Introduction

Welcome!

For His Children (FHC) is a Christian ministry to children in Ecuador. Founded in 1990 by Clark and Melinda Vaughn and their children, Phillip and Lesley when they followed God's call to move from California to "love His children".

FHC aims to do exactly that - providing a home for these abandoned children where they can experience God's love and care, until they can be reunited with their birth family, or placed with an adoptive family.

I visited and volunteered at FHC during the summer of 2008-09 and have returned in obedience to this calling God has placed in my heart.

Thank you for visiting my blogpage.

~ Joe

Thursday, January 6, 2011

These children are crazy!! ...but I love 'em

Where do I start. There's Anthony (Antonio) who has the cheekiest smile – he's a good kid. Angel, who is obsessed with water – washing his hands, playing with water, splashing on puddles. Alejandra always has to redo her shoe laces, Josue will climb all over you, Carlos just wants your company...like all the time. There's little Teresita, finding her feet and her way amongst all the slightly older children, and of course the babies, Sarita, Alejandra, Giovanni, Joanna and Patti.

There's also Xavier (the only wheelchair bound child in Latacunga) and Gabriel, who has the sweetest look on his face, but can get up to mischief nonetheless.

No day is the same. I can be hauling five babies up the hill (in a cart, of course!) one day, and picking stones from the yard the next (so that the grass can grow). Sounds a bit like a prison sentence or school yard detention doesn't it? The only certainty is that the kids need to eat each day, and after dinner, they usually watch The Lion King (1, 2, or 3). I can't believe there are six sequels to The Lion King now...it's that popular! 

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