Kathie's addition

My term to add to the blog:  It was an amazing day today with doing a lot of physical work, assisting with the village feeding program; seeing how amazing the kids are at Grace academy etc.

 

But I want to share a story about one of the den mothers I met last night.  She has 6 children of her own.  3 of them attend college.  She only makes about $4.00/day being a den mother (that is about 1 or 2 more dollars/day than she would be paid by regular Zambian employers) and has to pay about $1000/month for her kids to go to college.  Her husband died a few years ago and she was left with the childraisng and all the costs that go with that.  But she is so thankful to be part of Grace Academy and loves the 6 children that she is the mother for a the school.  To those 6 children, she is their mother and treat her as if she really were and she treats them like they were her own children. 

 

Each den mother has her own story and I look forward to hearing more stories as the next 2 weeks go by.

 

A highlight for us was to meet Kenny our child that we sponsor at Grace.  He was very shy when he first met us yesterday but since having Bob play a little baseball with him, he is feeling much more comfortable.  Now he smiles and waves and comes over to us each time he sees us.  He is definitely shier thatn the rest because almost all of the other children cannot wait to introduce themselves and ask our names.  They love to play and laugh.  I have never seen a group of  livlier, respectful loving children.  They love Jesus and love to sing songs of praise.  Even the small orphan children under 5 who live at Buseko Home love to sing and just cannot wait to see us and touch us!

 

As eveyone tonight was to write something, I won't add any more for today.  What a blessing it is to be here!  Bob and I feel so thankful to be here!

 

Love Kathie