Some hurdles seem almost impossible to clear! The dream of having our own Maternal Care Center was birthed in 2012 in response to seeing many babies coming into our orphanage whose mothers had died in childbirth.
Read MoreMeet Levi and Memory! Our new babies are adorable, as always we celebrate their arrival while we grieve the loss of their mothers.
Read MoreWe are making good progress on the Maternity Center. The pandemic has caused a bit of a slow down, as only one work team is allowed on campus at a time instead of the four or five who were working at the same time. I hope you enjoy this picture report!
Read MoreJust typing that title makes me feel like something terrible is happening, but when I video chat with the children each day on Whatsapp, their happy laughter and antics let me know that while the pandemic is raging around the world, we’ve been able to create a bubble of safety and joy for the kids.
Read MoreOn Thursday, the State Department moved to Travel Advisory Level 4. This statement indicates that US citizens should consider returning to the US immediately. The Circle of Hope board, through careful conversations and prayer times Friday and Saturday with Tad and Karly and Clint Baldwin, Executive Director of Word Made Flesh, has unanimously voted to temporarily call our missionaries home to the US.
Read MoreWe’ve been monitoring respiratory diseases at Grace Community Health Center for the past year. Earlier this month, we started bi-weekly checks instead of monthly checks on our patient data to watch for any upticks in respiratory illnesses coming into the clinic. To date we have not seen any changes. Starting Monday, March 23rd, we will move to weekly data checks.
Read MoreI know we’ve all had times when we’ve experienced this with our kids. It is just so hard to raise children on your own. One of the reasons we have children in our orphanage is because of the death of one parent. That’s what happened with the Fadison kids.
Read MoreThis family has been on my heart for years, but we've never been able to have an impact. Now, with the transition away from institutional care for children and movement towards empowering families, I'm excited to think we can make a difference! Alan, Rosemary and Misheck all need sponsors.
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