School is back in session
Chuck received an email today from Gideon stating that school is back in session after the month of August off (school year is January through December - three months on, one month off). I wanted to pass on to you the update he gave us: Teaching and learning has...
Family gathering
My dear sister, Pauline, had visited her family over the weekend and she sent me a picture. We had visited them while we were in Kenya last year and they are a close knit, wonderful family. Pauline is in back with the pink head-dress and she wrote me...
New Child Sponsorship Gallery
Check out the new link on the front page of our website: Child sponsorship is one way Saved By God's Grace brings hope of Jesus Christ to our kids in Kenya. Through your support we help feed, clothe, educate, bring medical attention, school supplies...
Tow Mater speaks!
Ever thought about what you can learn from a cartoon movie? The other night we were watching Cars (Disney/Pixar movie) and one of the characters (Tow Mater) said something I thought interesting while he was driving backwards. His friend, Lightening McQueen, thought...
Enthusiastic 5th graders!
Dark picture, I know, but I didn't want to distract the students with a flash from the camera. Yesterday Saved By God's Grace presented our kids in Kenya to three, 5th grade classes at Northwest Christian School. They are starting a pen-pal...
The people we’ve seen…
Looking back always tugs at my heart, but here are some of the families we visited during our trip to Kenya in 2008. This is Ruth's family (Ruth is in the school uniform). You can read more about our visit with them here. These are our...
Another phone call…another cry
I remember years ago when our kids were very young and some days just waiting for Chuck to get home to talk with another adult! So I can understand how Anastacia (house mom at Mercy) feels being alone at Mercy with 34 children. The two night watchmen are there,...
God’s grace is sufficient…
I am so thankful God continues to provide through all of you...food was purchased for both Mercy and Nice View and they bought enough to last through the month of September - Praise God! Gideon wrote Chuck...
Thanks kids!
A little over a month ago I wrote about a VBS program. The program was called "His World News" held at St. Vincent De Paul church in Shepherd, MI, where they were learning about poverty around the world. Over the course of that week the kids were...
Being mom
I don't think about being a mom, I'm just mom, been mom to four kids for 23 years! But with our youngest starting college, and our other three working, going to school and/or searching for direction, it has been on my mind lately. My "job" as mom, along with dad of...