Spotlight on Orphans 5-10-06, Mother Teresa

<body> <p> <p class=MsoNormal align="center"><font size="4">Mother Teresa</font></p> <p class=MsoNormal><span class=ft31><span style='font-size:10.5pt'>Nearly everyone has heard of Mother</nobr> Teresa of <st1:City w:st="on">Calcutta</st1:City> who is known world wide for her work among the dying, the</nobr> lepers and the orphans of <st1:country-region w:st="on"><st1:place w:st="on">India</st1:place></st1:country-region>. Few, however, have heard of our Mother Teresa of</nobr> <st1:country-region w:st="on"><st1:place w:st="on">Kenya</st1:place></st1:country-region>. Though she will likely not become</nobr> famous in this world, her work for orphans</nobr> will nonetheless be recorded in the books</nobr> of heaven and she will receive her reward.</nobr> Teresa is the administrator of our newest orphanage, brought about because of</nobr> thirty-one children who were brought to</nobr> <st1:place w:st="on"><st1:PlaceName w:st="on">Hope</st1:PlaceName> <st1:PlaceName w:st="on">for Children Center</st1:PlaceName></st1:place> in March, by the Kenyan government. As you will recall, these children were left homeless when the government</nobr> closed down the orphanage they were staying at, due to neglect of the children.</nobr><span style='mso-spacerun:yes'> </span>How frightening it must have been</nobr> for these children to be separated from many of their friends, to stay at <st1:place w:st="on"><st1:PlaceName w:st="on">Hope</st1:PlaceName></nobr> <st1:PlaceName w:st="on">Center</st1:PlaceName></st1:place> for a few days, and then to be</nobr> taken out into the African bush to stay</nobr> with a lady who really had no room for</nobr> them. Even so, what a warm welcome</nobr> Teresa and her family have given them!</nobr><span style='mso-spacerun:yes'> </span>Their new home has been named The</nobr> Good Samaritan Lwanda Children’s</nobr> Home. When asked the meaning of</nobr> “Lwanda,” Pastor Maurice explained:</nobr> “Lwanda means ‘The Rock.’ This is</nobr> a name which was given to the area</nobr> where Teresa lives. Just like you live in</nobr> <span style='mso-spacerun:yes'> </span><st1:place w:st="on"><st1:City w:st="on">Pineville</st1:City>, <st1:State w:st="on">West Virginia</st1:State></st1:place>, that place is</nobr> called Lwanda, Homa-bay. So Teresa</nobr> lives in a place called Lwanda. Not really</nobr> a city or town, but a village</nobr>.</span></span><o:p></o:p></p> </p> <p> </p> <a href="pg_0001.htm" TARGET = "_top">Orphans and Orphanages 1</a> <p> </p> <a href="pg_0002.htm" TARGET = "_top">Orphans and Orphanages 2</a> <p> </p> <a href="pg_0003.htm" TARGET = "_top">Orphans and Orphanages 3</a> <p> </p> <a href="pg_0004.htm" TARGET = "_top">Orphans and Orphanages 4</a> <p> </p> <a href="pg_0005.htm" TARGET = "_top">Orphans and Orphanages 5</a><p> </p> <a href="pg_0006.htm" TARGET = "_top">Orphans and Orphanages 6</a><p> </p> <a href="pg_0007.htm" TARGET = "_top">Orphans and Orphanages 7</a><p> </p> <a href="pg_0008.htm" TARGET = "_top">Orphans and Orphanages 8</a><p> </p> <a href="pg_0009.htm" TARGET = "_top">Orphans and Orphanages 9</a><p> </p> <a href="pg_0010.htm" TARGET = "_top">Orphans and Orphanages 10</a><p> </p> <a href="pg_0011.htm" TARGET = "_top">Orphans and Orphanages 11</a><p> </p> <a href="pg_0012.htm" TARGET = "_top">Orphans and Orphanages 12</a></p> </body>