You can make a difference!

Before I get into the news about the food issue I'd like to update you on Anastacia and her doctors appointment on April 17. (Here is Anastacia with some items we purchased during our last trip of 2008)

This is part of an email I received from Pauline -

"I met with Anastacia today and took her for treatment. She was found to have malaria, and an allergy of the eyes .She was prescribed for eyes drops, malaria drugs and some ointment which i bought for her. She was asked to see the doctor again on 2.5.09"

We thank God that through funding from you we were able to get treatment and the medicine she needed. This is a typical situation that Saved By God's Grace supports.

We are focused on helping the children and adults at Nice View Academy/Orphanage, Mercy Child Foundation and Eldama Ravine Children's Village, the three orphanages God has brought before us, but we need your help.

Recently in the BBC News - "maize prices have increased by up to 130% in parts of the country since last year." We can not lose focus now, although many here in the States are feeling the squeeze of financial issues, assistance is available (churches, government programs, food banks etc.). There are no food banks, no welfare, no food stamps available for our Kenyan friends and family.

The food crisis is a world-wide problem - "There are over 850 million hungry people in the world in 2009." "One in seven people on earth goes hungry every day, and when we talk about going hungry every day, we are talking about real pain and anguish and suffering that goes with that hunger." (source: Talk Radio News Service)

One may wonder, what can I do? Become a monthly supporter, have a car wash, host a bake sale...there are many ways of helping. Tell people about this ministry, drive people to the website www.SavedByGodsGrace.org - God will move hearts.

To help make the statistics about people not numbers, here is an email I received today from Pauline:

Dear sister,

This is a photo i took the kids of Nice view today as they are on tuition.They are quite happy that they can be in school to learn and take at least lunch before going home. most families are going without lunch nowadays for they can only afford one meal a day

Admire their happy faces and God bless you for putting smiless on their faces

Be blessed
Dada (sister in Swahili)

Now the one in seven people has a face - these children are eating at least one meal a day thanks to the efforts of supporters to Saved By God's Grace. A big thank you!

"..he's already made it plain how to live, what to do, what God is looking for in men and women. It's quite simple: Do what is fair and just to your neighbor, be compassionate and loyal in your love, and don't take yourself too seriously—take God seriously." (Micah 6:8 The Message)

Tomorrow's blog will have some prices of staple items that are purchased in Tala where Nice View Academy is located, giving you a picture of the costs associated with feeding the children.