Grace NEEDS A SPONSOR!

 

Grace is 3 years old and has full body Cerebral Palsy, mostly the muscle tightness rather than the lack of muscle strength.  She is very healthy and is strong.  She loves to stand (with support from others), and thrives on praise. Because she has the correct movements and body posture to be able to simulate walking, we would love to get her a walker in the near future.  She has the most beautiful smile, and is great at interacting with others. 

While visiting with Gracie last week, Michelle interacted a lot with her and learned how motivated Gracie was by simply praising her while excercising.  She really utilized her leg muscles a lot!

Please consider being a sponsor for Gracie!!!

NEEDING CHILD SPONSORS...

With the three new FMN kids, we are in need of committed sponsors to help cover their care costs.  Without sponsors, we cannot cover our costs to feed and properly care for these precious ones.  Our program is growing, the foster moms are doing an amazing ministry of caring for all the FMN kids, and every child in our program is doing fantastic!

We don't want to turn away any child due to the lack of funds,  so we faithfully bring a child in need, into our program, hoping that a sponsors can soon be found.

Our kids needing immediate sponsors are... Eric, Hope, Junior and Grace.  I will be posting more pics from our trip, so you will need to scroll down to see the kids' pics for now.  Please let me know if you would like to help. FMN email forgetmenotchildren@yahoo.com or click on the 'donate' button on the left if you would like to help us with a one time donation.


Thank you so much!
Christina

More pics from day 6!

Josephus and the FMN truck...

Sweet and goofy Melvin!

Korpu doing her handprint.

Day 6 in Liberia...

Today was our last day to spend with the kids and caregivers.  It's always so sad to leave.  Each and every one of these children are so special, as well and our caregivers and Josephus, the Liberian director.  I'm proud of all their hard work and the love they pour into this program.  It takes so many hands to make a program work, and everyone on our FMN team is truly making it work! This program is changing the lives of these precious children!

Cutie Mohammed!

Our newest caregiver, Martha, and our new boy, Junior!  He is severely afraid of 'white people' and the camera, so we did not get a smile out of him.

This smile is sooooo worth a million bucks!  After just two days in our care, Hope was smiling!!!! She was so weak and dehydrated when she came into our program, she couldn't lift her head or move.  Now, after two days with her foster mom...she's holding up her head briefly, and started moving her arms and legs a little bit. She's going to do great in our program!

   

Christina and Kou. Kou is my most precious foster mom and the 'overseer' of the other foster moms.  I see the love of Jesus when I watch her with our FMN kids.

Day 5 in Liberia...

Christina and Gborlee...

John with his drum.  He loves to dance to his drum!!

Melvin posing for pic.  He was pretty silly today, we just didn't catch the silliness on camera!

Surprise can laugh like crazy!  He is very engaging and interacts wonderfully, and, throws some amazing tantrums!

Day 4 in Liberia...

Today we went to one of the hospitals that have referred us several of our FMN kids.  It was great to see the nurses and doctors who cared for them, and they were all so greatful for our type of program to come alongside them and help these special kids.  

We then went to a chicken farm to get some pricing on chicks.  Our goal is to provide each of our foster homes with egg laying chickens so they'll can get more protein in the kids' diet.  The FMN program will be doing an Easter fundraiser for this purpose in the next few weeks!  

We then went to visit the foster moms and FMN kids!  Our favorite part of every day here!

We are in need of 3 new sponsors for 3 new kids!  Please consider being part of the FMN sponsorship program to help these precious little ones.  It is the committed sponsors that help these special ones thrive!

Enjoy a few pics... 

This is from our cake and balloon day! 

This little girl we took in yesterday as an immediate placement due to her condition.   She is very malnourished and weak, but is now with a loving foster mom. 

Eric enjoying his new toy!

Karen laughing at her foster mom!  Super cute smile!

Beauty Queen Korpu!

Day 3 with the kids!

Today I surprised all the foster moms and kids with cake and balloons!  I wanted to celebrate and congratulate them on the wonderful care they've been providing, but especially for the praises we have been getting from the government.  Pics of the party will come later!  Enjoy a few pics that the internet allowed to upload.

Cutie Angel!!!

                                Michelle and Gborlee...he was really studying Michelle's face...

Beautiful Grace (the foster moms call her Gracie)

Today was another awesome day of spending a lot of time with all the caregivers and kids.  The cake and balloons went over really well with everyone!  Since we are able to spend so much time with the kids, we are seeing some wonderful personalities come out.  Here is a quick rundown of a few...

Favour interacts so well with her foster mom, playing and teasing, then giggles!  So cute!

Barry is full of smiles and has giggled more than I have ever seen him!

John is loving school and is adorable in his uniform!  Still sings and dances!

William is doing so well, likes hugs on his terms,and continues to improve around crowds. 

Gborlee was playing, smiling and laughing!  I haven't been able to see that before!

Karen was giggling and laughing with her foster mom and a few neighborhood kids.

There's a lot more details, but again, unreliable internet, so I want to send this out!

Goodnight from Liberia! Christina