Meet Nancy

This is Nancy.  She came to the hospital here at Kijabe the beginning of last week with her son Salam.  He was having surgery on his palate. Michael and I spent some time with them making origami and doing other crafts to help them pass the time.  Palate patients must spend at least two nights in the hosptial.  There's not much to help pass the time.  The ward is open and holds about 24 patients. There are lots of babies crying at all times and commotion constantly.

On Nancy's second day here, she stood up in chapel and shared that she had just accepted Jesus as her Savior.  I spoke with her later and told her I was happy that we were now sisters in Christ.  After surgery her son Salam was in quite a bit of pain.  I told her to tell him that he was very brave.  She said "He is brave because he is a Masai warrior." The Masai are a distinctly different people in appearance.  Men and women alike shave their heads and they wear much jewelry and brightly colored clothing - usually red.  Nancy was obviously not Masai.  So I asked her how it was that he was Masai, but she was not.  She said Salam is not her son.  His mother had died six years ago and his father was a druggie.  She had taken him in as her own about four years ago.  How amazing is that!  She was being obedient to His Word - to care for the orphans - before she ever knew Jesus as her Savior.  I'm honored to have met her and to see God at work here. Nancy has other children she will raise as Christian.