We are very glad to have this opportunity once again to share with you on how God has been gracious and merciful towards us! I hope that your 2010 is still very new and you have the enthusiasm you had on December 31st 2009 for this New Year! The December rains stopped for the past two months but with the beginning of March came the rains again! We call this “Showers of Blessings from Above” because the few cows that survived the drought produced more milk causing the price of the commodity to go down!! Something we have never experienced in our country! Our kids are celebrating Kenya has done it again they scooped 8 Golden Medals in the Athletics. Many of these athletics come from every poor background, therefore our Children identify with them having Kenyan National Anthem Song being sang 8 times! The competition took place in Poland. They all knelt down & thanked God! This was a good lesson for all Real Stars Kids in that if they work hard they will indeed reap the Fruits with God’s help!
I personally thank God for His protection. This year came with a lot of challenges for me. First my Email was hacked & they were able to get over 2,500 Euros from my yahoo address contacts. When I think about it am still very appalled at how evil happens. Please, let us continue praying for protection all around. My New Email: rosemuiu@gmail.com. Another big challenge in my life! I have to move houses from where I have lived for 14 years. The house belongs to my cousin & he needs it back. Since, he is getting married in August this year. I am so thankful for living in Woodley. Please, Pray I get another convenient & affordable apartment. Otherwise, am doing well. Right now, am reading the Psalms & Studying a book entitled ‘Experiencing God’ It is wonderful to see how God is at work around us inspite of the Challenges we face everyday.
Thanks to God who has helped us to tackle the months of January and February. They were two very busy months especially because; every Real Stars’ Child was going back to school. Majority of them were going back for the normal school routine and the rest were joining secondary school for the very first time - Praise to God – and also thanks to you Sponsors for your commitment! Most of the children who had gone for mid-term break at the end of February were reporting back to school at the beginning of March. We had quite a hectic period getting them the things they needed for school. However, God is always gracious and they all reported back to school in time. Christine Amanfu, from Ghana had to leave us because her internship period with us came to an end. We are very grateful to God for her because she has done a great Job in the profile records of the children already in the Real Stars Programme. The month of March had also begun on an anxious note; the results for the national examination done by form four students (zwolfte klasse) to qualify them to join University were released. Our children had an average performance.
Real Stars had a visitor! Roland from Switzerland visited us and we managed to make a home visit in Kibera Slum (the most densely populated). Our hostess was Mama Kule, a single mother of 4 Children; she has lived in the same one room for the last 25 years! This is what you call abject poverty. She made Chai (Kenyan Tea) for us; you could hear from her voice that she yearns for a better life for her Children. We encouraged her not to loose hope and that God has wonderful plans for her Family. One of her Kids will be joining Real Stars Programme soon.
Mama Kule preparing some tea
Meet A Real Star – Caroline Aoko Nyamanga!
Caroline is a 26-year-old lady living in the slums of Kibera. She lives with her aunt and four other children. Though none of them are the biological children of the aunt, she supports them all (Caroline included) from the meagre earnings of her Roast Maize business. One day, while Caroline was preparing to go to school a fire broke out which burned her arms severely.
One arm was completely amputated and the other one was amputated up to the elbow. With the aid of a sponsor, Caroline joined class 1 at Joytown Primary School in Thika, a School for students with special needs. She left at class 4 due to hardship in the school. She then joined Maxwell Preparatory School in Nairobi where she was until she sat for her final examinations, i.e. K.C.P.E, in class 8. She scored 324 marks out of 500. This was excellent! She joined Compuera Girls’ Secondary School in 2003. She finished in 2006, She was introduced, Bernard Rebsch who sponsored Caroline to a Bible school in Germany for one year (Bodenseehof). Mr. Rebsch introduced Caroline to Rose. Caroline is now taking a Pre-university programme at The African Nazarene University in the outskirts of Nairobi.
Caroline at the University
She is a boarding student. Despite her handicap, Caroline is well able to take care of herself, using the remaining stump of her hand to use the computer and to knit with the machine. We are so proud of her achievements. She says,’ with God’ I can great things. Her positive attitude towards life is amazing!
Caroline with finished sweater.
Happy Easter!!
We are very grateful to God for taking us through the Holy month of April. It is “Holy” because of the spotless cleansing of our sins by the Holy blood of Our Lord Jesus Christ. I believe that your Easter celebrations were lovely and full of the Grace of God! We had peaceful and joyous Easter celebrations. It was quite a busy month for us especially during the last weeks. This is because the children were preparing to go back to school for the second term and this means that a lot of shopping was done (almost at the same time) for several children. By God’s Grace everything was accomplished in time and our children reported back to school well-rested and prepared to tackle the busy and lengthy second school term.
We greet you wholeheartedly, With the Words from Psalms 145:10 ‘All thy Works shall give thanks to thee, O LORD, and all thy saints shall bless thee!’
Shalom,
Rose Muiu
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