WE FINALLY HAVE OUR 4RUNNER!!!

After many many  months of delays at the port in Monrovia Liberia, Josephus finally has his much needed vehicle for the FMN program!  All glory to God! It is truly a  miracle that we got the truck out of port, and everything inside the truck was right where we left it when it was packed here in August. 

Other than the battery needing a jumpstart, everything is great!  This will be a HUGE blessing to our program, Josephus, all the kids and the caregivers!  Thank you to all who were instrumental in aquiring the 4Runner, through funds and contacts.  Thank you to the team in Liberia who persevered, stood their ground, and never gave up! Awesome!!  WE OFFICIALLY HAVE A FMN VEHICLE!!!

Meet handsome Mohammed...

Meet our newest member to the Forget-Me-Not Program!
This precious little guy has Cerebral Palsy.  These pics are taken from the hospital where he was abandoned.  He is now in a FMN home with his wonderful foster mom, and is adjusting nicely.

Please pray for our FMN kids...

Our Precious Patience...

It's with great sadness that I am writing this post.  To our shock, Patience passed away from Malaria on Tuesday morning.  The sweet and goofy personality that Patience brought into the family of FMN kids and caregivers, will be severely missed.  She had the most beautiful face and cutest giggle.  There is just a huge emptyness now.  She will be missed....I'm just at a loss for words...

Our FMN kids are so vunerable to every aspect of life in Liberia. Malaria is a huge killer for all kids in Liberia...especially 'special needs' kids.  Our program does what it can to prevent this killer, but we are so limited.  Please pray that the government will follow through with their word, and allow 'special needs' kids to be adopted.  Just being able to get these kids out of the country, away from Malaria infestations, have the access to sufficient medical care and be adopted and loved into their forever family will be a huge step.  I'm so tired of watching kids die from such a senseless killer!  The death of Patience has given us all the more reason to fight and advocate for the lives of these precious children.

We will miss our beautiful princess, Patience...

Day 6

Josephus and Christina having a meeting with the FMN foster moms

Therapy "refresher" course using Favour as our 'model'

Stretching Barry

Barry

Barry 'happy feet!'

Barry and foster mom

Josephus and Christina having our meeting with the foster moms

Denise and Melvin

Korpu 'platting' her dolls head

Patience on the phone...again

Bubbles!

Gborlee clapping...

Treating the foster homes with donuts and juice for breakfast!

Josephus and Christina

Co-Directors for FMN!

OUR COSTS ARE NOT COVERED THIS MONTH!!

WE ARE IN NEED OF FOUR  THREE TWO  ONE MORE SPONSOR TO COVER OUR COSTS!!  Please pass on this info...

If you can help sponsor a FMN child ($25-$100 per month), please email me asap.  We have medical costs that are taking out of our regular sponsor funds.  If we can get all our kids sponsored, this would not be an issue.  Our kids are so worth every cent!  These kids are more vulnerable and suseptable to common illnesses, so they need very high nutrition and care.  We really need your help!
PLEASE HELP US GET ALL OUR KIDS SPONSORED!

Surprise

William(SPONSORED)

John(SPONSORED)

Eric(SPONSORED)

Visiting K Village...

On our third day in Liberia, we were up before the sun, ate breakfast and headed out of town on a 5 hour drive to Pastor Peter's village.  This is a very remote village about 4 hours out, then we 'four wheel' in a few miles, then walk the rest of the way.  We had planned this for a medical outreach day, knowing from our last visit that we weren't prepared for all the illness we encountered.  So we did bring supplies to treat what we could.  Tracey, a Nurse Practitioner, Josephus and Denise both nurses, were able to diagnose and treat more than 60 adults and children!   They ROCKED!!!  Some of the things diagnosed were...Intestinal Worms, Malaria, ear infections and Bronchitis.  This team of 3 were amazing!!  Thank You Tracey, Josephus and Denise!!
We also brought 50 Cabbage Patch Dolls that were donated to us!  The whole village was very intrigued by these dolls.  They loved the fact that they could 'plat' some of the dolls hair!  We also brought a ton of little cars, a variety of other little toys and suckers, which are always a hit!  This village is filled with the most loving people!
After such a long day, we encountered a flat tire, which was promptly fixed!  Then headed back for the LONG drive back to town. 
Thanks Jim for the wonderful pics!