Thought about doctors lately? I have...

When was the last time you went to the doctors? Did any of these cross your mind as you made the appointment - will I have any money to pay the doctor, will I have any money to pay for transport or will I have to walk there, will I have any money to pay for medicine if I need it?

These questions usually don't enter our thought process. Even for those of us who do not have health insurance, there are agencies, free clinics, etc. to help - you just have to find them. Or we have family who can help.

But for our friends and family in Kenya these are questions we have to ask each time someone gets sick at one of the orphanages. There are no agencies to help, no free clinics, no family to turn to because they are in the same situation.

The funds coming in to Saved By God's Grace is covering food costs (because of the famine situation and rising food prices), so sometimes those funds have to be stretched to cover other necessities, like medical attention. Many times our friends, Gideon and Pauline (Director of Nice View Academy in Tala, Kenya and his wife), will ask the doctor for a "favor" to see the children without being paid at the time. The doctor has met us, he knows us and knows that we will get him paid.

Right now Chuck is working with an organization to help one of our daughters, Madina, at Mercy Child Foundation in Kenya. She was diagnosed on our last visit with elephantiasis and we are in the process of getting that diagnosis confirmed and getting her treatment.

If your child were sick what would you do to get them help? Saved By God's Grace is working to get Madina the help she needs. Please consider becoming a monthly supporter.

Your support will help change the lives of these beautiful children.