Children Visiting Family

Children Visiting Family

One of our desires is to help the children keep in touch with family members.  Often this is the grandmother who was taking care of them, but is no longer able to do so.  During this holiday month we have 16 children who have gone back to their villages to visit relatives.  We always pray for these children while they are gone.  Many times they do not get the nutritious food that they get in our Village.  The social workers will monitor their health when they return. 

In spite of the concerns we sometimes have, It is a blessing for these children to stay connected with the family members.  Just because these relatives are not able to take care of the children doesn't mean that they don't love them and want to remain in touch with them.  For some children it means spending time with a mother who is quite ill and even dying of AIDS.  So it can be a special time. 

These children will return on Saturday and then there will be a couple more weeks of the August holiday.  School will start for teachers on September 6, the children will come on Sept 9.