New Life Orphanage not only cares for infants...they also care for around 50 children ages 5-12. Most are rescued from the streets. When some of them first arrive, the workers find them stuffing rice into their pockets during mealtimes. They are accustomed to wondering when their next meal will be. But at New Life, they always have a warm meal and a bed to sleep on.
At NLCH, these kids are loved and cared for, physically and spiritually. Many are in need of basic medical care, including lice/flea/worm removal. One child at the home had 2 pounds of worms removed from his body.
Each night before bed, the children have devotions together. They sing songs together, in English and in Tagalog. They take prayer requests, and one of the older children leads everyone in prayer. Then one of the volunteers reads a Bible story. They always beg for 'just one more!'
"Tell the one about the lions! Tell the one about the seeds!" They can't get enough.
During our time there, Beth and I ran a 5K to "break the cycle of poverty through education."
Some of the kids ran alongside us. It was great fun!
We pray that this cycle of poverty in the Philippines would continue to be broken, and we also pray that more and more children from the orphanage would be adopted into loving families. Finally, we pray that they would know God the Father who will never leave them nor forsake them. Will you please join us in prayer for them?
Thanks for letting us share our stories and pictures from our trip. We hope you enjoyed them.
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