Siku Ngema (Good Day)

We started working at the Missions of Hope Int. Pangani Center on Monday and in these short two days have seen and experienced so much. I was with the social work department on Monday, so we visited 'homes' (tin shacks) in the slums to do follow-up visits on students that had been absent from school for a few days.
One child we visited was named Benjamin. He had been sick with a sore throat, as we confirmed upon entering the home. His mother's name is Mary and she sat and talked with us while her 3 small children stared poked at the mzungus (white people)...aka us...she nursed her new born while she told us briefly about her family.
The parents are both born again Christians. Mary's husband goes into town to find work and currently she stays with the new born. Currently they house 15 people in their 10x10 tin shack...I still can't comprehend how that many people could fit into the space, let alone sleep there.
Her three small children all attend the Pangani Center for school and she is thankful for the place where they receive a good education and two meals a day. When we asked her for any prayer requests before leaving she didn't even mention anything relating to their meager situation, her only request was that God bless MoHI so that they can continue to grow and invite more and more children from the slums into their schools.
I am once again reminded...these people may be without a lot of things, but they are never without hope...or the joy that overflows from it.