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9 kids
        no bathroom
                           1 bed
                                    rat bites
                                                 lice
                                                       sickness
These were the words that stuck in my head when “Mama Marilyn” described the family we could potentially help. The first week here I went over to this family’s “home”…

{from left to right: Nestle with Dad, Mom with Rhea, Myself with Angel, Sangi, Jessica and Sunshine}

The first morning Jessica and I walked Sanji and Sunshine to school. They had missed so much school that they were going to be kicked out. We decided that until their graduation mid March, that we would go to their house every morning and walk them.

Their mother was sick, and did not have the energy to get the girls ready for school. She was using all of her energy to take care of her four younger children –
a 2 month old baby
a 1 year old girl named Rhea
a little boy named Nestle that is almost 3
and a 5 year old girl named Angel.

I remember the first morning we spent in their house. The 2 month old was so malnurished …she was able to fit in the palm of my hands.
Rhea was very sick and was covered in dirt, while Nestle ran around naked covered in his own urine. Angel ran up to me with open arms…her hair infested with lice that I was able to pull clumps out with my fingers.

Throughout this month we have been able to get the girls to graduate and stay in school. We have given Rhea, Nestle, and Angel showers, and held them as they fell asleep in our arms. We have played games with them, taught songs, and loved them. We have taught them about the Love of God and prayed for them.


I ask you now to keep this family in your prayers. They are in desperate need of a home. Pray for their health and that God will continue to bring people in their lives that can help them.