TREE OF LIVES.ORG 1 Issue No. 12 - September 2014 Kids Who Love to Bathe? Yes! For the first time in their lives, the children at the Joy Village are able to take showers. Not only showers, but warm showers! The water tower is up and the solar panel installation is complete. There is now hot water at Joy Village. It’s been a long time coming. The only issue we have run into is getting the children OUT of the shower - they love it that much! So the moms have instituted new rules for bath time - everybody’s on a timer. All good things must come to an end, right? Well, not really. There is always tomorrow, kids! Strengthening the African Family As Together We Fight Aids & Poverty Sponsor a Joy Village Child - Join the 167 Club It takes $167 per month to provide housing, food, medication, clothing and education for each of our Joy Village children. If you want to consider providing part or all of this care for a JV child, visit our website for complete details . Many thanks to those who have already joined up!
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TREE OF LIVES.ORG 1
Issue No. 12 - September 2014
Kids Who Love to Bathe? Yes!
For the first time in their lives, the children at the Joy Village are able to take showers. Not only showers, but warm showers! The water tower is up and the solar panel installation is complete. There is now hot water at Joy Village. It’s been a long time coming.
The only issue we have run into is getting the children OUT of the shower - they love it that much! So the moms have instituted new rules for bath time - everybody’s on a timer. All good things must come to an end, right?
Well, not really. There is always tomorrow, kids!
S t r e n g t h e n i n g t h e A f r i c a n F a m i l y A s To g e t h e r We F i g h t A i d s & P o v e r t y
Sponsor a Joy Village Child - Join the 167 ClubIt takes $167 per month to provide housing, food, medication, clothing and education for each of our Joy Village children. If you want to consider providing part or all of this care for a JV child, visit our website for complete details. Many thanks to those who have already joined up!
If you would like to make a donation to support the many ministries of Tree of Lives, you may do so online at treeoflives.org or mail a check to Tree of Lives, Post Office Box 11390, Norfolk, Virginia 23517. Contact Becky Lyle Pinkard, [email protected], for more information.
S t r e n g t h e n i n g t h e A f r i c a n F a m i l y A s To g e t h e r We F i g h t A i d s & P o v e r t y
An Excerpt From the Blogs of Summer 2014 Pilgrims to Kenya
July 2014, Nazareth Hospital, Kenya - Eyes and ears are open but mouth is shut and guarded. I am told that this journey here at Nazareth Hospital is life changing. Our Lord knows that I want that change. My heart tells me daily and now my heart tells me I have come to the right place to have it repaired.
I believe the wonderful people here will teach me to trust and love God with all my heart, and I would like for them to know they are loved too.
This beautiful, second night, I am asking God for a relationship with Him and for His guidance. Thank you, Lord, for this opportunity.
Spencer Hull, member of First Presbyterian Church Norfolk
Editor’s note: We have a beautiful collection of blogs on our website - treeoflives.org
5 Interesting Facts You May Not Know About Tree of Lives:
We founded the Korogocho School of Cosmetology in Nairobi to give young people in the slums a way out of poverty.
In the Horn of Africa at Mutomo Hospital, we fully fund a food supplement program for more than 800 HIV+ children.
The Joy Village was once the home of a very generous Kenyan woman who made her fortune selling used clothes.
If you travel to Kenya with us, you will walk deep into the tea fields to visit The Bird Man, a woodcarver. Much fun!
Drs. Richard and Judith Brown discovered Nazareth Hospital in 2001, while working on a book at The Kentmere Club.
