Pictures "God at work"

Thank you to all who have prayed for us and provided for the boys at this orphanage. God bless you as we share a few pictures of the joy we experienced on this trip. Enjoy, we have hundreds of pictures but can only show a few. Please ask us to tell the stories when you see or talk to us.
The pictures are in no particular order, just a little collage.

Pillow cases created by each child on Saturday play day. Thank you to Laura and Lois!!!





















Praying over each boys bed on our last day before leaving!












Wall being completed after cleaning up the back yard. The wall needed to be 3 more brick layers higher for safety reasons.



















Boys before school all cleaned up and in Methodist school uniforms, 1/2 day of school is a luxury when there is 80% illiteracy rate.




Jonah Murial

Daniel and the Lions Den

Noahs Arc

Teaching boys how to play twister

Smiles and laughter

Completed first skyscaper after Lego training day with the boys

Artist at work creating their masterpieces on pillow cases.

Lego training days, piles of Legos! Thank you 5th grade Westwoods Elementary children!! Way to go!

First birthday box given by Traverse Bay United Methodist Sunday School Classes...Happy Birthday Stanely!Each boy will get a birthday box on their birthday throughout the year.

Famous Tarantulas...DEAD NOW! Boys took the shovel to them! Thank you boys. Mary, Dawn and Rachel remained in the house painting the rest of the trip!

Lunch time with the boys. Rice and bean is a staple!

Team picture day of departure, Yo and Rachel, Mary, Bob, Dawn and Dillon. Sad to leave, but ready to rest at home.

All the boys gather for a picture the first day we meet them>

The back yard old dog house and piles of garbage filled with glasss, barbwire, metal, and tarantulas.No place to play outside when we got there, but we cleaned it up and left money to build a basketball court and soccer court. Great timing for summer vacation! See above picture for clean up view.

2-4 boys to a bed, not all had sheets but all have a safe place to sleep and have a VBS blanket from TBUMC to call their own. Donations of the sheets gave each boy a clean one to lay their head and a new pillow donated by other churches! Thank you God!

Hot wheel cars, never played with them before but man did they know what to do. Many many smiles and you could feel the joy!

Group photo in the "play room", only thing on the shelves was a TV.......but not by the time we left the gifts from Traverse City community!!!!

Flooded septic area due to rain, rain, rain. In the garage area of the orphanage.

Teaching about how God provides when there is not enough fish and bread! Teaching how to share when their is little. They know more about this than us.

We do not know for sure if God will bring us back to this little home of boys, but we know He just needs willing hearts and we can be used. The needs are great but God is Greater, so the boys wait in hope, faith and prayers for better tomorrows. God uses all of us to love these boys, and He will provide for them! This is what I know for sure. Maybe the boys thought they got to see a little of heaven thru our service and I know we changed their lives for the days we were there. That is what we were there for, just to change one day at a time. They changed each one of our hearts with each passing day, we fell in love with all their eagerness, simplicity and appreciation for what we were doing. I hope you feel and know the love of Christ thru these pictures. May God bless your day with the opportunity to share the love of Christ with a child. Praise Him!