Tag Archives: Dan

Peter and Dan Need Sponsorship Now

Orphan

I spend a lot of time showing you Peter’s photography, but I have not told you much about his past. Humphrey, our social worker, was walking home one day when he found two starving little boys digging through the trash. These two boys’ names were Peter and Dan. They had very little–basically the cloths on their back and Angeline, Peter’s… (more…)

Boys will be Boys

Here is a picture of Dan coming to greet me. He and his cousin Peter have become very skilled at spotting me afar. (Dan is Peter’s biological cousin. If you remember we rescued them together a few weeks ago.) I think I am going to start calling House 3 the “Rough House,” in honor of them and their new brothers. They run, jump,… (more…)

Welcoming Feast

Well, I was supposed to spend the whole day in bed, but I had a miss-communication with someone and ended up at the hospital with a child who has Brucella and TB. She lives about 40 miles away from me and around 35 from the hospital, so I am ready for some rest! In the mean time, I do have some… (more…)

The New Parents

When we find orphans, we do not put them up for adoption. We build them a home at Mattaw and find them loving, godly, Kenyan parents who commit to raising them in their culture. So, the parent search was on. I asked one of Mattaw’s directors how they find the parents. She laughed and said, “well, God brings them to… (more…)

Rescue Story

We took our group of friends from Paulann Baptist back out to the streets for another rescue. We took home four boys–Dan and Peter are the ones I know best. Humphrey, our social worker found them over a year ago digging through trash looking for food. Mattaw had enrolled them in a local school last year (this way we knew they were… (more…)