What It's All About

I have really been struggling to find a way to make the kids and the need come alive here on the blog. I prayed specifically about that today...and this arrived in my mailbox tonight. I obtained special permission to post it here. Please be sensitive in not forwarding it. Thanks

I live in a family home, set up on the fifth floor of the administration building of the orphanage.

Several people had asked me to try to bring M to this home, but I didn’t have room or funds until this week when a team from XXX came to bring more love to the kids. Several of these beautiful ladies from various parts of the world approached me to find out if it was possible for him to come here, if they sponsored a bed for him.

I went to look at him and one of the ladies told me he had a broken spirit and that they were concerned he would die. He was just skin and bones. He was such a quiet little boy, but in the ward where he was, the other children can be violent and he had no way to protect himself. Some children are tied up all day and others locked in. So I told the XXX team members I would see what I could do.

When I came back to my room after talking to the team, I was playing a dvd. From this dvd, the words “broken spirit” hit me. It was like Our Father saying: “What are you waiting for?”

All I could do was cry and wait for my interpreter who was off till the next day.

I approached the team and asked for prayer as I needed to set up an appointment to gain the permission I needed with the director. Eventually, he sent word that he was too busy to see me, but he told us to just go the to orphanage and see the ayi in charge.

She didn’t even blink before she gave approval.

M was too weak to walk, so a strong man from the team carried him up the five flights of stairs.

All prayers for this rescue were answered wonderfully by Our Father. It reduced me to tears of great joy.

Once he arrived I asked the ayi to shower him and she was shocked at the bones showing and gently showered him and dressed him in nice clean clothes. He was starving. It was lunchtime. He was given noodles and banana. He was so afraid the food would be taken from him that he didn’t even chew his food just gulped it down so someone else didn’t eat it.

He doesn’t smile, and has no emotion. Just looks very sad. But here we will give him love and care and The Father of Orphans will take care of the rest.

The ladies on team have been wonderful and supplied lovely new clothes and shoes for him and today he looked so much better. Please continue to pray for him. Love changes things and God is Love.