Good News

We have two young boys for whom we have been planning good things.  Nephat has been losing his eyesight.  So there was trouble at school - he couldn't see the chalkboard (teachers write on the board and students copy) and the teachers had no sympathy, so they put him outside.  Darren Wilson took an iPad - loaded with lots of educational materials - he recently bought, so Nephat can learn at home, or go to work with his mother and study there.

In addition we have been working to get him a corneal transplant so he doesn't become totally blind.  It is not easy to get access to an eye for an 11-year-old, but GOOD NEWS! the Lions Club has located one and surgery was performed this last weekend.  Please pray for full success.

Nephat with his iPad

At the same time we have been helping Victor.  He was born with a blockage in the urinary tract.  A series of surgeries left him with two holes in his sides for passage of urine.  Now that Victor is 6 years old, he would start primary school, but his condition does not allow it.  Children who come near him are able to smell the pad he wears, and he has already been made fun of by kids.  There is not adequate equipment in Kenya for full testing of his condition, and the surgery is not available either.  So...we have worked with Mending Kids International and friends to schedule surgery in Los Angeles in July.  We were concerned that we would not get his birth certificate, a Kenyan passport and an appointment at the American Embassy in time.  But GOOD NEWS! we have been blessed with an Embassy appointment on July 3.  Plan calls for friends from Malibu - Hung and Corinne Le - to bring Victor back to the US with them on July 13, then keep him in their home until and after the surgery.  Please pray for full success here too!

Victor with a stuffed bear he received from a visitor.