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Spotlight on Orphans Extra January 2009

Pastor Mukhooli and the children of Bridge of Hope Center are busily preparing to move to a
new and larger home. It seems the owner of the home they were living in decided to put up a fence around the home and significantly raise the rent. Therefore, they have found a place that is larger and are in the process of moving. The first three months’ rent has been paid on this new dwelling and I can imagine the excitement of the children as they make this very welcome transition to roomier quarters.

Spotlight on Orphans Extra #8

Life for our children at Hope For Children Center (HFCC) in Kenya is so much different from our lives that it is sometimes difficult to imagine what they experience day to day. In an attempt to understand their daily lives a little better, I interviewed Pastor Maurice via e-mail. His answers shed some light on their situation. Read the excerpt from that interview on page 6.

Spotlight on Orphans Extra #7

The prices of wheat, corn, rice, and soy have doubled or tripled in the past three years.  Throughout the world these increased food prices are taking an unprecedented toll, from developed countries like the United States, where a record 28 million people will rely on food stamps in 2008, to third world countries like Haiti and Kenya, where a desperate need for food leads to rioting in the streets. (click above to read more.)

A report from the U.N.* about toxic waste in Kenya states that the lives of thousands of children are threatened by contaminants present in the Dandora municipal dumping site. One of the largest dumps in Africa, it is situated between the three largest slums of Nairobi, a city of over four million, with one million of its residents living in these slums.  (click above to read more.)

Spotlight on Orphans Extra #5

The good news is that we have only one child at the Glory Children’s Center still needing a sponsor!! The better news is that we have learned that Moses and Prisca have taken some more children in off the streets and are giving them the gift of a much better life. So we have the challenge of finding these little African orphans sponsors as soon as we receive definite information about them from Moses. We understand that most of these new children were among the thirty-eight that were sent back to the streets in August of 2005 to await the move to the new home.

Spotlight on Orphans Extra #4

The woman narrated her story and told the man how they had stayed for eight days without food and they had stayed for four days without water. The man sympathized with the situation of the family. The children had starved to the point whereby they were all bones and their ribs were all out. They had no clothing at all.

Spotlight on Orphans Extra #3

The new orphanage is becoming a reality in a beautiful green spot out in the country near Kisii, Kenya. The wells are in, crops are planted and fruit trees are bearing. There’s also a river running along the property. The first dormitory is springing up from the earth and joy is in the air!

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In 1999, a certain man from the United Kingdom came to Kenya among a group of tourists.  They visited an area in north eastern Kenya where so many people had died of starvation.  I was also with a group of Adventist men and women from
ADRA. We had gone to distribute food to the starving. That man entered a house where he found a widow and her four children aged nine, seven, five and three.  They were hungry and lacked food and water.  The woman narrated her story and
told the man how they had stayed for eight days without food and they had stayed for four days without water. The man sympathized with the situation of the family. The children had starved to the point whereby they were all bones and their ribs were all out. They had no clothing at all. 
The man truly felt the need to help the family. Even though he gave them nothing then, he promised to help in the future. Surely he had wanted to help.  He stayed in Kenya for two months and went back to the United Kingdom. His immediate plan then was to assist the dying family in Kenya. He stayed in the United Kingdom for only five days and returned to Kenya with thousands of change the destiny of that family.
On arrival, he wasted no time. He bought enough food, clothing and all that he felt the family needed and headed straight to Garissa. He drove directly to that home only to find five graves in the compound.
He later learned that the family he loved and promised to help had died while he was still in the country touring different places. He was shocked. He wept as if he
was weeping for his own family.
The one notable thing he said while seated on one of the graves was: “I wish I knew, I would have saved your lives. I had money then. It was enough to buy you food, water and clothing at least for a month. It was enough to construct a house for you. But I chose to enjoy myself and have pleasure in your country. Not because I never loved you, but because I chose to help in the future. God allowed me to see your condition probably because He wanted me to save your lives, but I
never responded in time. I feel guilty for not saving your lives.”

Read the full article about the above story in Spotlight on Orphans Extra #4.

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