It is with a great deal of excitement that we announce the arrival of Ashley and Connor to Mission:180's Children's Home!
Today, Jennifer and I, with Jennifer's Mom and Dad along for the ride, picked up these precious little 4 month old fraternal twins.
Ashley and Connor were born in hospital to a very ill, HIV Positive, unemployed, homeless mother. She lapsed into a coma upon delivery of her babies, and has yet to regain her health. We are told it is highly unlikely that this single mother who resides in Kibera and sleeps wherever she can will ever get her children back. She also has other children who have been relocated to other parts of Kenya.
Her story is a tragic one, and unfortunately easily repeated a thousand times over every day in Kenya. With the cooperation of "Doctors Without Borders" and at the request of the Government of Kenya's Children's Ministry, we have agreed to take these two precious little people into our care.
While we cant know for how long, it is likely to be for a good long while. As long as they are with us, they will be loved and cared for, and treated as a part of the Mission:180 Family!
Along with Marjorie, who is now 3 months old, we have three infants in full time care. We are in the process of interviewing more staff, so that we are equipped to handle more and more of these precious little people! We currently have 3 other children waiting for us to be ready to take them in.
Please keep us in your prayers as we work towards expanding our capabilities to care for more children.
Mission:180 is not able to do what we do here in Kenya without the help of people like you. To all those who support us regularly and occasionally, we want to say once again, THANK-YOU!!! If you have never made a contribution to our work, we invite you to consider becoming a part of a team that is really making an IMPACT, one life at a time! To contribute to Mission:180, you can click the "donate" button on this page to contribute through PayPal. To make a regular monthly contribution through PayPal, click on the "subscribe" button and follow the directions. If PayPal does not appeal to you, drop us an email and we will help you get set up with direct withdrawal from your chequing account to Mission:180's. We need the help and financial partnership of people like you to keep this important work moving forward!
Today, Jennifer and I, with Jennifer's Mom and Dad along for the ride, picked up these precious little 4 month old fraternal twins.
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| Ashley and Connor after just arriving at Mission;180's Children's Home in Kona Baridi. |
Ashley and Connor were born in hospital to a very ill, HIV Positive, unemployed, homeless mother. She lapsed into a coma upon delivery of her babies, and has yet to regain her health. We are told it is highly unlikely that this single mother who resides in Kibera and sleeps wherever she can will ever get her children back. She also has other children who have been relocated to other parts of Kenya.
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| Ashley checking out her new digs. |
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| Connor slept the whole way in the car from Nairobi, but he arrived hungry! |
Along with Marjorie, who is now 3 months old, we have three infants in full time care. We are in the process of interviewing more staff, so that we are equipped to handle more and more of these precious little people! We currently have 3 other children waiting for us to be ready to take them in.
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| Marjorie is thriving and growing under the care and love of our dedicated staff. She is now getting to know her new roommates! |
Please keep us in your prayers as we work towards expanding our capabilities to care for more children.
Mission:180 is not able to do what we do here in Kenya without the help of people like you. To all those who support us regularly and occasionally, we want to say once again, THANK-YOU!!! If you have never made a contribution to our work, we invite you to consider becoming a part of a team that is really making an IMPACT, one life at a time! To contribute to Mission:180, you can click the "donate" button on this page to contribute through PayPal. To make a regular monthly contribution through PayPal, click on the "subscribe" button and follow the directions. If PayPal does not appeal to you, drop us an email and we will help you get set up with direct withdrawal from your chequing account to Mission:180's. We need the help and financial partnership of people like you to keep this important work moving forward!
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