Kids Club Sunday

I haven't posted lately about the Bible Club.  It is going well and we love having the children come each week.  The past few weeks, we have had a few new boys join us.  They are the most intriguing little guys.  We have lots of cute kids come, but these three guys have totally captured my heart.  I didn't know anything about them, but I knew that their eyes just screamed out for love and attention, although there was still a flicker of light and hope in those same eyes. 

There is something that draws me to these three little guys.  Dadi, Toogo, and Julee.  They are so very needy, but not in a "needy" way.  I have sensed that there is a story behind them.  Today I learned their story.  In many ways, it is typical of many Kenyan children.  That does not make it any easier to hear when it is someone you know and care for.  

These boys' father left them last year.  Their mother was left alone with them and overwhelmed with the responsibility and not able to care for them.  Rather than abandoning them somewhere where a well-wisher might find them, she chose to drop them down a pit latrine.  Yes, a pit latrine. 

The oldest boy, Dadi, tells us that he was the first to be forced down the hole, too big for his mother to simply drop him down.  He also said that he told the little one not to cry and be heard but he did anyway.  That is how they were found.  They were then brought to the grandmother who lives just down our road.  

As these boys come to your mind, I would ask you to pray for them.  Their story is not uncommon in Kenya, but perhaps seeing their faces will be a reminder of the many hurting children here.  Please also pray for wisdom and discernment for me.  I face such circumstances regularly and need the Lord's guiadance in knowing how best to help.  We have several children with horrendous stories who come to our Bible Clube.  Please pray for all them.  They are truly precious in His site.