The children of The Haven are doing well. They are on a break from school right now, and they are enjoying the relative peace since Kenya has adopted a coalition government which has brought a near end to the post-election violence. As you know, we took in several dis-placed children during the height of the chaos, and we have one little fellow, Dennis, who is going to remain with us. He’s quite a precious little boy who needs a permanent home. He seems to have fit in very nicely with the rest of the family.

I have packed up our house, and I have set aside a couple of rooms full of things to distribute to others and/or to take to the children’s home. Hopefully I’ll get our shipment on its way soon, and I can concentrate on spending time with the kids and getting many administrative tasks accomplished before returning to the States next month.

The construction of the new children’s home is still going on nicely. I visited the site this week, and it looks as though we are more than three-fourths of the way towards completion. The dining hall is finished, the girls’ dorm (Fresh Start) has two stories completed, and the roof is being put on now. The boys’ dorm is about to have its second floor poured. As you can imagine, the cost of building materials (as well as food, petrol, etc.) has shot up significantly since the skirmishes in January, but we are still hopeful that the amount of money we have in the construction fund will complete the job. Please pray that it will.

Considering the great need to care for more children, we would love to be able to furnish the new orphanage as soon as it is completed and then bring in more kids. We’ll have room for 80 more children after the Fresh Start and the Haven children move in, but we cannot take in any of these additional children without funding to feed and clothe them. Please, please help us find more people interested in sponsoring children or generally donating to the support of the children’s home.

On a personal note, please continue to pray for Pam and me as we transition back to the U.S. We are both in need of employment; we have incurred a large medical debt from my kidney stone episode in January (still awaiting a response to our appeal of the insurance denial); and we are dealing with a deep hurt because we only discovered last week that our sending church, GBC, discontinued our personal support after January without giving us any notifi-cation. Our trust is in God alone, but the hurt is real. We certainly hate that our mission experience with GBC has ended this way. We look forward to discovering what God has in store for us in the days, weeks and months to come.

I miss Pam terribly, yet I know God is using this time of separation to draw us closer to Himself and closer to each other. Thank you so much for your faithful support of us during the last few years, and do not forget that our work is not terminating with our return to the States. In fact, it is growing significantly, and the children desperately need ongoing support. If you have been supporting Pam and me personally, please consider continuing to support our ministry. If you have been supporting the children, please continue to do so! We love and appreciate all you do for us and the kids.

A newsletter will be coming out in the next few weeks. If you are not on the mailing list for our newsletter and would like to be added, please let me know.

. . . Alan

Gifts designated for Pam and Alan or The Haven may be made payable to:

     Harvest International
     P.O. Box 6690
     Ocala, FL 34478-6690

While in the States:

     901-870-6400 (cell)

While in Kenya (Phone Numbers from the U.S.):