springs of hope

This week we put another one of the “Street Boys” in school!
I am so happy to say that now Bernard is no longer a “Street Boy”
but he is a young man in school with a future. He has lived on the street of Nakuru for the last 3 years. He is 16. So pray for his Success.

He is doing well so far!

Today was a really encouraging. We went to the land to check on the progress of the construction.
It is coming along so well and we are very happy with the landscaper we have hired because he is making the most of the land that we have and it is going to be awesome. We can envision where the children will be able to have a playground one day soon and where we can teams come an meet and work with the children.

We also met with the local woman who as a former member of parliament. She and her husband stopped by and the were so encouraging to us. They are very excited about the project and what has brought to the community. We are happy to have them as our neighbors.

We then went to the school that Ann( she is the burn victim) attends and spoke with the the two teachers there who have been champions for Ann trying to help her get her surgery. They were so excited that she will be able to get the surgeries that she needs. But, to listen to Miriam,and Florence talk about the children and all the needs in this one school is so overwhelming. This seems to be a word we use quite often these days. They are true women of God as they have a heart for all of these children. They deal with children that are physically abused and try to do what they can to rectify these situations. They also try to help children that may have physical or mental handicaps in whatever way they can and try to put myths and fallacy to rest with parents who can often think they are cursed or bewitched if they have a child with a handicap. These shining stars in a sometimes very dark place deserve to be applauded. They are the future of Kenya and their one dream is to have a building built at there school for children with special needs. The classes now have 70 to 80 children to a very small room. So any child with a special need or a learning disability do not have a chance. So I think this a knowable a doable dream and we will pray with them.

We are back in Kenya now after a visit home to raise additional funds for the beautiful orphanage we are building here in Kenya plus we had the added blessing of being able to be with our friends and family for the holidays. This trip was truly a blessing to our project and us. I can say we have an awesome home church, and the most wonderful friends and supporters that God could ever bless us with.

From the wonderful services that Cypress Meadows had in honor of raising funds for Springs of Hope Kenya, to a family that had a party for their children and instead of asking for gifts they had the children and their families make donations to the orphans of Kenya so that they can have a home.

It humbles us to think that in spite of the recession we hear about 24/7 it did not affect people’s hearts for children and people who have nothing. Before we left I was truly wondering how we would be able to raise funds in this economy. But, Joseph assured me that God did not bring us this far to stop us now and he was right. “All things are possible through God who gives us strength” He has blessed Springs of Hope Kenya through all of you and your generosity. Because of YOU and God working through you we are back on track and construction continues. So Thank You So MUCH!

I have to say we have been very busy since our return and want to properly thank everyone. But, as soon as we hit the ground we have been busy making sure all of the children that are sponsored are back in school and fees paid, and uniforms bought. We now have one more boy in school due to the kindness of some very special people. This young man was in an abusive situation and is now attending school and he is safe and thriving. We are looking to put one more street boy in school and are in the evaluation stage. So please pray for him. His name is Bernard.

We have been getting our Mama’s businesses in order. Making sure that they are succeeding and setting up a few more so that these widows and women affected by HIV can be successful and take care of themselves and their children. This is a very important part of what we do and it takes so little funding to change a life.

Also in our travels we came across Ann. Some of you may already know whom I am writing about. Ann is 7 years old she was burned in a house fire when she was five months old and never received any proper medical treatment. She attends a very poor local school and two of the teachers there have struggled to raise funds for Ann so that she could have her first skin graft to close the persistent wound on the top of her head and to unfuse her arms where the skin grew together after the burns. She also needs reconstructive surgey to repair damage to her face and ears. We learned that for Ann to have the reconstructive surgeries sothat she could live a normal life it would cost KSH 250,000 which sounds like so much…..it is only $3300 USD. I am thrilled to say the funds are raised! THANK YOU!

We are also happy to report that through a wonderful ministry called SERV international. Springs of Hope Kenya has been the recipient of enough dehydrated food to feed over 60,000 people here in Kenya. We are so grateful for this and this is an answer to prayer.

We could go on and on because this is only a small portion of what has happened since we’ve been back. As we have said the needs are HUGE! Our main focus is the Orphanage. But we cannot let all the other programs we have started suffer because of this commit ment. I recently had someone write me and say “You should be grateful with what you have raised to build the orphanage. You can not take on every misfortune and tragedy in Kenya, there will be one every day.” I agree with this except we wish there were only one misfortune everyday. Here misfortunes are multiplied many, many times. So we look at this is a race with many hurdles. We do not know when the race will be finished or how many hurdles there will be but we find strength through faith and that we are here for a God given purpose so I will end with this. “I have fought I good fight, I have finished the race, and I have kept the faith.” 2Tim4: 7

We sincerely thank you for all your love, and your faith in what we are trying to accomplish here in Kenya!

Love to you all! Molly & Joseph Bail This e-mail address is being protected from spam bots, you need JavaScript enabled to view it

If you would like to support what we are doing in Kenya you can:

Pay through Pay Pal on our website- WWW.Springsofhopekenya.org

Give through- Cypress Meadows Community Church

2180 N. Mcmullen Booth Rd.

Clearwater Fl. 33759

Or

Springs of Hope Kenya

2504 Southpointe Dr.

Dunedin, Fl. 34698

You can make checks payable to Springs of Hope Kenya If going through Cypress you can make Checks to CMCC for Kenya

visit http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=1608656569&suggestfriends=#/group.php?gid=43442770349