April 24, 2008 – from Dave K:

Today we went to what is called a baby house.  It is a place where they keep children from age 0 to 3 years old, those that are left by people who aren’t able to care for their babies.  This is a place where people can come and adopt kids, and while we were there, there was a couple from the USA playing with a little girl whom they were in the process of adopting.  This was the first time that I was the lead contact with the director of the facility and I was pretty nervous.   However, with God’s help, we were able to see and play with a group of kids outside.  We also were able to see and touch and hold for a little while some of the handicapped children.   Many of these kids are simply darlings.  We decided that since they were too small to give the gospel presentation to, that we would give them gospel bracelets.  As I was giving them out, the director of the facility was there and I asked her (through the interpreter) if she had seen these before or knew what they were about.  She was unfamiliar, so I proceeded to tell her the Good News and about what each of the beads meant.  When I finished, she told me that she was not a Christian and did not necessarily agree with me, but we did agree that she and her staff were doing a wonderful work of loving and caring for these precious souls.  At the end of our stay, I asked if I could pray to ask God’s blessing for her facility and she agreed to let me do it.  We also gave her several children’s Bibles and some More Than a Carpenter and the Gospel of John books.  She said that she did not promise to read them, but took them anyway.  Please pray that she will be very curious about what is in these books.  The picture here shows the director in the white with her bracelet on and Lydia, one of our interpreters putting a bracelet on one of the precious children.