We thank God the Almighty for granting us the opportunity to share with you about the blessings that we have received from Him! The atmosphere in our country is very political. We are approaching the long awaited referendum polls quite fast. In the course of July we have had 2 by-elections taking place in the Rift valley province and in the Coastal province. In both elections, the constituency members were voting for parliamentary membership candidates. On top of that, most of the citizens are complaining about the recent move by the Members of Parliament to have their salaries raised so that they accept to be taxed. What is making us even raise our voices more is that there is no evidence of sustainable development in majority of the constituencies! All we can do and need to do always is pray for peace and an end to corruption.
“God Makes Ways Where There Seems To Be No Ways . . .”
Though the weather is very chilly, July has been a very good month for us! We just got a new volunteer! This is a lady from Arizona named Natalie Swain. She comes every afternoon and will be with us till December. She has helped in the filing and we also did a home visit with her. We went to visit the family of one of the children who is sponsored with us. His name is Fredrick Kimeu and he is in primary school. We had Chai (Kenyan Tea) which was not an all knew experience for her as she has gotten to having that for breakfast with her hosts.
Fredrick (in white,) with his family and Natalie.
The coming of Natalie is such a great blessing from God. It’s like God “created a river in the desert” for us! This is because Agnes who has been with us for the last 1 year will be leaving to join university. She will be studying Law, a four-year course, at degree level. Therefore her place will not be vacant as Natalie and Angella (the volunteer we just got in May 2010) will be there. The month of August began on a sad and a happy note simultaneously. It was sad because Agnes was leaving Real Stars to pursue her studies. However the happiness was brought by Rose coming back with more blessings for herself (and the new sponsors) and more miracles for the children who had been on the waiting list for sponsorship – “For I know the Plans I have For You, Says The Lord, Plans For Welfare And Not For Evil, To Give You A Future And A Hope” – Since the children were on holiday, August was also a busy month. Due to the preparations required for the children for the next term. By God’s Grace we managed to accomplish this. In addition, we had to upgrade our children’s database. This is because some of the children in the waiting list who got sponsors will now fully join the Real Stars programme. Although this will mean more work for us God already has that under control through Natalie and Angella.
“Meet A Real Star . . . .”
Faith Mwikali is the 7th child in a family of 8 children. Faith lives with her mother, 6 of her siblings and Robert Mutie her cousin, in Kibera slums. They live with him because his mother died when he was only a day old. Faith’s parents separated in 2005. Their live in a tiny, single room mud house.
Faith, her mother and siblings outside their house
Their house is not spacious and they have squeezed three seats, two stools, a single bed, a table and a double bed. The single bed forms the sleeping area of their mother and the double bed forms the sleeping area of the rest of the siblings. In one corner is a small area for preparing their meals.
Faith, her siblings and Rose Muiu in their house.
They have electric connection which is paid together with the money for rent. She does small scale business where she sells mostly groundnuts and this is the only source of income that she has. Their mother uses the income from her small-scale business to meet their life expenses but with difficulty. On top of that, their father offers them no support. Faith was introduced to Rose by her mother who is friends with Rose.
Faith in Class
Through Rose, Faith was able to get a sponsor and she is now a class 3 pupil.
“Prayer Request . . . .”
Several of the children in our programme will be taking national examinations from mid-next term. The form 4 students will be starting theirs in late October while the class 8 pupils will be starting theirs in early November. Please pray for them to be relaxed and also to revise extensively for these examinations. We always remember you in our prayers.
May God Bless You abundantly,
Shalom,
Rose Muiu.
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