Hey Everyone,
Sheltering Wings does great work with their sponsorhip program here in Burkina. I've mentioned it a couple of times in previous blog posts, but be sure to check out their website for more information. Also if you haven't checked out their website in a while it has a totally new look. Here's the address: http://www.sheltering-wings.org/

Each month there is a new child sponsored on the website. I wanted to put the child and story up on my blog here for you to read through. If you want to sponsor a child there's information on the website about it, or you can email me. I know a lot of you are already commited to sponsoring children through other organizations already, in which case I'd just ask you pray for the children we sponsor or are looking to sponsor. Maybe reading her story will give you some prayer ideas.

Fatimata was born in 1997. She lives in Sector 5 of Yako, Burkina Faso. Fatimata’s father died 4 years ago. Her father had two wives and 12 children. Fatimata lives with her mother.
Fatimata has four siblings who are married. One of Fatimata’s sisters lives with the family- she was married and has three children, but the husband is deceased. Fatimata’s brother lives in the same courtyard with his wife and three children, but they have a separate house. Many of her other siblings live in the Ivory Coast. The home that Fatimata, her mother, her sister and children live in is a very small, mud-brick, one room house. Fatimata has to walk to a nearby community water pump to fetch water for the family as they have no running water.Fatimata attends the Sector 5 School and is in CM 2 (comparable to 6th grade). She likes math and this past trimester, got a 5/10 average (3/10 is needed to pass). She walks to school every day. For fun, Fatimata enjoys playing a game called Marraine- a game similar to hopscotch. At this time, Fatimata is in good health.

thank you for your prayers,
God Bless