Sakanai Village

Today after painting some more roof tops at Oasis Village Orphanage we drove out to Sakanai Village to see the kids who will eventually be coming to the orphanage.  Many of the children there do not have a father or mother and many children that do have parents live in homes where alcohol is abused terribly.  Elim City Church has identified this area to be an area with many vulnarable children.

Walking through the village it was not hard to notice the child to adult ratio was heavily in favor of the children.  Without taking an official census I would not be surprised if it was roughly 10/1.  Many of the youngest need to be cared for by those only slightly older than themselves.  A few times we would see children no more than 5 or 6 years old with an infant slung on their back.

Today we were able to put little faces to our previously general mission.  Please pray for these children in their current environment and also for success with the orphanage water well so that children can begin moving into their new home.

These kids are like our kids at home, huge smiles and easy to love.  Below is a picture of a child playing with a homemade football (soccerball for you Americans).  It is made from plastic bags wrapped around most likely sugar cane.  These kids are amazing football players and excel in making us look silly when it comes to this game.