We Interrupt These Miracles

There's some great news from Orphanage Emmanuel that we just had to share. Below are the pictures we received this week of the recently finished toddler boys house that so many of you helped make possible.

With your support, the World Orphan Fund was able to fund half of it. The little guy in front with the grey shirt and turned sideways is my youngest sponsor child Junior.

Bathroom

Clothes Room

Downstairs Room

Stairs to Upper Level

Upstairs Room

The Boys in front of the new house!

You've touched the lives of some very special children. Thank you so very much for helping us get this charity off the ground. 

This year we are securing the funds to build a new special needs house at Rancho Santa Fe in La Venta, Honduras. If you would like to contribute, please click the donate now button on the right hand side of this blog. Your contribution is tax deductible and every dime goes directly into projects.

Miracle 4 - The Leadership

Stefan Feuerstein is the National Director of NPH Honduras.  On any given day here at the Ranch you can catch sight of him zipping all over the Ranch on his bike, responding to constant personal summons, working other issues out by phone in-between.

Stefan Feuerstein - National Director of NPH Honduras

Tall with a warm, easy-going manner, and a somewhat sarcastic, but affable sense of humor, Stefan is easily approachable, inspiring confidence and trust in even those he’s known for just a short time.

The children, especially, are drawn to these characteristics and Stefan is always willing to interrupt “business talk” to give a few moments of loving, needed, attention to whatever child approaches and affectionately latches onto him. 

“What’s important is knowing the kids. Being loving and being patient. That’s all they need. Appreciating them no matter what they’ve done."

Ross Egge - Assistant National Director of NPH Honduras

Ross Egge, is the Assistant National Director of NPH in Honduras. Like Stefan, you are taken by how gentle and committed his is to the children. Everywhere you go on the Ranch you hear Ross! Ross! He is never too busy to spend a special minute with the kids, and I don't recall a single child he met whose name he didn't know. Given Rancho Santa Fe has over 500 children and Ross has been here for less than a year, that's pretty amazing. Before coming to Honduras Ross was at NPH's home in Nicaragua.

So why do we think they are miracles? Maybe it's because of the incredible job they do to individually evaluate each and every child and develop a specific plan for each one to succeed. With 24 currently enrolled in College, the most impressive vo-tech program we've seen along with the smiles we saw on so many faces -- their strategy is clearly working. But what they to help a child named Cesare Giovanni speaks to where their hearts are. We'll talk about that in miracle five.