We returned from Kenya at Christmas of 2008 after working
for several happy years in the diocese of Meru; Sue with the orphaned children
at the Children’s Village as a teacher and counselor and Bud with the Bishop in
administration and fund raising. In both capacities we worked closely with
Father Riwa, director and founder of the Children’s Village.
The Children’s Village is a home /school for hundreds of
orphaned and abandoned children. As we were leaving Kenya, Father Riwa asked us
to assist him to rescue the girls who were beginning to appear on the streets
in Kenya.
This motivated us, upon our return home, to establish a
non-profit, Friends of Kenyan Orphans, to raise funds to build a facility for
the girls. For the past 6 years this occupied our time and energy. About a year
ago we realized we were further and further away from our original mission call
to be with the poor in the developing world. This prompted us to turn our
non-profit over to capable hands here in the US and return to Kenya to revisit
our original call to mission.
For us it feels like we have come full circle!
No comments:
Post a Comment