springs of hope

Well we have been sick for the past 2 days, but should be better by tomorrow. Helen and her babies have been moved to a different facility, and we will be seeing her soon. It is in a different area but I think it has better equipment for the babies. We are now able to talk to her several times a day because of the phone we purchased for her. She says the babies are fine. That is a typical answer here so we will update you once we are able to see them. Little Miriam is so cute, but at almost 3 month weighs 5lbs. and Jeff less. So we are praying this hospital will be better for them.

We have been talking to Nancy whose Mom is in the Hospital with AIDs. She is hoping that we may be able to help her baby Caleb with some medicines, and clothes. We will call her and see what we can do.

Just want to let you know we need you to continue to pray!

Yesterday morning Joseph went out to the property and they are putting in the tank, and putting up a site building so that we are ready to go. Unfortunately like everywhere else cost have gone up substantially. Due to the inflation, and the clashes. So we need to brace for the increased cost of the construction.

Dear friends of Molly, Joseph and Elijah,

Today I had to uninstall the old blog software (no longer supported or secure) and re-install a new blog software package. The posts and comments appear to all be intact but if you had the blog page bookmarked or if you were subscribed to the RSS feeds, you will find that the old links no longer work. I apologize for any inconvenience. Please update your bookmarks. Add a comment here if you run into any difficulty with the newer version and I will look into it as soon as possible. God bless you all.

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Well today Joseph, Myself ,and our friend and driver Daniel went back to the hospital to see Helen and the babies. We stopped and bought her formula, water, wipes, and diapers for both the babies, and a little gift for the girl, and her baby next to Helen who was being lost due to her lack of swahili. When we got there Jeff was having very hardtime still he cannot breath and there were doctors trying to tend to him. We saw Helen and I held little Miriam. Helen grabbed my hand an led me outside. I just met her on Sunday, but I love her and her babies already. She looked me in the eyes and told me that they told her that one of her babies was Negative,and the other positive. I just held her close and prayed for her and her babies that God would heal them all. We were both on tears. Here she is all alone, and the only one she has is me to tell this very sad and personal thing to. I felt honored in some strange way to be able to be there for her. She divulged to me that the one baby girl that seems to be healthier is the one that is positive. The other who is just hanging on is negative. But, we are praying baby Jeff pulls through. We sat with her for quite a while and left and told her we would be back at 1:00 to get her a cellphone so she is able to contact us incase of an emergency. We also wanted to see if we could meet the young ladies husband (who we figured out was Maasai) because we heard that he spoke Swahili, nad we wanted to see if we could help them in any way.
When we arrived back Helen was elated that that we were able to get her this phone. Her reaction was very endearing, and sweet. When we went back to check on the other girl she was in tears as the doctors were trying to resuscitate her poor little baby. Oh my.. we felt so helpless as she left the building and they pressed the babies little chest. I must say they did try. But again so sad as people were standing and milling around, and not really paying much attention to this tragic situation.
We stayed with Helen longer, held her baby Miriam, and checked on little Jeff some more. We then were leaving and as we walked out the door the Maasai girl was sitting outside on the ground just bewildered. No one was helping her so we sat by her side and not being able to speak I just cried, and rubbed her back. She then broke dwn and wept. Her husband never showed up, and her baby was still lying inside in the midst of all the other babies dead. We were determined to find someone to communicate with her so Joe tried to call a Maasai Pastor he had met the day before when he went to pick up sewing machines in Maasai land. But he could not get him. So Daniel said he was going to walk the Hospital until he found someone. He returned with in 2 minutes with 2 young men who spoke her language. She told them she was alone, and she had no way to go home, and her baby was gone. We told her we would help her go home. As we said this all the sudden all the women that acted like they did not care came around us. They were all so grateful to us for getting her home. They were very sad for her. So as she gathered her belongings in a large size plastic bowl, and the gift I had brought her earlier she left. That was that. Her baby still lying in side next to the others. Oh my goodness Lord you only know what this is all about. We were then going to leave, and many women were gathering and telling Daniel of stories of family members with AIDS and how their children needed help, and could we help. My God the needs are huge. Then a young woman named Nancy came up with her baby named Caleb. She asked if we could go visit her Mother on ward 12. Her Mother has AIDS and was giving up hope. maybe if we came to visit with her she would have some hope. I was not sure what we could do but i knew we could not say no. We realized this was the AIDS ward. We stayed and talked to her Mother Monica, as she lay in bed in a fetal position. We stroked her hand, and told her how special she is to God, and how much she means to him, and then we prayed for her. As turned to leave I looked around and there were women all around me sick with AIDS. I felt like I wanted to embrace them all as they looked at us with sunken sad eyes and small feeble bodies. We will be back I know. Monica’s daughter was so thankful, and their story was heartbreaking as they were victims of the clashes. We helped her so she could get through the month, and get some food for her mother and her baby. Life is so hard and sometime I go through it in autodrive. But, I know as I came home and the days events all sunk in I wept for all of these women, and their children. I Just pray that God will be with us and sustain us so that we can continue to help young women like these and their children. I hope that you will pray for them and for the Ministry that lies ahead of us. We did get a text message from Nancy as we left the hospital it read…PRAISE GOD.AFTER YOU LEFTMY MUM HAD A TESTIMONY COZ SHE WAS ABOUT TO GIVE UP. i KNOW IT WAS GOD WHO SENT U2. later in the evening she called again to thank us, and she told Joseph to tell me she loves me., and then Helen called to thank us, and tell us her babies were doing good. Praise God!

Hi All I am Hoping that this going to work. I apologize for the lapse in blogging, but I was having a bit of a problem. Well today was a full day starting with church which here starts at about 10:00 and lasts till about 1:00 pm. We had an outreach to the street boys organized by the youth of All nations Springs of Life Church, and us. This was a really good outreach. We went to the local park by Matatu (which is a small 14 seated van). The day before we made Mandazi (similar to a donut), hard boiled eggs, oranges, and a banana, and bagged them all.
We had a team go into town and tell as many of the street boys we could find that we were having an outreach in the park for them. We counted at least 20 plus about 10 local children that came. We tried to target some of the younger boys so that we would be able to spend time with them, and so they could eat without worrying that they would have their food taken from the older boys. I would have to say that this was a very successful outreach. They were able to hear the word, by Kim-Raphael, and he also gave his testimony. After that we were able to hand out the food, and after that we were able to play games with them. It was a good afternoon. We were also visited by a monkey, which amused everyone especially the Street Boys. These kids had such a goodtime they really forgot their problems for an afternoon. They were so appreciative for everything that we did for them. It is hard to see these young boys so dirty, and fending for themselves. But today they were able to put the glue bottles away and be boys.
After we left the park Joseph, Myself, and Jotham’s wife Leah left to go visit a young woman Helen, and her twin babies at a local public hospital. Helen has AIDS, and she was in the hospital because her babies are sick. Their names are Jeff, and Miriam. They are 3months old, and Jeff is on an Oxygen machine. I cannot really relay to you this experience. First of all this was the baby ward, and it was packed full of sick babies, and their mothers. When we went to see Helen her poor babies were so tiny they looked newborn. There was a woman next to her holding her baby, and she had such sad forlorn look on her face she did not speak Swahili, and no on could communicate with her. Her baby did not move I had a feeling the baby may have had some kind of paralysis. Could you imagine just sitting there and not knowing what is wrong with your baby, and know one to talk to. This was not like a hospital you have ever seen. This is sad place. Very much like a warehouse. We felt so badly for Helen and her babies. She really is so poor, and does not even have the money to but milk or formula for her babies as she cannot breastfeed because of the AIDS, and the hospital was not providing any milk it for her. She was borrowing milk from the other mothers there so that she could feed her children. She then received a prescription from the nurse for her babies, and if she does not have the money to get it right there she does not receive it. So we then had to leave the hospital, and walk to a pharmacy and purchase her prescription for her… go back to the hospital and give them to her so that she could have medicine for her babies. It really was disturbing to know that if she goes to the hospital they will not feed her babies, and not administer medicine for them or her unless she can pay for it herself immediately. We left feeling so upset by this Joseph could not get the image of these mothers, and helpless babies out of his mind. We will be returning to get formula for Helen so that she can feed her children. We at least can try to meet their needs. We just pray that it is not to late for Jeff he is on oxygen, and is having a very hard time eating. These are the times you question God…Why? Why does this beautiful young woman get this death sentence for herself? While her husband goes on with his life leaving her, and her babies who also maybe infected and he probably infecting others. When Leah went back in to deliver the medicine she said that Helen was laying hands on her babies, and praying over them. I ask you can you please pray for Helen, and her babies. That they are healed, and for all the other woman an their babies in the hospital.

Well it is now May 15th and we have been over a little over a week. We have found a place we would like to rent that would allow us to have room for guests. We are waiting to meet with the owners next week to see if they will keep the rent at an affordable price. I f so we will most likely move in to this home in June. We will be starting form scratch so we will have to acquire everything from beds, tables, pots, and pans. So there will be a lot of work just getting that ready.

Elijah has started school this week and he likes it very much. This was one of our greatest concerns. But, he fell right into it. It has only been two days now but two good ones. He thinks that it is really neat that all of his classmates are from all over the world. Ireland, Rwanda, Egypt. So we are praying that he continues to like his school, and get a great education and experience at the same time.

We have not gotten a car yet and are traversing any way possible. Matatu, TukTuk (a three wheel vehicle) and a BodaBoda (bicycle with a small seat on the back) these have all been an experience. You have never experienced public transportation until you have experienced it in Kenya. I am getting a little familiar with the way life runs around here. It will take some getting used to and I have to admit I can really miss some of the conveniences of home. Life is a bit harder here. But it kind of makes you feel alive.
But we do miss friends and family very much.

We have been getting to know a lot of the street boys in downtown Nakuru, and they really love Joseph. I believe they think he is John Claude Van Damm or something. (they still like him here) The ministry to them is an everyday occurrence. You literally cannot walk down the street with out encountering them. Take for example yesterday we went to go to the hardware store to see about getting piping for the land, and we came across Simon. If you could see this little boy your heart would just break. He is about 12 or 13 he looks about 8years old. He was in dirty torn rags with a huge oversized ripped up men’s old suit jacket. He looked very listless. Joseph and I took him into a nearby store and bought him jeans and a shirt it is not much but what we can do at this point. The needs here are insurmountable. Simon is just one of many we know many of these children and meet more each day. We also met Peter and Simon (Another Simon) they wanted food, and Peter wanted to go to school. I some cases I think that a lot of these children may live with one parent or a grandparent, and they are told to go to the streets to make money or get food for themselves. We helped a boy last week named Joseph he first told us that he was hungry and after we sat with him for a while he let us know that he wanted to go to school and could not because he needed shoes. We met him the next day and purchased him shoes. There was also Esther she is probably 15 or 16 and she has a baby named Daniel. He is about 1 years old. They are living on the streets. These children are out here due to the AIDS pandemic, and Poverty, and in many cases are discarded from their homes like trash. As in Lazarus’ case his father beats him and is an alcoholic. He has been left to resort to living on the streets rather than be beat by his father. He is one bright boy. These are just a few of the stories of the children that we have met, and we will continue to earn there love and respect so that we will be able to help them more in the future.

Today we went in to town to today, and met A new boy he was so young. Maybe 8 years old. He was not easy to understand. He was thankful for the food we were able to give him. He was already sniffing glue. I need to pray on this as we need to get these young boys off the streets.
Hopefully you can pray with us. AIDS seems like a quiet subject but in the short time we have been here we know of 3 people who have found out the have contracted it. Jotham has also told us about a young woman out near his farming area who is in her twenties, and has AIDS she also has two twin 3month old babies her husband abandoned them when he found out she was positive. we are determined to try to help her.
On a personal note I am mssing friends. Elijah started school and the first two days were good today not so good. So i hope we wok through this incident. We would love to hear from some of You!

I have been missing friends and family but pushing through. It has not been that long, but i am sure it will only get easier.
I will be trying to blog more but do not here much form anyone so I hope they are being read. Elijah starts school today and I am pleasaed to say that he liked it. Joseph, Jotham and I met with the community leaders about sharing the water on the land for the care center. They have some conditions that they would like us to meet so it looks like we will be in negoitations a bit longer. Everyday here is a ministry opportunity. We are meeting more and more of the Street Boys, and are trying to help them on a daily basis. these are only short term fixes but building the realtionship is important. I have to go to sleep now. But, if you are reading this please let us know. i may be more likely to keep up on it.

Joseph is off today with Pastor Peter, and they are measuring for the waterpipes for the land. I am here doing some business at the internet cafe. I did see Stephen the boy that needed clothes the other day as it was raining in the downtown area, and I was able to at least give him a shirt. Since then we have met many more of the street Kids. There is John who has a clubfoot. Everytime I see this young man he gives us the biggest hug. He is so loving.
We also met a young girl the other day her name is Esther. She may be about sixteen. I was watching her from a balcony the previous day, and actually thought she was a boy. She dresses like one I am sure for protection. The thing about Esther that you cannot miss is that she is living on these dangerous, and dirty streets with her baby. A beautiful boy named Daniel. He must be about 1 years old. She & Daniel are now on our hearts. We have to find a way to help them. PLease pray that she will be receptive to whatever we can do it may take sometime.
Keep Us in your prayers!
The Bails

We have had a busy week already. We are busy getting adjusted to life in Kenya. A much different life than USA. We have had some Ministry opportunities, and met with the Street Boys yesterday afternoon with a group called ROHI. I cant explain what is like for a small boy who looks about 8 years old ( but is 12) to look into your eyes and beg you for clothing. As his were about to desinigrate on his small dirty body, and you can do nothing at the time as there are so many other boys that will beat him if we give to him and not all of them. My heartbreaks for them. Please keep them and all of the other orphans in your prayers.
In his Service,
Molly & Joseph & Elijah