I want my mommy!

Some days are “mommy days”, when all you want to do is be hugged by your mom and told everything will be ok.  Unfortunately, the older you get the less those days are accessible, especially when you’re in Mexico and your mommy is in Kenya. 

Let me take a moment to tell you about my mommy (and daddy too).  My parents have decided, at the ripe age of 60+ (if I told you exact years, my mom might kill me…), to pour out their lives for an orphanage in Kenya.  Not only do they devote much of their time and energy gathering money, children’s clothes and other supplies to ship to Kenya, they actually travel to the children’s home to physically love on the kids and staff.  They get to witness first-hand the healing and power of God in the lives of 106 kids (and counting—that’s right Duggers family, you ain’t got nothin’ on this “family”!).  The joys and heartaches that my parents have experienced with this place would overwhelm many to inaction, yet they continue to give their all to help.  Currently, my parents have embarked on a two month endeavor to give the live-in caretakers some time off to visit family and friends back in the US.  With the help of another couple, they are in charge of 106 kids and a slough of staff, including food, bookkeeping, and trips to the health clinic with sick kids.  There are very few people in this world that would be willing to give up their time and money to help kids half-way around the world, let alone people who should be enjoying a selfish retirement.  I am so proud of my parents’ willingness to follow God’s calling in their lives and to endure so many hardships in the process.  If you think about it, please pray for them and the children’s home, and if you want to find out more information about what they are doing, check out this website: http://www.rehemainstep.com/