Category Archives: Saint Monica’s Children’s Home

Desiree and Al Bring Their Christmas To Kenya

Desiree and Al brought a ton of supplies for the girls to decorate the home this holiday season. It looks like Teresia had a lot of fun making her decorations today!

Heading Back to Kenya

This past April, Desiree Daniels and Al Sodaro, headed to Kenya to finally meet the girls that they have been supporting for the past four years. Desiree is also an MFFO Board Member. It was an amazing experience for everyone. We are so very excited that they are heading back next week. And trust me, so…

Our First University Student

  We have WONDERFUL news. At 8:15pm on Thursday night, we received news that our eldest girl, Mary, was accepted to Nairobi University!! She will be studying International Relations and she reports on October 5th. We couldn’t be more proud. We, at MFFO, met Mary when she was entering High School. It’s amazing how the…

Feeding Our Girls

With the drought in East Africa, our food costs have increased in recent months. It boggles me that even with the cost of food rising, the comparison between my food bill here at home (that feeds eight) and at Saint Monica’s (34 girls, 4 employees and daily local volunteers from the University) are about the…

We Love Skype

One of the most amazing things we can do when we have a volunteers in Kenya is the ability to Video Skype with the girls in Kenya at Saint Monica’s. There is nothing more amazing than seeing their beautiful faces and hearing their lovely voices on my computer. It’s the perfect way to wake up…