hope

Hope There's always hope right? I know that in Jesus I always have hope and have nothing to worry about but what happens when you don't have that hope? I still think God is watching out for those folks but sometimes they just don't see the opportunities God is putting in front of them so they can have the same hope and security I do. The GKK project is one way to give hope and it is doing just that. I can't begin to tell you about the change in the children in the program. How they have grown in their self worth, sense of responsibility, helping others, taking charge of their lives the list goes on and on. I wrote awhile back about starting the literacy program. It is coming along, slowly. We are working on the outline for the lessons and interviewing potential candidates. School doesn't start here until Oct. 3 so we haven't missed our goal of starting with school. I am so burdened by these children. One boy I talked to is 10 and never been to school. He is always hanging around the garden and helping out. He's never been to school but he has had more life experience than you or I will ever have. He has spent three months in a Haitian prison. He was living in Cite Soley where all the gangs are and got involved in gun running. He was carrying the guns for the gang and the police caught him. Can you imagine 3 months in prison? and at age 9? It blows my mind. He is so excited about having an opportunity to change. Will it be easy - no! He is is always in trouble, has no one to look out for him. In fact he is one of 3 who stole 250 fish from me. I know and he knows but he has no one to tell him right from wrong and he was hungry. Hope is going to come in the form of a goat. I would ask that you please pray for us as we walk forward in this phase of the project. It's going to be a rough road trying to instill values into these young people and give them hope. We are looking at 25 children in Merger to enter the program. It is $125 per child plus we will need $2400 for 2 teachers for the year. It's a lot of money but when you think about the chance these kids are going to get to change their lives it's a drop in the bucket. We have already started working with the 2 gangs in Merger. These guys are older and just hang out trying to find something to do with their days. So far they are looking after 8 goats for me, 4 for each gang. They get 1/3 of the profit when I sell a goat. The project loses a bit of money but they are gaining value and excited to see who can have the fattest goats (fatter goats mean more money). They want to have training too. It's all about hope!