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when the lord is on the cross
I'm so thankful that God has called me and
all of you to join him in his great work redemption
he has entrusted us to join him in bringing
good news to the suffering to heal broken hearts
and a set the captives free from bondage we are so thankful to all of you
who have prayed for and sacrificed for all the children at the Kenya Church of
Christ children's home
so that they could know that they have a father in heaven that loves them and has
a purpose for their lives
our vision is that each of the children at the home would come to know that they
are a child of God
created by God with the special plan and a purpose
every child our home has come to us through tragic circumstances
but we want them to be able to say I am NOT an accident
some of our children are orphans
many of them have been abandoned or rescued from abuse
they're all victims but they don't have to live life as a victim
when they begin to recognize their identity as a child of God
rather than just a victim they begin to see how they have a purpose in life
and something to offer others our kids all have deep wounds.
they've been beaten *** left for dead in a ditch
they don't trust people because people have continuously let them down
helping them to understand that God can be trusted takes time
everything we do with and for the kids is with the goal that they will
eventually believe
I am a precious creation of God loves me
God is good in trustworthy on every bible study every birthday party
every fun activity every service project and even every discipline measure
is done with this goal in mind I realized last year
that many other older children where staying to have that attitude entailment
they're not taking their studies seriously and they weren't appreciating
gifts brought by visitors
they were even demanding more food and being disrespectful to the man who cooks
for them daily
I decided to start taking them out on service projects to teach them that
serving
is better than receiving recently we went to visit in old age home
to pray for the people and help with cleaning a few days later
older boys took it upon themselves to donate some in their own clothes
and their breakfast to the people who live at that place the same boys who used
to demand more food
and now willing to share what they have with others more willingly
service project have become a regular activity that the kid like forward to
during school break
i was in a children home
and in high school.
Here things went wrong for me.
today when i remember some of the things i use to do i regret
because they were not of any value to my life.I decided to change
to become somebody who could motivated
others. We committed to educating each child until they finish high school
or trade school depending on their abilities an interest
we counsel and encourage each student individually to help them see that there
are many roads to success
the kids performance in attitudes are so much better
when they attend a school there well suited for we have several new graduates
from different trade schools
we have confidence in their skills and are becoming their role models we want for
other children, am from
kenya church of christ children home, am being trained in Sonu hair and beauty academy.
i joined this year
in April
am being trained to do Asian
Indian hair
and other types of hair including African hair
am trained here while doing my own job
in a different place in future I hope that I would
continue being trained and doing the job
because those who sponsored me did not ask me to do but i had chosen it myself
i thank all my instructors around
who are instructing me and my sponsors for providing my school fees
yeah we want to see our children contribute in amazing ways to the future
Kenya but we remain even higher than that when our kids to have hope in an
eternal future
blending Kenyan and Western cultures has its challenges
but we're working together with their Kenyan counterparts
to build a biblical culture at our home one that will fast return on
relationships
when our kids leave the home as young adults
they remain part of our family we continue to offer emotional and
spiritual support
as they grow up and start their own family the choices we make as adults so
often hinge upon our experiences as children
I building personal relationships with their kids
and maintaining those relationships throughout their adult lives
we can help Ireland night to built a family legacy deep rooted in biblical
teachings
am one of the children from the home
we all want a family somewhere which we go back to
both in high times and low times the home has been there for us
we want people who u can call, people who can be there to offer you support both
financially psycosocially and otherwise
and that's what the home has been for us.It's a big family.
Today we have fifty two children and our children's home raising children in
Kenya is not cheap and costs are quickly rising
annual inflation is seven percent tax some basic foodstuffs have increased 16
percent
this year and our staff cost nearly doubled in the last two years
to counter this we are producing as much vegetables milk and eggs at the children's home
some as we can to offset these costs
even with that it takes about a hundred and fifty dollars per child per month
to provide them with the home caring staff food clothes medical care
and supplies and fees so that they can attend school we currently receive
another
regular income to fully support 26 or half
over kids on a monthly basis please consider joining our team
regular supporters to make sure our kids have what they need
both now and in the future many thanks to all of you who have sacrificed so
that these kids could know that they are loved
and that they have a future and a hope God bless you
on
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on