Family News

The first children that we received into the Home were 3 siblings; Ocilia, Marvelous, and baby Bernadette. They came from a pretty desperate situation in a village. Their mother had died (they all had different dads who weren't in the picture) and they were living with their elderly grandmother. The grandmother had a serious leg wound that had basically eaten away her calf down to the bone. She was unable to walk or or care for the children who were basically just looking after themselves, running wild. We agreed to take the three kids but left the grandmother their oldest sister (14 years) to help look after her. We also gave her some money for meds for her leg. Jake and Tim went back about a month later to visit her and see how she was doing... her leg was the same and she didn't even asked how the children were (made my heart sad).

Last month we heard that the Grandmother was in a hospital about 45 mins away. Jake and Tim took Ocilia, Marvelous, and Bena to see her. She had been in the hospital for a few weeks, in preparation to have her leg amputated. She was so excited to see the children! Their oldest sister was there too and she was really excited as well. Marvelous who is about 5, didn't remember them but Ocilia did. They got to spend the whole day together, we're really happy they had that opportunity. Since then the Grandma has had her leg amputated and is doing really well. She will have to stay in the hospital for a few more weeks, praise God a family member from the SW is paying for her fees. We'll take the kids back to see her before she heads to the village. Please keep her in your prayers, that she will make a complete recovery, and will now be more mobile.

Grandma singing at the sight of her grandchildren

Ocilia with her big sister

Also we have a new cook at HHCH, we have been looking for quite a while now. Olive has been with us for about a month now and is doing a great job.