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Miscellaneous Pictures June 08
Ken and his rickshaw-tricycle-pick-up-truck. Sarah and Carly Sammy with Grandpa Andrews
Angel & Andy ... Needing/Receiving Extra Loving Care - Feb. 08

Last month Melli wrote about Angel (the one on the right in the photo): “We are giving extra-cuddling care at our house to another baby, born premature 5 months ago weighing only 1 lb. 14oz. Her survival is a miracle here in Burundi.” BUT LOOK AT ANGEL NOW! ANDY (in the photo on the left), born and abandoned on New Year’s Day, is also getting “extra-cuddling care” with the Johnson family. He is thriving on “extra loving care”, too! Luke 18: 15: People were bringing babies to Jesus to have him touch them…
The Johnson's Family Photo - 2007 (see names and birthdays below)
Left to right in family photo (front row): Daniel, Carly, James, Samuel, Cindy (Back row): Sarah, Ken, Melli, Christopher, Elizabeth (Lizzie)

Sarah and Carly in Their New Home School in Missouri

Sarah and Carly with Melli's sisiter MaryLu "I keep praising the Lord for His provision. MaryLu & Bob are great with the kids. They got up this morning ready for diagnostic exams that determine the level of studies each of the girls will begin in the ACE home school program. MaryLu got desks for them at a thrift store and Sarah exclaimed, "These are just like the desks at RVA!" Tina, the dog is curled up in her bed, here in the school room. The girls must read to her everyday. Studies show that kids who read to their dogs progress very quickly...dogs are nonjudgmental, listening quietly-not correcting-so kids enjoy reading aloud. Interesting! Thank you for your prayers as the girls adjust to this new chapter in their lives. God has orchestrated all of this so I know HE will help us as we claim the promise of Romans 8:28. Praise His Name."

Mugisha Update

Earlier this year we had a photo of baby Mugisha as she lay in the intensive care (see below or click here for last photo) August 27, 2007 Here is an update photo of Mugisha… she is beautiful, dimpled, healthy — a miracle baby!
Bethany Andrews and Joanna Johnson End of Summer 2007 Volunteers

YOU PRAYED…GOD CALLED…THEY MINISTERED Here they are—Bethany Andrews and Joanna Johnson, volunteers from Reidsville North Carolina, who spent June and July ministering in Bujumbura, Burundi at the Rainbow Centre and Kigobe Mission. They are pictured with Cindy and Samuel (left photo) while on the right, Joanna is working with Samuel in a speech therapy session. You’ve read Melli’s enthusiastic appreciation for their service to Christ through the many ways their lives touched people every day. While Joanna was involved extensively with Samuel in speech therapy, Bethany was working with babies and children, teaching CPR and Sunday School classes for adults, plus both of them “fitting in” wherever they were needed. Thank you for faithfully undergirding both of them in your prayers—along with the Ken & Melli Johnson family.
Bethany Andrews and Joanna Johnson Beginning of Summer 2007 Volunteers

Bethany (left) is gifted with babies and children, and Joanna has just finished her master’s degree in Speech Language Pathology. Bethany Andrews and Joanna Johnson long time friends from the same church and hometown, are serving in Burundi June 3-July 24 at the Rainbow Centre. Rejoice with us in the ways God has answered prayer:
Please Pray for Mugisha - March 2007
March 10, 2007 - This is Mugisha laying in the baby intensive care at the Univeristy Hospital. There is a volunteer caring for her all the time and we pray she pulls through. She is less that 2 kilos and getting antibiotics IV. The medical team seems very caring. Please pray with us that she will start gaining weight and be able to be cared for here with us. She's 16 or 17 days old, was abandoned and found by a woman who used her to beg for money which she then spent for beer. The Zone Chief put pressure on her to give the baby to the Rainbow Centre so we could save her. She would have died if she hadn't been brought to the Rainbow Centre. (click to go to 7 month old Mugisha)

The Johnson's Family Photo - 2006 (see names and birthdays below)

Jeanine and Nikki June 2006

Jeanine, Nikki and Dr. Raafat Morgan June 2006

Christopher - May 2006

Ken's "Bad" Eye May 2006

Jeremiah - March 2006

The Johnson's Family Photo - 2005

L -> R (front row) Daniel, Ken, Carly, James, Samuel; (back row) Sarah, Lizzie, Cindy, Melli Birthdays Sarah (Jan. 18, 1995), Lizzie (Oct 20, 1995), Carly (May 1, 1996), Cindy (Aug. 27, 1999), James (Jan 5, 2001), Daniel (July 16, 2002), Samuel (July 18, 2003)

Another Johnson Family Photo - 2005


The Johnson's Mode of Transportation While on Furlough in the USA (Summer 2005)


Inside the Traveling Toyota (Summer 2005)


Ken and Melli Johnson family (2004)

Front Row (L-R) Danny, James, Samuel ;Back Row Sarah, Cindy, Carly, Lizzie
Ken and Melli Johnson family (2004)


Health Day at the Rainbow Center - January 2004


Ken and Melli Johnson family (2002/2003)


The Calendar Featuring the President’s Wife with the Rainbow Centre Arms of Love Babies

In the picture Cindy is sitting next to the First Lady and is holding baby Angel. The calendar headlines proclaim in Kirundi, "TAKE CARE OF ORPHANS. PROTECT THEM FROM AIDS"

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