Bukoba, Tanzania, East Africa
HAPPY BIRTHDAY GERLADINA ORPHANAGE AND EDUCATION CENTER
Today is the first day for the Gerladina Orphanage and Education Center! The first 7 children officially moved in today. They will each have a single bed with 2 sheets and a blanket for likely the first time in their lives! Today is also my birthday … so from now on the Gerladina Center and I will celebrate our birthdays together. It is truly amazing how God is working in this project. I see amazing examples day after day that totally overwhelm me.
Thadeus was not able to make it to the center for today but asssured me that the house mother would get the children all settled in. He is planning to travel there in a few days. For the time being it is a long journey for him to get to the center, which is in the area he was born and raised, but he will be moving there full-time in the near future.
I mailed a HUGE box of clothes for the children today …. hope it doesn’t take too long to get there. Also included some coloring books, crayons, pencil crayons, blank paper and envelopes so the children can write or color something to send to their sponsors. Postage was crazy expensive though … may have to find a better way to do that.
So it was a very exciting day …. i can picture the children bedding down in their own beds and having real meals.
First thing to do is to get the 2 older children registered in the closest school. It is so exciting to know we are making a real difference in the lives of these children.
Posted on March 15th, 2007 by kim No Comments »