My Journey with TraumaBy Sumitra “Faa” I was born into a very big family. I am the youngest of 12. I grew up in much hardship, much of which I will not go into here. The culture in my village when I was young was to take care of my parents. I didn’t understand what…
We have 11 new children at GROW: four boys, seven girls. Our children come from many situations. This year we have a lot of children who need help working to obtain documentation and ID’s. We had been praying and visiting these children from October 2022 – March 2023. In March, our U.S. Executive Director, Jeana, was…
Adding homes for more children
This child spotlight is a 16 year old girl. Her mother passed away when she was only one month.
At the end of February, we said goodbye to longtime staff member, Ning, who has been serving with GROW since 2012
We began construction of our second boy’s home last December
and are now 70% of the way finished. God answered our prayers
Recently, Faa sat down with him to ask about his goals for after high school. He gave her that kind of smile that starts on his lips but comes out through his big,
bright eyes too.
At GROW we’re working hard not only with the
children, but with the families too. We believe God’s heart created families to live together, and we believe healing begins with family.
Praise God and thank you so
much for your prayers. At the
end of July, our staff couple
retired.
Our child spotlight girl is eight years old. We introduced her during our Rewrite Their Future event in April 2021. She is half-sister to another child who shared her story that evening. She lived homelessly with her single mom. No one wanted to help them. Finally, an uncle allowed them to live in a small space in his house, but they were not really welcomed. “Every time I saw her, she asked to be…