Nine New Boys.........UPDATE

UPDATE on July 26th: Charles let us know today that six of the nine boys have sponsors. Its not too late to email him and Bill to tell them that you'd like to sponsor a new MITS student. If you are quick enough, I can take a portrait while I am here and bring it to you when we get back. Below is the original post from yesterday...


We arrived safely last night from our safari. We were very happy to learn that the nine boys had been moved into the boys dorm on Tuesday. Before chapel this morning, I was able to visit with them and they were very happy to be out here. Some can speak English and others will be learning it, so I had to have one of the boys translate for me. They all agreed that they hoped that they could stay out here forever. In chapel, everyone welcomed them in and we all sang "we love you with the love of the lord" to them.

I discovered that they do not have sponsors for all of the new boys yet. As new kids arrive, sponsors in the US are recruited to help support them, paying $75us per month to cover food, clothing, teachers, etc. My family has been blessed by sponsoring two girls (Mary and Mwanahawa) and are further blessed every time we receive a letter from them. If you have been following this blog at all, I hope you are convinced that MITS is doing a tremendous amount of good in the lives of these boys and girls. I am truly convinced that God is at work here, in the staff, the teachers, and the students. I would like to challenge you right now (Friday, July 25th) to commit to sponsor one of these boys. Relatively speaking, its small cost each month, but it literally has been a life and death opportunity, both physically and spiritually, to these boys.

Before the day is done, please email Bill Smith (smith1858@comcast.net) and Charles Coulston (charles.coulston@made-in-the-streets.org) and let them know that you'd like to support one of the nine new boys. With the number of people who have been reading the blog during our trip, I believe that we can get all of them sponsored by the end of the day. You will be blessed and God will be glorified.