciting to have more people around the compound. Despite having […]
Brian’s Healing And Back To School
Sorry for the long gap in posts, I was having a little bit of internet difficulties. We had a bit of a busy week, so here are some stories and pictures! Brian’s home again! Praise God for his quick recovery. The doctors still don’t know exactly what happened that made him have such a high […]
An Update on Brian
Thank you all for your prayers. It is amazing what God can do when we take the time to remember to ask him. Brian is doing much better than he was yesterday. The first night he stayed at the hospital was with his father, who the nurses told me doesn’t quite know how to handle […]
Lunch For 27
On a few random Saturdays, some kids from Shimo have wandered over to Leila’s house with an excuse that they need something for school, when really they are hoping to get a meal. Most of these kids go to the Ukrainian school in Shimo or Oasis of Hope and there they get their one meal […]
Pray For Salome’s Family
Salome Please keep Salome’s family in your prayers this week. It had been eight months since her immune system had been really effected by AIDS and she refused to take any medicine so she kept getting weaker. She had stopped eating and drinking, so she was taken to the District Hospital where she passed […]
Visiting The Parents Of Kids From The Baby Home: Ester and Salome
Today we went to see Ester and Patrick. It doesn’t seem like Ester is going to leave Patrick anymore, but the situation in the home is not any better than it was before we took the twins. There is still no food in the house and the parents are still not working. We […]
Shimo!!!
Went down in to Shimo today and got to spend time visiting all of my favorite kids. I love being able to get to know the families of the kids that I have come to know and love from going to Oasis over the years. Here are some pictures. Helping my little buddy carry her […]