Meet Charles

I can't begin to describe the fun we had meeting our new sponsor kid, Charles John Chatanda! He's one of the 70+ children Lahash helps to support. He's three-and-a-half years old and lives with his mom and a couple of siblings. His dad has died, and his grandmother, who brought him first to meet us, cares for him while his mother works at the market. I'd spotted him at the Iringa Road Mennonite Church "headstart" center and again on Friday when the Lahash kids are at IRMC, well before we learned he'd be "ours." Getting to know him was a little shaky at first--he wasn't sure about those old white people. He soon warmed up and came to us happily, even seemed quite touched when we left that day as he stood waving to us. Take a look at some pictures; I'm sure you'll fall in love with him, too.

Charles eating lunch with other Lahash-sponsored children.







Charles with Asher, our 17-month-old team member from Portland