Badatu is one of the triplets. He likes the color green, and wants to be a driver when he grows up.
Somehow, I am not sure how this happened, but I wound up with 38 children to write to!! You have already met the Srinu sisters in India. In addition to them, I have 18 children in Tanzania to write to. I just took a handful of kids to write. However, there was a visit made to the orphanage, and they found that there were several children not receiving letters.
At that time, I chose 6 more children to write to. Then, I noticed that one of the children I was already writing to (Romadi), had triplet brothers that were not receiving mail. So, I had to add those three boys.
I will introduce some of my other kids later. For now, I am just introducing the Joseph brothers. Here is there story:
The 4 brothers are actually part of a large family. There are 10 boys and 3 girls in the family! Their mother passed away in 1998. There father took care of the children on his own after that. Then, tragically, in 2003, their father was in an accident. It left all 13 children orphans! Romadi was 11 at that time, and the triplets were 9. Because they were the youngest in the Joseph family, they were invited to the orphanage to live. They have lived there since 2003.
There are more children looking for penpals to give them encouragement and love. For more information, you can contact me at macandmic@gmail.com or you can contact Shana, if you know her e-mail address.
2 comments:
I didn't realize they are triplets,that's pretty cool! I am going to be writing to Bugumia and Kandice.
If you go back into the Bethany archives, you can see photos of the place they lived in before they were brought to the orphanage. So sad. Thanks Heather for spreading the word. God bless.
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