These are pictures taken by the TGD Kenyan team photo lead, David Okedi last month, but I didn't have time to put them up. I wanted to add them now because I have seen such a tremendous transformation in these programming students, Christabel and Erick. Truly when I met them, they were as young people although very eager to learn and very quiet. When I met with them privately on my recent visit, I saw adults. I saw confident, capable adults. Erick shared his testimony of how God has really transformed him. He is an orphan and he felt sure that confident and intelligent people came from good families or went to the best schools or had privileges that he did not have--and yet, now he sees that HE is a leader and HE is capable and GOD can do anything through him! His computer abilities amaze him, and the training we have given him in leadership and business manners have increased his confidence 100x. Frank got the students to go through a John Maxwell series, "The Leader in You." and it was yet another leaping point of growth for everyone. Erick and Christabel really enjoy visiting with school officials and guardians through out the month. They enjoy giving one on one personal attention to the sponsored children. Whenever TGD team members arrive, the children all light up because they feel the love and support that they get from the TGD Kenyan workers. It is as if they are all one family. Erick is able to encourage them where they are at and build life into them. Christabel can sympathize with the unique problems girls face. They are great role models for the children and we bless the work they are doing --as they are the Hand of God to our children. Here we have photos of Dianah in blue who was so excited to hear from me that she has a high school sponsor for next year! She is a top performer in her school and sure to be admitted to Butere as Jane was---how awesome that by God's design, but by chance in our experience, we have managed to sponsor such top children! (it thrills me!) Dianah has a very faithful sponsor who gives automatically each month and now another sponsor is saving up to give her the extra $400 she will need as a 9th grader .....what they call Form 4. Next is Vivian. Vivian has been without a sponsor for many months. I have been covering her but she really needs someone to come along and commit to her. I feel I cannot put her out of the program, but the program is best run if someone else sponsors the children while I pay the salaries of the staff and workers and other various expenses we have in the broad TGD range. We have a few general donation givers who help us with projects and general expenses, but Vivian really needs a sponsor of her own. Please consider Vivian!
Lastly, we have Ben and Yvonne. Yvonne is a little ball of sunshine. I am pleased even to see Ben smiling here! Ben is quite shy and a very gentle young man. He is doing well in school, though. Yvonne is new to the program and she has AIDS but is responding well to medication. We will put her on a wholesome diet and continue to give her love and support. Praise God for sending her a sponsor! and God bless Ben's sponsor as well. We give Glory to God for His tenderness and love to our Kenyan family.
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