For part of my stay in Kenya, my team and I got to work with an organization by the name of Sure 24 Homes, located in Nakuru. Started by a man named Sam, who was once a street kid of Nairobi, its goal is to take in children from the streets or from bad family situations. Sam and His wife take in as many people as possible and aren't afraid to reach for their dreams. Sure 24 is basically a self-sustained organization, besides outside donations to help maintain its programs. Their campus holds dormitories, a school, a church, a garden, livestock, and even a water purifying system. They also have started a car garage where teenage boys can work to learn life skills in order to get good jobs outside of Sure 24 or of Nakuru. Sam uses these resources not only to raise the orphans and children, but also to help out the community around them. And because they aren't afraid to reach for God's dreams, they are ever expanding. Right now they are building the school and more dorm rooms. They've even bought a large plot of land outside of their community to begin building the next phase of Sure 24 after they are done with the school.
But what impressed me so much about Sure 24 wasn't its size or how much its campus was doing in the community. It was the feeling of family that I and others experienced. Even though it is so large and is growing so much, it has the feeling of a close family. Sam is passionate not just about raising children into healthy adults, but teaching as many people as possible about what family looks like and represents in God's Kingdom. Thanks to what God is doing through Sam and Sure 24, this little girl is experiencing just that. She came to Sure 24 at a very young age because both of her parents are alcoholics. But instead of severing ties with her family, Sure 24 is working towards healing for her entire family. They have taken her into their home while they provide what they can to help her parents to recovery. She is a happy, healthy girl now. She has a light in her eyes that only God, His presence, and His peace can give. Even at such a young age she is now experiencing what it means to be a part of God's family and the liberation and healing it brings not only to her, but to her parents and others around her.
But what impressed me so much about Sure 24 wasn't its size or how much its campus was doing in the community. It was the feeling of family that I and others experienced. Even though it is so large and is growing so much, it has the feeling of a close family. Sam is passionate not just about raising children into healthy adults, but teaching as many people as possible about what family looks like and represents in God's Kingdom. Thanks to what God is doing through Sam and Sure 24, this little girl is experiencing just that. She came to Sure 24 at a very young age because both of her parents are alcoholics. But instead of severing ties with her family, Sure 24 is working towards healing for her entire family. They have taken her into their home while they provide what they can to help her parents to recovery. She is a happy, healthy girl now. She has a light in her eyes that only God, His presence, and His peace can give. Even at such a young age she is now experiencing what it means to be a part of God's family and the liberation and healing it brings not only to her, but to her parents and others around her.