Helping Hands Children Home is up and running!

Praise the Lord all is going well at the Children's Home. A month ago we received our first orphans that we got from a village called Ngie. First, their is a little boy called Kingsley, his folks died a while back, he was malnourished and anemic when we got him. He is a super precious child and ALWAYS has a smile on his face and gives the biggest hugs.

KINGSLEY

Next are three siblings who's mother died a few months back when a tree fell on her while farming and pushed her into a fire. The children all had different dads, some of whom are dead, one who wants nothing to do with them. Their grandma was looking after them but she is very old, has a serious (and I mean serious) leg infection so she can't walk, and all the kids were struggling to survive. They all had very yellow eyes and were anemic when we got them. The oldest is Ocila (8) who is like a Mum to her little baby sister Bernadette, she basically did everything for the baby, looking after her 24 hours a day. OCILA

BERNADETTE

Then there is her little brother Marvelous. When he came he was very shy and sad but now he is just a bundle of joy and always has a mischievous smile on his face (he keeps the Ma and Pa on their toes :). His baby sister just adores him! Bernadette has really filled out in the few weeks she's been at the HHCH, she just eats and eats.

MARVELOUS

They are all sooooo incredibly precious and we just love them to pieces already. Baby Bernadette still won't come to me but she is warming up to me. Here's a pic of what they were like before we took them. They're in the front room of their mud house, can you see the difference in them already!
Then just two days ago Jake and Tim when out to another village about 6 hours away and got 5 more kids. It was very rough roads so Jake had a lot of fun. We got another girl, Perseverance, and 4 boys, Nestor, Kari, Rodin, and Blessing. The are all in the 10 to 12 age range but they don't know for sure (one thing we need to get made for all the kids are birth certificates). They all seem to be doing well, Nesto has a fungus or something on his toenails (we'll head to the doctors on Monday) but other than that they all seem healthy, PTL. I will get pictures of them up in a day or two. Please pray that these new children will adjust quickly to their new surroundings, they all lived in mud huts before with no electric or running water, had very primitive bamboo beds that they shared with a lot of people. They had absolute rags for clothes. So to come to a place that has concrete floors, a mattressed bed with blankets, and 3 meals a day is a BIG change for them.

The only problem we've had with the children so far is trying to get them to drink a cup of milk a day. They've never had it before and don't like it :-). They will soon get used to it.

Also pray that we will find sponsors for all these children quickly, we are still starting up at the Home so there is still lots that we need to get (tables, chairs, wardrobes, pots, plates, etc.). We know that the Lord will provide for everything!