We just realized tomorrow is Thursday! Our time here is going by fast. This morning we visited a baby cottage. No Team has ever visited there before. The woman runnig it said she was doing her best to fulfill a vision she had as a child- to take care of the abandoned and show them Jesus. She is struggling financially to fulfill this, but is still taking care of 13 infants, whose parents did not want them. She is working on her adoption paperwork so that people can adopt from her home. When we asked what she needed she told us diapers, clothes, and baby toys. We gave her a small bag that we had left from donations. Travis and I held Baby Elijah and Baby Somali. They were absolutely precious, and to know that they did t have mommies or daddies broke my heart! As we left we have the woman doing the orphanage enough money to cover the rent for a whole year. She wept. She had not mentioned money to us at all but our team felt led to give to her. After we gAve it she told us that her landlord was threatening to kick her out and that her rent was due tomorrow, but she had prayed about how to pay it because she had NO money! We all cried with her because Gods provision was more han evident in that moment. It was a moment I will never forget. After we left there, we went to pillars of hope ministry and played with the street children there. All they wanted was our touch. We sang and they sang for us. It was beautiful! When we came back we did VBS with the Canaan's kids. We turned rope for a long time and then Travis and I played soccer with some of the younger boys! We even set up a small make shift soccer clinic and did a few dribbling drills with them! We had a ball and they were all smiles. Today I am so thankful for what God is doing in these children's lives. They love hearing about Jesus and they are so happy to sing and dance and play soccer around rocks and flip flops! God is breaking my heart in a way words can't describe. I'm so thankful for these past 5 days and looking forward to tomorrow. We work with the Karamajong tribe.
-Kristen
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