When my prayer was answered and I was able to pass out Operation Christmas Child presents in Costa Rica this past December I thought to myself, “God is a Father who loves to give His kids amazing gifts and opportunities.” After our squad prayed into our Africa itinerary and everyone felt that God was leading us all to East Africa, I had a feeling in my heart that I would be able to meet Diborah since she lives in northern Kenya. One night in Cambodia last month I was praying about it and decided to apply for a visit. It took a lot of work (and quite a bit of money to be completely honest) but after all the faxes, paperwork and background checks, I am going to her home in Sirata Oiroti in northern Kenya to see where she lives.
Diborah’s schooling and health have greatly improved since her sponsorship in 2007. She used to be below average in school and had constant health problems, but now she is living in perfect health and is above average in her schooling, PRAISE GOD!! For Diborah’s 7th birthday last year I gave her an 25 extra dollars that her family used to buy a goat. Diborah is in charge of caring for her family’s animals, gardening and farming her family’s crops, and helping her mother with some household chores. Diborah is very blessed to have both of her parents still living and who are still married to each other. Her father is sometimes employed as a charcoal burner and on average people in their community make a total of 20 dollars a month to live off of. Diborah enjoys going to church and attending Sunday school. She is also a very talented artist and I she has drawn me many pictures over the past few years. Diborah also loves playing sports with her siblings and friends from church, school and the community.
I am beyond grateful and humbled to have been given the gift from God to visit Diborah on the 27th of May. I can’t tell you, loved ones, how excited I am for this day to come. My team mate, Alana Lusted, is going to make the four hour journey with me up north to her project and we will stay overnight in the city of Isiola. Thankfully, we will have a Compassion representative and a translator with us the entire time, which will help me communicate with Diborah and her family. I will write about my visit with Diborah after we get back from Sirata Oiroti but I can already tell you it’s going to absolutely incredible.
