Note from Bob Archives - Naomi's Village https://naomisvillage.org/category/note-from-bob/ Hope Begins When A Child Belongs Mon, 02 Dec 2019 15:46:45 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9 https://naomisvillage.org/cms2/wp-content/uploads/2018/11/cropped-NV-Favicon-Dark-2-32x32.png Note from Bob Archives - Naomi's Village https://naomisvillage.org/category/note-from-bob/ 32 32 Mombasa 2019: New Horizons https://naomisvillage.org/mombasa-2019-new-horizons/ https://naomisvillage.org/mombasa-2019-new-horizons/#comments Mon, 02 Dec 2019 14:52:36 +0000 http://naomisvillage.org/cms2/?p=8298 ____________________________________________________________________________ The world is a book, and those who do not travel read only a page. St. Augustine of Hippo ____________________________________________________________________________ Weeks of planning, prayer, and preparations finally ended on Monday, Nov 25, 2019. At 3:30 a.m., lights flickered on, and 62 groggy but excited children began dressing, washing faces, brushing teeth, and boarding Naomi’s […]

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]]> https://naomisvillage.org/up-and-down/feed/ 5 Joy Surrendered https://naomisvillage.org/joy-surrendered/ https://naomisvillage.org/joy-surrendered/#respond Wed, 22 May 2019 16:41:07 +0000 http://naomisvillage.org/cms2/?p=8093 We may never know her reason for leaving. Did her mother run in fear, in desperation, or simply out of selfishness? In the end, it doesn’t matter anymore. Found crying, hungry, and alone in a vacant rental in Naivasha, the 6-week-old beauty needed a home and a name. Staff at the local hospital in town […]

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