God Will Make A Way

Lately, here in Eldoret, Kenya.   I have spent most of my time, lately, with some teammates downtown. We have been spending time with the street kids in Eldoret. We want to know their stories. Where did they come from? Why are they here? Do they have families? Where are they? How long have they been on the streets? What would they do if they had the opportunity to leave? Do they “do” glue? 

 

We have also gotten to spend some time researching alternatives for these kids. Are there alternatives? Is it easy for any of these kids to get help if they wanted it? We have actually gathered some pretty good information  & we want to help these kids if we can.

 

It is very common here for the street boys to sniff glue. It is cheap.
It places you in a state of Euphoria. It can curb your appetite. You
don’t have to live. please check out Joe bunting’s blogs. he has written several about these street boys. http://joebunting.theworldrace.org/

 

We have actually fell in love with some of these kids. You can tell  a difference between the kids that are actually trying and the ones who seem to not even care. But the ones who do care give us hope. We see young men who actually want to live, but for whatever reason, that opportunity has not been offered to them. Maybe they were born to big families and their parents couldn’t take of them, so they are forced to fend for themselves in the streets. Maybe they have abusive parents and decided it was best to run away. I know some boys left their families in Nairobi (6 hrs away) to come here in hopes for better opportunities, but found none. Jobs are hard to find here. Some were put on the streets by their families at a young age and have been fortunate to have survived this long.

 

So our goal is to find them hope. He have discovered a local school that offers kids on the streets a place to go to class and a safe place to play football, volleyball, and hopefully basketball in the future. A teacher named, Andrew, we have met was a former street kid himself.  He was fortunate enough to be taken in, and he was given a chance to live a better life. He succeeded. Now he is giving back to the kids who he identifies so closely with. He is one of the few teachers who gives these kids the education what they can not afford to pay for.

 

Keep praying for hope. And for a way to help these kids. Probably the best way will be to try support this volunteer organization. Pray that God will open the doors and provide the resources. 

 

And please pray for Andrew, Samuel, and Daniel. these are three boys who I feel exceptionally close to and want to see them get off the streets. They have a lot of potential, but they need help.

 

Please check out Joe’s blogs about the street kids. They can tell you so much more. There is a video there too about the street kids and their glue habits.