Kids Are Kids Everywhere!

After another day at a Mission of Mercy Care Point I have come to a conclussion.  Kids are kids no matter where you are!  They like to play, they like the attention of adults, they like to learn and they are adventurous.  However, here in Kenya, we have come across to 'different' type of kids.

 

First we met the kids in the slums of Niarobi.  In most cases, kids in the slums are apprehensive.  As C.J. from Wisconsin mentioned, "There was a sense of hopelessness in these kids.  Their eyes look empty."  In the words of the poet, 'here they were born and here they will die.'

 

In contrast, the sponsored kids of the Mission of Mercy projects that we visited were much different.  They enjoy life!  Over the course of two days the nearly 1,000 kids that we met through the ministry were significantly heathlier, much more educated and had far better communication skills that their counterparts in the slums. 

As the members of our team get to meet the children that they sponsor through Mission of Mercy there is a consistant theme - Hope!  These kids are real and they are REALLY enjoying everyday and the knowledge that they have a future. 

 

NOTE:  Everyone on the team is healthy.  The roads are VERY bumpy, they drive on the 'wrong side of the road,' and everyone waves at our buses.  Most of the ladies have learned to carry baskets on their heads.  We mudded huts and mortared handmade bricks.  Charlotte, Dave, Mitch and Shane have each received the 'ownership' of a village - being named Elders in the respective areas. 

We love you!

 

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