Posted in Journal Entries on October 29th, 2007 No Comments »
This afternoon we received one month old Brian. He is a handsome little fella! His mother is a schoolgirl. Earlier this year she lost her mother, and was living at home alone. She was raped.
Then Neema and Joyce left with their dad and aunt. We shall miss them and pray for their well-being.
Look how […]
Posted in Journal Entries on October 27th, 2007 No Comments »
Yesterday afternoon we got Prisca. She is Masaai, five months old and weighs only 7 lbs 13 oz! Her body looks very much like my Staci looked when she arrived: ribs protruding, stick thin arms and legs and no fat on her bottom. I just HAD to bring her home with me to watch her […]
Posted in Journal Entries on October 26th, 2007 No Comments »
This morning I saw over a hundred goats roaming around on the ADRA side of the campus! They are being given out to orphan head-of-households as income generating and providing milk to the children. I thought this a great opportunity for the toddlers to be exposed to another type of animal, so they all went […]
Posted in Journal Entries on October 24th, 2007 1 Comment »
Volunteer Andrea introducing the toddlers to Toby.
Last evening my husband arrived home! Along with him, was Toby, a 12-week-old shih tzu puppy who was graciously donated to Cradle of Love by Weaver's Pets in Michigan. Thank you so much, Kathy and Rodney! The children are not used to animals and I think it is […]
Posted in Journal Entries on October 23rd, 2007 No Comments »
I have been fortunate to be able to visit with some of the graduates from CoL this week! It is such a great feeling to see them in their permanent homes and doing so well.
On Sunday afternoon we stopped by to see Katie. She recently got to visit her village (boma) where she was an […]