Hello
dear ones!
God has brought us through a lot. He has helped us through
this process of change as we have been in America for almost 2 months now.
David started work at Liberty right away while the 2 little ones and Laurel
headed down to her parents in SC for a month while David found a car, house,
etc in Lynchburg.
There are a few things we would like to clarify as we have
had some questions from a few people. We are very much a part of Grace family
as we still live in America. We moved back to America because of a variety of
personal family reasons, for one that we have our third child on the way.
Laurel did not feel comfortable having a child in Kenya and that is one of the
reasons that brought us back here. We are still a large part of Grace family, which
we founded by the Lord's help back in 2009 (
http://www.graceofgodchildren.org/).
Since we moved back to America our goal is to raise more support for Grace of
God Children's Centre by finding more sponsors, families, churches, etc. that
will help us. David is planning with his track and cross country team from
Liberty University to have mission teams head over there to help in Summer 2015.
We also have other teams scheduled throughout 2015 to come serve and help as
the Lord leads. Let us know if you would like to go! We love our Grace family
and did not abandon them. We are all working together to help raise awareness
and support for the Lord's work in Kenya.
God has set a good foundation for Grace family
and they are in good hands.
Our manager, David Koros, is heading up the family. It is
good to have him back! He will be helping with many of our outreach programs
and assisting mission teams with their projects when they come to visit. He is
a God fearing person and we fully trust him.
Keep us in your prayers as the following projects are on our
hearts to work on to help make the centre more efficient and effective.
-
Playground
o
Fix the swing chains
o
Roofing the playground tower where slides run
off from
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Water
tower
o
Add Larger container
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The Big
House
o
Add a second story to the big house for
classes/study area
o
Rectify the outside plumbing/waste pipes
o
Fix roofing leaks
o
Add ceiling to each room in boys and girls dorms
o
Add one more toilet to both girls and boys side
o
Couches/comfy chairs
o
Tiling for Shower, toilets, kitchen
o
Fascia board around the roof to put up gutters
for catching rain
o
Put 6 inch slab around the whole outside of the
house to help with water splashing
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Chicken
coop
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Dog house
o
Get more dogs for security
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Underground
concrete tank for water storage
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Build a
church
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Create a
shed for the portable sawmill
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Bees on a
Mission house
o
Fascia board and gutters
o
Tiling for kitchen
o
Bedroom floors need tiling
o
Build shelving for kitchen
OTHER ITEMS to
sustain the home and generate income:
- Buy more milking cows
- Buy more chickens for eggs
- Rent land for plantation
- Buy trees for timber
making
- Agriculture education
- Canteen to sell small
items and for children to learn business skills
It is very hard on our hearts but we are so happy that we
have you all beside us through this journey. We would love to hear from you or
get together sometime and share more.
“May the Lord, the God of
Israel, under whose wings you have come to take refuge, reward you fully for
what you have done.” Ruth 2:12 (NLT)
