Seeds Orphanage Needs Your Prayers

 

When we arrived at the orphanage the children were
standing outfront singing "Welcome Visitors". 
It is the sweetest little song you will ever hear.



Seeds Orphanage is located in Kitalie in western Kenya.  It is home to 42 children ages 6 to 17.   Richard and his wife Helen oversee the orphanage.  During our visit Helen shared some of the children’s stories. 

 

Helen (left) and Richard (right) pose for a picture with Mary,one of our team members.



  

Thomas (front center) is a bright
13 year old who has only
been at the orphanage for a few
months.  He broke down in tears
as he tried to tell us how greatful
he was to be there.



Stories of a little boy abandoned in the bush to die; a young girl prostituted out by a family member; and a child hidden on the floor beneath rags because of a disability.  These children have all come from heartbreaking circumstances.  At the orphanage, however, they have a very real understanding of what it means to be given a new life.  Here they are safe.  Here they are fed, and cleaned and taken to school.  Here they are loved. 

  

It was a little tough to explain the concept of "Red
Light Green Light" to children who had not seen
traffic lights.  But after a few practice rounds they
got the idea and had a great time.

  



Hannah gets a new hair-do.  I think we
ladies all left with a few braids. 
The kids even wanted to braid Michael's beard.



Their stories stick in my mind but their sweet smiles are forever in my heart.  They like bubbles and stickers and playing games. 

The little girls like to braid long hair (especially since most of them must keep their heads shaved for hygiene reasons.) 

The little boys like to climb trees and roll toy cars through the grass.   

The children have two swings, two
teeter-totters and a few other toys
that they share.

 

"Give me picture"  The kids loved to have us take their picture and show it to them.



After singing and dancing for us 
the childreneach told us their name,
what grade they are in and
what they want to be when they grow up.

The younger kids like to play dress-up with the hats, sunglasses and backpacks of their visitors. 



The older kids take to their leadership roles well.  They led us in groups on a tour of the house; and directed their younger “siblings” in a program of songs, dances and poems. I wish you could hear their sweet voices.

  

During the tour of the home we
got to see thechildren's
bedrooms.  They sleep 8 to a room. 
Each room has a house parent. 
The bond between the kids and
their "parents" is very heart-warming.







No washers or dryers. Laundry
for all 42 kids must be done
by hand and hung to dry.



  

The current location is a rented home.  The future location will be a new house on a farm owned by Seeds Ministries.  The foundation has been poured.  Bricks are being made right on the property.  Unfortunately the rented home has just been sold by the landlord.  
  

This is the current house.



Now Seeds Ministries has until June 1^st to either finish the house at the farm or find a new house to rent.  Either option requires God’s divine provision. 

  

This is the foundation for the new home at the farm.  The farm is currently home to 1700 chickenswhose eggs are sold to support the orphanage. Crops such as corn and sukuma-wiki (a typeof green) are also grown.



Finishing the new house will cost roughly $29,000 (USD).  Finding a house big enough to house 42 kids, 5 house parents, and 1 social worker will be difficult at best. 



All the bricks for the new home
are being made right at the farm. 
The bricks in this picture are ready

to be used.  We also got to see

some in different stages of

the process.  Making the bricks

themselves will save alot of money.





I don’t understand why kids who have already gone through so much should have to face more difficulty.  I don’t understand why Richard and Helen, who have labor so faithfully through harsh circumstances, should be faced with more stress and trials. 

God’s ways are not my ways but I know His ways are best.  When He took the Israelites out of Egypt and led them to the banks of the Red Sea He knew all the hardships they had endured.  When He allowed Pharaoh and his army to pursue them, leaving them no hope of escape, He had not forgotten their pain. 

God wanted to encourage His people by giving them an awesome display of His power.  I am praying that God will once again provide a miraculous path and that He will lead these 42 precious children through to their new home.  I hope you will join me in prayer.