Today, the lives that haunt me are Patricia and Jennefer. Here is the story of these two girls as told by Matthew. Matthew is a young man who has been taken under the wing of one of our adoptive families. He was living in a church compound, but is now on his own and attending school thanks to this family! Now he is trying to help other people because of what God has given him. He met these girls when he went to the airport to pick me and the adoptive families up on our arrival in July. He has visited these girls and kept up with them to get this information for me. I missed the opportunity to talk to them on his phone because I was not home when he went to see them. Here is their story exactly as Matthew relayed it to me. WARNING: Not easy to read!
Hi Sis.Hollyann,
This is the story Patricia told me about her sister and herself.Their father died in 1994 when she was about 4years and Jennifer 2yrs.Their mother took over to Ivory Coast for refuge.They were there as refugees.Later in Ivory Coast a lady called Etta took them from their mother who was suffering and struggling to take care of them.This lady took them to Ghana(Bujuburam Refugee Camp)where they lived with her until she was leaving from Ghana when she decided to leave them with her sister,Victoria. She said after about a year living with Victoria and her husband,one day she came from school and was raped by Victoria's husband,Joshua who threatened her that he will make her to follow her father(death) if anybody got to know what he did to her.At this time she was ten years old.She said out of fear she could not tell anybody,and he kept abusing her until she was 13years old when she and her sister ran away from their house to live with other people as they continued their schooling sponsored by UNHCR.They lived with these people,Ghanaians,until they were recently repatriated to Liberia.And now they are living with hospitable family along the Roberts Field Highway,but the family cannot afford to send them to school since the family has to her children to send to school and times are so difficult in Liberia.She also said since Etta took them from their mother they had known her to be their mother until recently when they were told that their biologcal mother is in Ivory Coast.Presently,they do not have a sleeping place,school fees and food.They are sleeping with this family's children in one room and eating from their pots.This is why they asked me to assist them which I myself am facing hardship and in school.
For the pictures,Patricia is in a green t-shirt and her sister in white t-shirt with white head-tie.Sory for the delay in sending you the information;I was out of funds to get the pictures and to scan them.
This is the story Patricia told me about her sister and herself.Their father died in 1994 when she was about 4years and Jennifer 2yrs.Their mother took over to Ivory Coast for refuge.They were there as refugees.Later in Ivory Coast a lady called Etta took them from their mother who was suffering and struggling to take care of them.This lady took them to Ghana(Bujuburam Refugee Camp)where they lived with her until she was leaving from Ghana when she decided to leave them with her sister,Victoria. She said after about a year living with Victoria and her husband,one day she came from school and was raped by Victoria's husband,Joshua who threatened her that he will make her to follow her father(death) if anybody got to know what he did to her.At this time she was ten years old.She said out of fear she could not tell anybody,and he kept abusing her until she was 13years old when she and her sister ran away from their house to live with other people as they continued their schooling sponsored by UNHCR.They lived with these people,Ghanaians,until they were recently repatriated to Liberia.And now they are living with hospitable family along the Roberts Field Highway,but the family cannot afford to send them to school since the family has to her children to send to school and times are so difficult in Liberia.She also said since Etta took them from their mother they had known her to be their mother until recently when they were told that their biologcal mother is in Ivory Coast.Presently,they do not have a sleeping place,school fees and food.They are sleeping with this family's children in one room and eating from their pots.This is why they asked me to assist them which I myself am facing hardship and in school.
For the pictures,Patricia is in a green t-shirt and her sister in white t-shirt with white head-tie.Sory for the delay in sending you the information;I was out of funds to get the pictures and to scan them.
Will you help? Can you help send one of these girls to school this semester? Would you give one dollar to do it? John and I are sending Patricia to school. Her total school bill is $265 (this includes tuition and fees, uniform, text books and notebooks). Jenefer needs to go to 9th grade. Her total bill is $210.00. I will put a thermometer up on the side of my blog (as soon as I figure out how!) to show the progress. I will also put a donate button. If you can't give one dollar, give one cent! EVERY LITTLE BIT COUNTS!
2 comments:
HollyAnn...
sending $5 in the mail today...with the other $ we had discussed. Sorry for the delay!
Karen
WOW! What a touching story. I'll be praying for these young ladies.
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