UPDATE FROM PATRICK
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think I might just start by saying that the new year started well with some very great success stories all round! Six of our primary school graduates were enrolled in secondary/ high schools which is a great step in their transition to young adulthood. They attained good grades for them to qualify to join high schools! So many are stuck now from lack of fees even if they still qualified!
A huge thanks to the Team (Mississippi) that came in January! I don’t know how we would ever get through all the issues in getting these kids to schools and making sure they have all their needed provisions! They helped in helping these kids transition and we are forever grateful that they can be with us during this great event in the LCC’s calendar! We are still awaiting the results of our scholarship and secondary school graduates which should be out sometime next week. The Team also helped us establish a much needed administrative structure of the program. We have engaged the services of a qualified accountant who is helping in streamlining the workload on accounts and overseeing the regular expenditure so it is well structured and manageable. John is now doing the day to day petty cash and staff management with the help of Lillian our Social Worker who by the way is on a maternity leave and has al-ready been blessed with a baby boy! Agnes our second to the Social Worker is doing a wonderful job with all relevant social related issues of the program. Maureen has a new office with the Social Worker but more to coordinate with all visitors, volunteers and mainly our sponsors on the daily happenings to the Centre with regards to general operations and children related issues.
other with those who have been away to far away schools and share in their new experiences! It’s such a joy to feel the ‘temperature’ when this happens and we are so grateful for them. The ‘Baby home’ with its share of joyful kids is doing very well indeed. Though these kids will be up for adoption at some point soon, we still feel the love and affection and just pray that God is in control of their lives and to give us the grace to let go when the time comes to separate with them... Always heart rending! A most exciting experience for the Centre is the upcoming Baptism of 17 of our kids who have accepted Christ in their lives... We may walk all over the world and know everything... but without salvation, we are nothing and hopeless. This is such a time for these kids and we are happy in sharing with them in this monumental step in their lives and pray that God will lead them the rest of the way. We thank God for a wonderful program and for His love and joy and protection. God Bless you all - Lots of love...
Patrick
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Excited to share that my boy Peter asked Jesus into his heart!! Can’t wait to put my arms around him and celebrate the most important decision in his life!! We are so proud of the young man he is becoming! God is so faithful! — Hannah Kimbrough
Tesni is doing a wonderful job with her team and right now she is on a trip to do a marathon ‘Funds for Wheels’ which is noble and for a good cause. We wish her well... We have just a few days ago acquired a ‘new’ car as our old Nissan was showing signs of ‘tiredness’! This weekend, we have all our wonderful kids at the Centre for MidTerm break and it is always so exciting as they all get to meet each
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