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Brian’s Journal

Unfortunately, we have not yet re-

ceived our first installment of “Brian’s

Journal” from Africa. We know that it is

taking awhile for Brian and Logan to get

settled in and to learn how best to func-

tion. We also realize that communication

from Africa is not easy, costs money, and

takes time. In the absence of a formal

“Journal,” we have decided to share some

of the letters [edited] we have received

from our two men from the “Top of the

World” [see our May issue]. We are sure

you will find these glimpses into their ad-

venture very interesting. Please try to vi-

sualize yourself in their places. We have

included a letter from Pastor Moses, and

ended with a letter from Pastor Maurice to

help round out the picture for you.

Dear Grandma Esther,

Sorry I haven’t written sooner. This

is the first time we’ve made it to the

email bureau since we’ve arrived at

Glory Center. Things are going very

well for Brian and me here. Neither of

us have gotten sick and the food is

quite good. We are both enjoying our-

selves immensely. They treat us very

well, too well in fact. We told them we

didn’t want to be treated like visitors,

but to learn and to help. They are letting

us do some work, but we’ve given up on

convincing them not to treat us as guests.

We do appreciate their hospitality

very much though.

The situation here at Glory Cen-

ter is both good and bad. The children

here are very happy and well taken care

of but there is a large need for money.

There are children coming every day, but

there is not enough room. Pastor Moses

wants to help them so bad and has ac-

cepted twenty plus children since we’ve

arrived. There is already up to six small

children sleeping in one twin-sized bed.

We’ve given them money to buy a few

more mattresses and they’ve put them on

the floor in any open space inside. They

really need a bigger place! They’ve

looked at two pieces of land to possibly

building a bigger place.

The school also is growing rapidly

and is very full. I’ve helped teach some

classes and found the school supplies to

be very limited. They need more school

supplies especially.

I don’t know what kind of funds

Hearth to Hearth Ministries has, but they

need whatever is available desperately.

Both Brian and I think that Pastor Moses

uses the limited funds that he has wisely.

He loves the children so much and hates

to turn them away. It’s so hard to see so

many children living in such poverty. I

know God has a reason for allowing all

this, but it’s hard to see right now. I hope

and pray that HTHM can provide more

funds so they can help more children.

You can see such a dramatic difference

in the children here and the ones in the

community. I feel so honored to be a part

of this wonderful ministry and see God

working here.

God bless and I’ll try to write soon.

Logan

Dear Mum [Esther],

I can see that surely Brian, it was his

first time to come out of USA to Africa.

Surely all the time the children were

coming to beg food on the door, crying

wanting to come in. When Brian saw

Prisca and Vane with tears he sympa-

thized with them and he was also crying.

Surely, Mum, this is not like Nairobi. We

are in up country where people are suf-

fering and starving. May I assure you

that I have a very difficult situation here.

That is why Brian did all these, but I am

very happy that now he is getting in what

I am telling him. I thank you so much that

you stopped him from doing all these,

but the situation here is very difficult. I

wish you were here to see all these. So

Brian is now doing fine and I asked him

to follow what we have been doing.

Mum, it is very difficult to take these

children back to the streets. We must

show them love and I believe by faith that

God will meet all the needs we have here.

Let us trust in Him. He is a faithful father.

[Note: We had tried to prepare Brian

before he left regarding our concern that

he might not be able to deal with the sight

of so many children starving. He and Lo-

gan are not used to seeing children going

hungry and crying to be let inside so that

they do not have to sleep on the streets.

Obviously, the reality is much worse than

the imagination can portray. Being un-

aware of the financial state of this minis-

try, and desperately wanting to help these

poor children, caution was thrown to the

wind. Before word could get to them from

the States not to bring in any more chil-

dren for lack of money and space to care

for them, the number of new children at

Glory Center had risen to fifty-six.]

I know it is very difficult for you and

for me here to take care of these children,

but to those who have come in just let us

put them in prayer. God loves them too

and He will find a way forward. Let us

just take a step and trust Him. I don’t

know why all these, but God knows.

Mum, put this in prayer. We as man, we

can see this as a difficult situation but

with God all things are possible. Let

us put this burden on Him and He will

give us a rest.

Last time I told you that we had

thirty-one children whom we nor-

mally feed and are in our school but

we did not take them in. But when Brian

came and sympathized with them, they

came in, and because some heard

that children are taken, they came.

And when I went to town, coming

back, I found that some have come in

and I had nothing to do since it was

Brian who took them in and you trusted

him to whatever he will do. But I am

happy that Brian is a good man and it is

now he has understood what our people

are like when they see a white skin. I

think you are aware of that. So the total

new number of children that are in now

is fifty-six. It is a very big number but all

we leave to God.

I am going to figure out all that we

have purchased. We have bought ten mat-

tresses and ten beds. He also bought some

things for the school and some small

things for the children since they were

back and so many needs were there. I

hope Logan and Brian are straight and

honest men. They are very soft in their

hearts and very loving and I hope that is

why all these happened and I did not un-

derstand exactly what to do since they

were sent from you. Since you phoned

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Logan on left, with brothers Linden and Jordan, and

sister Miriam, shortly before leaving for Africa.