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We praise the Lord for providing money to build this new group home. This home will be filled to capacity as soon as it is completed. We hire widows to care for our special needs children. Each widow is allowed to bring her children or grandchildren into the group home with her. This creates a family environment for our special needs children to be raised in. Each mom raises 4-5 special needs children.
Praise God for our new land! By the end of December, this land will be ours. We are adding 10 acres to His Safe Haven’s Village for missionary housing, adult special needs care, and agriculture. Thank You Lord for giving us this wonderful gift!
Two months ago, we hired an agricultural director named Titus.
Titus enlarged our two fish ponds.
Under Titus’s leadership, we will begin raising some of our own food.
Titus will also be working in each of our schools. Most of our students come from farming families. Though their families work hard, they are only able to raise enough food for about 3 months. They suffer the remaining of the year. We use a method of farming called, “Farming God’s Way.” By applying Biblical principals to farming, we pray our students will be able to feed their future families all year round.
Last month, Titus introduced beekeeping to our village.
We are in the process of registering our medical clinics with the government. In the past, we were able to treat the sick under our Physician Assistants’ license. To expand our medical ministry, we have to register our clinics. We want to become Liberia’s go to clinic when it comes to special needs children.
We built these three waste stations to comply with Liberia’s code. We now have separate ways to dispose of sharp waste, hazardous waste and general waste.
This insinuator was built last month to comply with Liberia’s clinical codes.
We praise God that our head missionary physician assistant, Suzan and Suzie were able to attend ETAT (Emergency Triage and Assessment Training). Suzan and Suzie are now equipped to teach the rest of our team about triage, malnutrition treatment, how to deal with a choking child, dehydration, sickle cell, CPR and much more.
Prayer Requests:
Please pray with me that the Lord would enable us to find sponsors for Job, Amos, Naomi and Meshack. Here’s their stories.
Job and Amos are deaf. I met them begging on the streets of Gbarnga. My heart broke as I watched people make fun of them, knowing that they could not understand what they were saying. These boys are the most delightful boys that you will ever meet. It is not possible to be in their presence without smiling. The Bible says the first will be last and the last will be first (Matthew 19:30). Our mission has employed Job and Amos to be land keepers at His Safe Haven Village. They are now their families’ main breadwinners. God is good! We hired these boys, not because we had the funds but because we saw their need. Their sponsorship is $100 a month each.
Naomi
Naomi is blind. She was viewed as a burden on her family. I met Naomi as we fought for her to regain her sight. After exhausting all options, Naomi came to my house crying. Her tears were not because of her blindness, her tears were from gratitude. She said, “Thank you for trying to help me. No one else would try.” Naomi went from being a burden on her family to her family’s provider when we hired Naomi to be a nanny. If you visit our village, you will find Naomi holding a special need’s child, singing songs to them, and reading books to them. Reading books??? Yes, you heard me right, sometimes the books are upside down but she always has a sweet story to tell our children. Naomi’s sponsorship is $100 a month.
Meshack
My heart breaks for Meshack. I met Meshack, begging on the streets of Gbarnga. Meshack has Down syndrome. As many of you know, my brother is also Downs. When Meshack asked me for money, I gave what was in my pocket, $10USD. Meshack was excited and started to walk home. Someone instantly stopped him and offered to exchange his money. They gave him a few small Liberian Dollars (equivalent to a few cents) in exchange for the $10USD ($5USD is a good day’s wage in Liberia). I confronted the thief and began praying for Meshack. After repeatedly seeing Meshack begging on the streets while being made fun of, I put him in my car and found his home. I want to help Meshack. I want him to visit our group homes every day for occupational therapy. We will teach him to sweep, wash tables, do dishes, and other things. Once he has acquired job skills, we will hire him. My prayer is that God would use our mission to provide for those whom the world despises in such a way that they become their family’s primary breadwinners. Meshack’s sponsorship is $100 a month. We will use this money initially to train and feed Meshack. After learning several skills, we plan to employ him.
If you are interested in sponsoring any of our staff members or children, send me an email at: liberiasponsorship@hopeforhome.org
More than one person can go together to sponsor a child or staff member.
CLICK HERE to see other waiting children.
THANK YOU FOR YOUR PARTNERSHIP IN THE GOSPEL!
Email: don@hopeforhome.org
