On friday the team decided to take all the students back to their parents/gurdians to get their consents documents signed. It was fun though, I have never walked that far in my whole life. We divided up into groups while at the Eastleigh Centre. Then went on to the slums of Mathare Valley, suburbs like Eastleigh,Huruma, Dandora, South B (mukuru). These are all different areas that our students' folks live in. Students like Margaret and Edwin (brother and sister) went home to find their mom seriously ill. But it was luck that they went with Philip who acted immediately and left that home when the mom, who could not even come out of her bed, was strong and on road to recovery. Abdi Isaac one of our students from Islamic background went home to announce to his mom and step dad that he had changed faith, but his step dad said it was all nonsense, if Abdi has decided to changed his faith then he should make the decision renounce his family. So Abdi is not all to happy, he is at a criss-cross. We finally got Evans' mother to relax after she was looking out for her son, she never knew where Evans went and asked her neighbors of his whereabouts. When finally she came to know that we had taken Evans in our program, she wanted to know more about us. This was a good opportunity for her to ask me all manner of questions about our ministry. She always wanted the best for Evans and was really glad we got him off the streets. (Evans is one of our new students.)
It was a success and a good point and chance to meet the new students' parents and guardians. This is also a time which the team gets to make that special bond with the kids. Walking home and meeting our partly 'extended family' was amazing. I have come to learn that the kids open up more to us when they make this journey with us to their places of origin.
*The consent document is a legal document that shows the government that all the parties i.e. the student and parent agree that his/her son or daughter is in our program.
By the way the August Paper is out and looking good. Thanks to the team and the students. Here is a link to it. Enjoy!
http://www.made-in-the-streets.org/Street_News_2.pdf
It was a success and a good point and chance to meet the new students' parents and guardians. This is also a time which the team gets to make that special bond with the kids. Walking home and meeting our partly 'extended family' was amazing. I have come to learn that the kids open up more to us when they make this journey with us to their places of origin.
*The consent document is a legal document that shows the government that all the parties i.e. the student and parent agree that his/her son or daughter is in our program.
By the way the August Paper is out and looking good. Thanks to the team and the students. Here is a link to it. Enjoy!
http://www.made-in-the-
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Hi Moses, I enjoyed your article about the kids seeing their parents. Thanks, too, for providing the website for the newspaper. Jill and I were able to be w/ you two years ago. We focused on setting up wbs lessons in the area but also got to spend some time w/ thekids. I coached basketball and think think the pictures are still in the dining room. We are coming back in Nov. I am very excited to see everyone again and this time Charles has promised me I will be able to spend all my time w/ students and staff. Thank the Lord for dedicated staff members like you....Larry Hagerman
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