Even though I just recently returned from a visit home, as the holidays approach my heart naturally 'turns toward home'. I hope that each of you have memory making times with family and friends during the Thanksgiving and Christmas celebrations and that you find Jesus in the center of each activity.
Here at the orphanage, our children are busily preparing special songs, dance routines, and skits for our Christmas Eve family time at church.
New families for two of our children--
After the work, sweat, and tears of years of effort, we are preparing two of our children to leave the orphanage and to meet their adoptive families in December. If all goes well, Therese and Emma will spend Christmas in a new country with their new families.
Therese came to the orphanage in 2006. She was very sick with malaria and chest congestion. 
Within a short time, we learned that Therese has an enlarged heart and that her heart condition can not be treated here in Burkina. Therese is now 10 years old.
Therese's case is too complicated to go into depth here but the good news is that Therese had her day in court this month and her adoption has been approved. Therese will be leaving in just a few weeks and will become a member of a beautiful family in the US.
Emma is a little 2 ½ year old who was abandoned in the bush shortly after her birth. She was found by someone in the village and Social Action sent her to our orphanage. Emma is a delightful little toddler who will be joining her new family in Denmark.
Please pray for Therese and Emma's little hearts as they prepare to leave the orphanage and also the hearts of their adoptive families as they welcome their little ones home.
School News--
In visiting our classrooms this past week with my camera I asked the children if they were happy to be able to go to school. And, I thought that this little girl said it all with her smile. She is one of our little third graders.
This picture is of our 7th grade class with Becky and Daniel, our English teachers in the back of the room.
Please continue to pray for the Holy Spirit to permeate our classrooms and to draw the hearts of our children to Jesus.
1 comment:
SO pleased to hear about Therese and Emma.
And very excited to see the new school filled with happy students.
Happy holidays there Ruth!
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