Answering the call...

Remeber that Facebook post a few days ago about me feeling sad because this is the time of the year a lot of people come to me asking for support to send their children to school?

Well that post generated enough money to send 14 children to school. I only had 7. So I thought, "Well Lord, who else do you want sponsored?"  

Yesterday, I went to visit two of the children who are now sponsored to get their pictures and stories to share with their sponsor. As we were walking through the the neighborhood of Lafito, my friend Daphne said she wanted to introduce me to someone. 

That is how I met Fifin, a mother of 9 with another on the way. She is shorter than I am and very petite. She said that all of her 9 (10) children have the same father but that their father doesn't live with her or support her. Her kids ages are (20, 16, 15, 13, 10, 9, 7, 5, 3...wow). 

Fifin said that of her 9 children, 5 have never gone to school. She has one little boy who is special needs but when asked if he could learn she gave resounding "Yes!". She said that he loves to ask his momma to show him how to write things, he follows directions well and he loves to be around his peers. 

I asked Fifin how she has paid for the school of of the kids that have gone to school and she said she makes things to sell. I am thrilled to hear this because it shows she is motivated to work to support her children. 

So, I'm pretty sure we found the family that we are supposed to help with that extra funding. 

We will be watching this little family to see if maybe Fifin would qualify for an Elevate micro loan and to see what their food situation is (hungry children don't learn well). 

I'll keep you posted. And a huge thank you to those of you who felt the nudge to help!

Here she is with 5 of her 9. The rest where off playing in the community.