Today, I had the opportunity to go to Great Mercy Ministries Orphanage/Education Center. I met one of the most inspiring women of my life and saw her heart for children and love for God. I was completely humbled and blessed today hearing her stories and meeting the children here in Kitale, Kenya. I heard about her through my friend Ian Schumann of WR Oct 08′ and he just finished editing a documentary piece on her, and its AMAZING!! Please keep her in your prayers that God would continue to provide for her and the children. They have so many needs and God provides, but they’re still trusting him to meet all of their needs.
The young boy pictured here is named Caleb. When Judith took him in, he was sick, covered in urine, dirty, starving and had been abandoned. No one would take him in or claim him, but she did. The day she brought him home, she bathed, dressed and fed him. She loved him right back to health. In the weeks following, a woman came to the orphanage that recognized him and said “is that Caleb?” It was the same boy she rejected and she saw how good he was doing in Judith’s care. The woman offered her dvd’s for the children and Judith told her, “we don’t have electricity or a dvd player to watch them.” The following day someone came by to install electricity totaling 75,000 shillings and paid the bills for the next year. This woman told Judith she felt so bad, and had to help in some way. This is just one of the hundreds of stories she has from her time at the orphanage, and it was such an encouragement to hear the few she shared today.
