Archive | October, 2015

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Throwback Thursday- Rael

I met Rael in July of 2011. We originally stopped by her house to check on her older brother that we saw looked a little skinny and malnourished. We were shocked when we saw Rael sitting outside the house. Her twin sister Rose was walking and beginning to talk and Rael just sat there and […]

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Willy introducing Male to one of the house moms on her first day at the house.

Throwback Thursday- Willy

Willy is the first child that we took into Precious Kids Center that was completely abandoned. To this day, we still don’t know who his parents are or where he came from. We got a call one day to go down to the District Hospital and meet a child that was left alone in the […]

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Four Visits: Three Homes And One Hospice Care

Today was jam packed with meeting new friends plus visiting and reconnecting with old ones.   We started the day by meeting Steven. I had gotten a call from a Catholic group that works in one of the local slums and they had a child they wanted me to meet. We walked up to Steven’s […]

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The the beams for the roof were put up.

Building Updates!

It’s hard to imagine that just a few years ago the property in Wamuini was just a field with grass and weeds and now it is so close to becoming a home. Gone are the rows of corn and rusty red dirt, in place stands the future of Precious Kids Center. With the roof completed […]

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Evelyn's house.

Throwback Thursday- Dan

Dan was the fourth child to come live at Precious Kids Center. I had met him in January of 2012 one day when we were in an area of town called Bosnia doing a medical clinic. A friend brought me over to meet him and talk with his mother, Evelyn. I learned that she had […]

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Wheelchair Distribution and Home Visits

Last week we went to help some of the occupational therapists from the District Hospital distribute wheelchairs and met some new kids that we went to visit in their homes to get to know the families a little better and see what the situation is like at home.   Our first stop was to visit Daniel. […]

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Throwback Thursday- Isaac

  Last week I was looking at old pictures of the kids. The difference between the kid I met on that very first day and the kid I know now is HUGE. My goal for the next few months is to post a Throwback blog every Thursday to highlight the individual stories and progress of […]

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