Twins burnt to death!
We have a love child named Grace, who lives together with her mother and her twin siblings (one and a half years old).
The father abandoned the family at Grace’s birth. He very rarely visits them nor lives up to his responsibilities. He comes and goes as he pleases and expects his wife to fulfill her duties as an African wife. So she got pregnant again with twin girls.
One Saturday afternoon the mother and Grace went to visit some friends. The mother’s sister was to babysit. The babies were asleep in the only room they have. The aunt wanted to start cooking and turned on the gas, but could not find the matches. While looking for them she forgot to turn off the gas, and when she stroke a match there was an explosion and the room caught on fire. The aunt ran out screaming, but forgot the babies.
The neighbors rushed to help, but it was too late to save the two little girls who died screaming in the fire. This is such a horrible accident and such a grief. The family really need your prayers to get through it. We cry with them.
Only our Lord can give them comfort and strength to live through this.
The father disappeared and they have had no contact with him for several years. Ruth is a bright girl in school. Her school decided to sponsor her schooling because they are really poor. For various reasons the school recently shut down and Ruth had to find another school.
The mother cannot afford to send Ruth to another school. Ruth’s grandfather is a Maasai and he wants to have her back in Maasai land. He does not want a girl to get eductaed, but instead follow the Maasai traditions for girls: to be married. Maasais think that only boys should get educated.
Ruth’s mother told me that Ruth’s grandfather had received an offer from an elderly, wealthy Maasai who wanted to pay a very large dowry in the form of many cows in order to marry Ruth. Ruth had been desperate because she wanted to stay in school, get her education and choose her husband when the time was ripe. For this reason the mother and Ruth came to our office asking for help.
We trusted God and sent Ruth to a good, Christian school where she is thriving.
We received a sponsor who will support her until Form 4 is completed. But Ruth wishes to continue for another two years and graduate from High School. If any of you would like to support Ruth for a few more years please write us or send a gift to our missions account. Please earmark it “Ruth”.
