My Three Sons

Okay, so in the most technical sense they are not all mine.  The two oldest ones are sort of foster-sons. 

I don't normally capture moments like this one, but I got it tonight!  We are doing an advent devotional as a family before supper every night.  Tonight after eating it was reading time while I caught up on the computer.  I glanced up and saw Moses about to fall asleep, cuddled up to Jonah, as Jonah read a book and rocked Ryan at the same time.

William and I assumed responsibility for Jonah a little over two years ago.  He has had a difficult upbringing with a mother who severely mentally ill and no father in the picture.  Although he was quite a few years behind, he somehow managed to score extremely well on his primary school (eighth grade) exit exams.  He was invited to attend a secondary boys boarding school with a very good reputation.  At that time we decided to stand by this young man and assist him in obtaining his goal of getting an education.  The first year we did a harambe (local fundraiser) in our church and community to help raise his school fees.  This year a woman from my church heard his story and helped sponsor him for this school-year.  Last year, whenever he was on school breaks he would come and work with William at the farm.  He would show up at breakfast time and leave in the early evening.  I always assumed he went home to his mom's house.  Half-way through this year I found out that he was moving from place-to-place to sleep and that he never ate supper.  Since then we have pulled him in more and more as a family member.  We are so proud of him.  He finished his sophmore year of high school strong, ranking fifth in his class of fifty-five!

I shared about Moses a few posts back.  Moses has a family in Turkana but they are not in a position to care for him at this time.  So we are fostering Moses as our son until his family is in a position to care for him again. We know for sure that he will be attending Brook of Faith (ELI's primary school) this next school-year starting in January.  We have already had one person step up to assist with school fees for Moses.  If you are interested in helping sponsor either of these special young men please let me know!