Hope for Children Center Orphanage has over 230 orphans.  Surely the orphans at Hope Center are grateful for having a home and joyously work to keep this huge family running smoothly.  We recently heard from Pastor Maurice that he has the older children on a “kitchen” assignment duty rotation, alternating between the older boys and girls. “We have a work program for the children and they love it. From January to April it is boys who work in the kitchen. They love it and that is when I also work there.We cook and help where necessary.  Then from May to August it is time for girls. Brian and Logan came when it was time for girls. From November to December, girls and boys do it together in the kitchen. It is the children themselves who suggested this routine and they just love it.”

And to answer the many who ask, “How do they take care of so many children with such a small staff?” Pastor Maurice shared this: “We have big girls taking care of the younger girls because they sleep together in the same dormitory. Also, the big boys take care of the younger ones because they live in the same dormitory. They love it.

It was Richard Whately who said, “A man who gives his children habits of industry provides for them better than by giving them a fortune.” Pastor Maurice is a good father to these children, helping them to develop habits of industry. I believe he would heartily agree with Richard Whately.Pastor Maurice has been planning ahead for another famine while the prices of grains and beans are low during harvest.  While much grain was grown at the orphanage, it is not enough to met the demand.  Therefore, he has requested funds to purchase two hundred bags of maize and eighty bags of beans to store for our children at Hope Center.A few weeks ago the Senior Church School class at Lake Ann started a famine fund for just this purpose, collecting funds each week. This would be a good project for other Church School classes as well. A few dollars a week from several sources can make a real difference in lives saved should the expected famine occur again in February. Though a dollar does not seem like much in our experience, it can feed a child for two days in Kenya.

May God continue to bless these children as we work together to plan for the “winter” which will surely follow.

Hearth to Hearth Ministries' websites

Other Hearth to Hearth Ministries' Orphanages

Good Samaritan Lwanda Children's Home Orphanage

Maranatha Children's Home Orphanage

Glory Children's Center Orphanage

Bridge of Hope Center Orphanage