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Into Africa - Who will care for these boys?
Written By: Wendy Saiki
Photos By: Ron Storer
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High on drugs this boy views
everyone with distrust.
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Look into the hard eyes of these boys when they arrive. They are hard and suspicious, as if to dare you.
“I imagine that this is the result of their street experiences,” says Vincent, the office manager who God has drawn into caring for these boys. “This softens with time in the halfway house, and the smiles take over as the outer shell breaks down and the child is revealed.”
Vincent recognizes the look when he encounters boys on the street, but knows that it can change when the child receives a home with love and care. “It is also a source of agony to see them on the streets, knowing the Lord has already made a provision for them somewhere (God can place the lonely in families, Psalm 68:6).”
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“Vincent recognizes the look when he encounters boys on the street, but knows that it can change...” |
Vincent’s heart’s desire to help these children began to form when he participated in an outreach to children on the streets of Nairobi, bringing them food, clothing and medicine. After a successful operation, Vincent found that instead of being able to celebrate the success of the project with the others, he was painfully aware that he would return to a home, family and loved ones, while these children would all go back to the streets. For several weeks, his heart ached and cried out to do more.
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Vincent encourages a boy
that there is hope.
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Through Into Africa, small homes for boys are being established. George, Simon and his brother, Jackson, are raising 20 boys in the first home. When Rick and Audrey moved to Kenya in 1995, they met Simon who they employed as a yard worker. He soon came to accept Christ and learned to read English as he attended Bible school.
Through the years, he has won many to Christ, helped start two primary schools, and has become known to his neighbors as Pastor Simon. Furthermore, because Simon is highly respected in his village, he has been influential in gaining acceptance for the boys within the community. When Rick and Audrey shared their vision to start self-supporting rural homes, Simon already had a site picked out.
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