Jessie and Shalimar Tingson
Team Tanzania
May 2008 Report
Dear Praying friend,
This month we decided to write about the Huruma
Children Home. We wish for you to knew these children closer and
pray for each of them We have 9 children and 3 caretakers but more
children to be added soon. We included a short Bio and how they were
orphaned. Also, a short Paragraph with something special about the
child.
ULWE RAJABU; 13 years old
Ulwe is from Kigoma Region. His parents separated when he was very
young. Soon after his mother died and raised by a family friend. A
certain relative took him to Dar es Salaam but eventually abandoned
the child upon arrival at the bus station. Ulwe spent weeks at the
police station. He is now in 4th grade
GERVAS ROMANI;
12 years old
Gervas is from Pwani
Region. He was old enough to remember when his father died. His
mother abandoned him just after the burial. He brought up by his 76
year old grand mother. Who has nothing but a small farm in the
backyard. A relative heard about the opening of Huruma Home. Gervas
now is in 4th grade.
WENIFREDA GAMA; 13 years
old
Wennie is from Ruvuma Region and was
born to a very poor family. Her father asked his younger brother to
take of her. Then after few weeks, Both parents died of HIV. The
Uncle's wife began abusing her physically and verbally. The abuses
become severe that it noticed by the community. She is in 6th grade.
JOAKIM ( 6 years old ) & JANETH (
4 years old )KATENDE
Joakim is Janeth Katende's older brother. They are from Dar es
Salaam and were orphaned by both parents. Parents died of HIV. Their
85 year old grandfather become their caretaker. The Oldman asked us
to care for his two precious grandchildren. Joakim is in Pre-school
and Janeth will start school next year. MARIAMU TESHA;
7 years old
Mariamu is from Dar
es Salaam. Her Mothers' friend took care of Mariamu from infancy
after her mother died. She in her young age already experienced
abuses. A local official seeing the plight that young Mariamu went
through, decided to look for a poster home. Now experience healing.
She is in 1st grade.
HELENA ( 9 years old ) &
LAZARO ( 6 years old ) CHISONGELA
Helena is Lazaro's big sister. They were from Morogoro Region and
were born to a family of 8 children. Their mother died last May 3,
2005. The father is a preacher in the village church but he is
already 68 years old and a polio victim with both legs paralyze.
Helena is in 3rd grade and Lazaro is in Pre-school.
ELIEZAR MWANIKA; 12 Years old
Ely is from Iringa Region. He came from a family of 5 children whose
mother died in 2002.Their father become chronic alcoholic and begun
abusing his children. Ely's three younger sibling are in an
orphanage here in Dar es Salaam. We are happy to have Ely in our
center. He is currently in the 6th grade.
Spared
twice: Ulwe shared a testimony in the church one Sunday of
how thankful he was for Huruma home and the Church. First, Through
church ministry he came to knew the Lord on September 20, 2007.
Second, He undergoes emergency operation on appendectomy on November
20, 2007 and said that if he was somewhere else he could dead by
now.
Good test result : When Gervas first came to our
center, He basically don't know how to read and struggles to write.
We help and encouraged him and soon become a diligent student. One
day, he came running with a BIG BIG smile in her face. He got 100,
perfect score for his quarter test!
My
first black shoes : Mariamu is a shy depressed girl when
first came in the center. We give her new black shoes to use for
school. She accepted it with a sweet smile on her face and said " I
never had a new pair of shoes before ". Now
Mariamu wears that smile every day in the center.
My new
family : Ely's younger siblings is at an orphanage in Dar
es Salaam and his big brother in the village. We thought he not
going too miss them much. At Huruma Home, he has a big
brother and lot of younger brothers and sisters.
Thank you so much!
Your Missionaries,
Jessie
and Shalimar Tingson
Malaika and Imani Ruth
P.O. Box 21175,
Dar es Salaam, Tanzania