About A Friend

You know how sometimes a friend can just make you feel inadequate? Not on purpose, at least not if they are a real friend, but just because, well they do something so much better than you. Well I have a friend named Vicki who makes me feel that way, but at the same time she makes me feel all warm and fuzzy too. I don't think you could ever meet a person like her and forget about it. She is all smiles and kind words. She is all patience and kindness. She is one of the best examples of Christ-likeness that I have ever experienced. Of course I saw a lot of God when I went to Kenya which is where I met Vicki. Did I tell you that she has 51 kids?
Therein lies the inadequate part, I have five and I feel like there are days I barely hang on. Lots of her kids are pre-teens and teenagers, and I have trouble with my three.
Vicki runs an orphanage, or more a home, in Kakamega, Kenya called Victorious Children's Home. I hesitate to call it an orphanage because they are really a big family. And while Vicki will kindly tell you that she knows her kids could have better, I am not sure what they would do without her. To top it off, Vicki won a goat for being mother of the year!! Yeah there are lots of days I certainly do NOT feel like mother of the year!
I don't want to tell Vicki's story for her, but let me just tell you how she started her "home".
It started out with a simple call from God and a heart for kids. She would spend what money she had giving the street kids in Kakamega soda and bread on special days like Christmas and Easter. One Christmas she asked a nine year old boy if he could have anything in the world for Christmas what would it be? He said a bath with soap. I don't care who you are, you have to drop your jaw over that. Tell me any child you know would give that answer. She knew she had to provide more for them and now she does for 51 of the hundreds of kids who live on the streets. She still does what she can for the kids who don't actually live in her home. Needless to say, I will be packing as many little bars of soap as I can in my suitcase.
I tell you this story, not to make you feel inadequate, but to just point out, that on your worst day, some have it worse....and on your best day, some are doing better than you.