November 15, 2025 - Home visits and travel day
Today is a very important day for our team. We have been welcomed into 6 separate houses for 6 of our newest little lambs students.
A little background of Little Lambs and how they choose their students: when it originally started the national board members would work closely with community member, neighbors, friends and chiefs to identify the children in the most need. These children are often either orphaned being taken care of by a sho sho (grandmother) or other family members and sometimes friends. These student live in very dire conditions and their caregivers are desperate to give their children an education. Now that little lambs has been an operating mission for more than 25 years, word has spread. Machaa now describes the process as people in need seek out little lambs and then little lambs will reach out to the families as we are able to take on more students. God is good!
Today we visited the follow students and some included details of their home life.
Hannah - mother is Rebecca and she has 2 small twin boys ages 2 years 4 months, Hannah age 6 (our little lamb student), and an older sister age 10 and two older siblings not at home. Mother Rebecca requested prayer for provision for her family.
Mary - mother is Miriam and she has 5 children in the house, two are sisters, a brother Sam Victor who is special needs (not currently enrolled in school), Mary (our little lamb). Mother asked for prayer for the education Miriam was denied (she had to stop school at grade 8) and pray for a mentor for older son to take him from boy to man.
Anthony - mother is Rachel, and she has 3 kids (ages 1,3,5). Anthony is oldest.
Alfred - mother is Margaret, she has 5 children in the home, 4 brothers and 1 sister and older brother who is not at home. Mother Margaret requests prayers for older her son in getting a mentor for going from boy to man and housing for the kids through provision of work.
John - mother Milka, and she has Jacob (3) and Ruth (15). She also cares for Mary (5) and John (6; our little lamb). They are brother and sister and are the children of her sister who has passed. Additionally she also cares for one of her neighbors children, Grace (15). Mother Milka requests prayers for peace and provisions of a job, a better home, and mattresses for the children.
Martha - sho sho Martha cares for 5 kids. The mother and father of the kids have left leaving the grandmother to care for them. Sho sho Martha requests that the mother and father are convicted to return and support their children.
It’s hard to make sense of the joyful children at the center when faced with the homes we visited today. But it’s these visits that truly help bring perspective on what is really important in life and highlight the work Little Lambs does and the lives it touches. Life isn’t about extravagance. Life isn’t about material abundance. But connection, to one another and to Christ. These kids have very little materially but are overflowing with love and faith!
And this is where our team leaves you.
Please take a moment with each pictured family and if you are able, pray for them, by name if possible.
We love you all and thank you all for your continued prayers and support during our journey.
When we are back state-side please reach out and ask us more about our experiences. We’d love to share more.
If you want to learn more about little lambs you can read up on it here: https://www.littlelambskenya.com
