Sunday afternoon Tim receives a text message from a friend that says an infant is in need of rescuing. After prayer and discussion, we call back to say that we will go and investigate the situation. Monday afternoon Tim and his friend head to the village of Bafot to see how bad the situation is. When they arrive at the families house they find a 2 room mud block home (one room is for the indoor kitchen, the other room is where 4 adults and one infant live). The infants mother is mentally and ...

What a blessing to be able to share the most important gift a person could ever be given....Jesus with the children. God gave His one and only Son to mankind to save us from sin. As Pastor Tim pointed out to the children at church...."What is the one thing you need to remember about Christmas?"..."That God loves me". (each one of us individually is the reason that God gave the gift of His Son Jesus). What an amazing love He has and what a gift He gave to us.

After the church time we tr...

Always fun to decorate the orphanage and get it ready for Christmas. I added a couple of new photo albums with the Christmas pictures for GTS. Merry Christmas to everyone. Hoping it is filled with the Lord's peace and joy. For all who have suffered loss we pray for you to know the love of the Father and will know that He is embracing you and comforthing you during this holiday season.

Blessings -- Sara Born

Noella (our newest rescue headed up the path of her home in the village to greet us)

As with all sponsorships there are flucuations in giving. Right now we have 19 children. We have 8 children who have regul...

The sending organization (CTEN) of the founders (Tim and Sara Born) received funding that was made available to their missionaries for projects to be used to further their ministries. $5000 would be granted every month for 2014 for this purpose. Applications were to be submitted for the various projects which would be voted on by an independant board.

One of our goals and vision for Grace Tait Shelter (GTS) is for it to become much more self reliant. If, for whatever reason, the monies...