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Today we went to another location of the children’s home we visited yesterday. It was located in a small slum outside Nairobi. Some painted walls, while others painted walls. As the entrance wall dried, some team members decorated the wall with the children’s handprints and wrote each child’s name by their handprint. It was a wonderful time with children, but very bittersweet as we realized this was our last day of ministry. The staff was amazing and truly blessed us with a special good-bye.
There was a story from yesterday that we didn’t share with you. During the service, we were asked to pray for a baby that was thrown outside of the location where we were today. We were told that this baby had rocks placed up his nose which could possibly have been an attempt to kill the child in case no one found him or another possiblity is that rocks scratched up his face and went up his nose when he was thrown down. In the afternoon, we were told this baby had died. But praise God, we found out very quickly that he was still alive. God blessed the team with being able to meet this child today. He was passed around and loved on quite a bit by the team. He has been moved to the infant part of the children’s home and the staff has been given formula and clean water to make bottles. This was truly a special way to end our time here.
Please pray for us as we travel home and have to adjust back to life in the States. Unless you have been in our shoes, you won’t understand, but that’s okay!! Just keep praying, especially if we randomly burst into tears in a grocery store or at a drinkning fountain. It will make perfect sense to us, but we probably won’t have the words to express what we are feeling. Again, we appreciate all the prayers…you have truly been partners in this journey with us!!
Please be praying for Laura as she is staying behind for two more weeks.
Love to all and we’ll see you soon!!
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beautifularethefeet 
What a wonderful note to end your trip on! We’ll be praying for your adjustment and the rest of Laura’s time!
Comment by Stacie@HobbitDoor June 22, 2009 @ 8:18 pm