Surprises come every day here at Urukundo Home for Children and in the month of July we were presented with a great challenge.
This baby was thrown away. No father, no mother, and no name. Just a child of God. He was found in the bush and brought to us by the police asking us to care for this two-month-old baby.
He is very special as he now has a family of 38 brothers and sisters, a mama (me) and a papa (John) who love him very much. We are not set up for a two-month-old child, but we have the most important thing a child needs: lots of love. Keep us in your hopes and prayers as we take on another challenge in the children God places in our lives.
Realizing the Need and Stepping up to the Challenge
It is clear to us now that this will not be the last thrown-away child that will come to us. So we will need to plan for the future of a nursery with a mama and those things needed to care for infants. Most of the things we need, like diapers, cribs, blankets and clothes, can be purchased here. I guess the bottom line is that we need the money to buy the things that all babies need and to build a home to care for them.
We can give these babies a future. I am praying someone or a group of someones will want to help us build the house for babies thrown away because a mother can't take care of them and survival is the key.
Please pray for this child's mother. She must have struggled for two months to care for her baby and could not. I do not know her circumstances, so I do not judge her. I just know how heartbreaking it must be to know that if you keep your child, it will die, and to throw it away may give it a chance for a better life.
I am thinking that this is another reason why God has been so faithful to the work of Hope Made Real. We serve in mission and serve children.
We have named him David Chad Kayitare. Yes, John and Hope have shared their last Name with him.
With this child's arrival comes another: we have found a young woman who is an orphan of the genocide and needs a home and some little money to live. She is now the mama for David as she will be caring for our new child, bringing two together and helping restore the families and communities of Rwanda.
God gives us so much and expects much in return. Join us in celebrating this new child in our midst.
This baby was thrown away. No father, no mother, and no name. Just a child of God. He was found in the bush and brought to us by the police asking us to care for this two-month-old baby.
He is very special as he now has a family of 38 brothers and sisters, a mama (me) and a papa (John) who love him very much. We are not set up for a two-month-old child, but we have the most important thing a child needs: lots of love. Keep us in your hopes and prayers as we take on another challenge in the children God places in our lives.
Realizing the Need and Stepping up to the Challenge
It is clear to us now that this will not be the last thrown-away child that will come to us. So we will need to plan for the future of a nursery with a mama and those things needed to care for infants. Most of the things we need, like diapers, cribs, blankets and clothes, can be purchased here. I guess the bottom line is that we need the money to buy the things that all babies need and to build a home to care for them.
We can give these babies a future. I am praying someone or a group of someones will want to help us build the house for babies thrown away because a mother can't take care of them and survival is the key.
Please pray for this child's mother. She must have struggled for two months to care for her baby and could not. I do not know her circumstances, so I do not judge her. I just know how heartbreaking it must be to know that if you keep your child, it will die, and to throw it away may give it a chance for a better life.
I am thinking that this is another reason why God has been so faithful to the work of Hope Made Real. We serve in mission and serve children.
We have named him David Chad Kayitare. Yes, John and Hope have shared their last Name with him.
With this child's arrival comes another: we have found a young woman who is an orphan of the genocide and needs a home and some little money to live. She is now the mama for David as she will be caring for our new child, bringing two together and helping restore the families and communities of Rwanda.
God gives us so much and expects much in return. Join us in celebrating this new child in our midst.