Esther returned home to Kenya with our team.

We drove for hours over “roads” that should not be termed such, and hiked up a miniature mountain to reach her father’s village!  Words can’t describe the emotion and the joy with which we were all greeted.  Her grandmother summarized it with “we thought we would never see her again.”

To celebrate, they sent us back to our home base with a goat (the kids named it Chicken Nuggets) and we had a celebration feast of roasted goat and marshmallows!  You can ask the kids on the team about that adventure…what a sight and party that was!

Healthy and whole, the Lord has proven that He has Esther in the palm of His hand.  She was rejoined with friends in Kapenguria and is looking forward to starting school in two weeks (she wants to make sure she has a uniform like Ibada’s  and I promised her that she would!)  We  can’t wait to return to see how God uses her  to encourage and to expand His Kingdom.  Thank you Lord for putting Esther in our lives!

We were able to see the Hen House built!  Walls, floor, roof – all that was left when we departed was to build the nesting boxes, set up the kerosene heaters and get the chicks!  These chicks will grow and provide eggs not only for the children housed in the Esther House, but also as income – selling the eggs.  For $1.50 you can supply a chick!

The Esther House Project – Phase I has begun!  The foundation has been dug and the concrete poured for the first dormitory and caretakers’ home – up to 28 children can be housed in each of this first building, at a  cost of about $25,000.  We have received gifts of $17,000 so far to start the project.  Please join us in raising funds to complete the first dormitory – a place for each orphan to sleep at night, a place to call home.