Mens home update .... (from this point on, NOT to be referred to as an INVALID home.)...

Today was a fun day .. We went out to the mens home and met up with another team from Bishkek to work in the garden . In the last week we have planted ‎500 tomato plants, 300 cabbage, 250 peppers, 250 lbs of seed potatoes, and about 50 more packs of assorted seeds... in total about 1/2 the garden ... this is their first year for a garden there ,, things are progressing in leaps and bounds.. the guys are so happy to be working in the garden. Last week we brought them a bunch of plants, I was so pleased to see today that they had all been planted, and were watered as well.. Right away the men got to work and started planting the rest of the plants. After lunch we went back and had an English and art class with them . It is so great to see the guys interacting and enjoying themselves. I just don't have the words to describe the changes we have seen... As the men have increased in stature, so is the way that they have been treated by the staff. Even the meals that they are being served now are great.. I was over at the Baby hospital so I arrived about 15 minutes after the team. As I walked in I saw Ildar, one of our friends there , sitting on the couch in the front having a nice conversation with one of the workers, they were genuinely enjoying each others company... There has developed an understanding of the value of all life here, and everyone is becoming richer for it.
Before we left, The men presented our guests with some special gifts that they had made for them , and shared again how thankful that they were that 3 years ago, something happened, and life was breathed into them .... It just blessed be beyond words to watch and see another team grow to love our men. I remember back a few years when I brought a group of kids to this very home, and wondered if I had crossed the line , and possibly caused some real emotional stress for them... Today, these kids had a choice of anything that they wanted to do in KG, and the CHOSE to spend the day here ... Maybe one day we will bring some of the kids back that visited the first time , and they will see what has come about when you bright hope and dignity to the hurting helpless and the lost...

No longer INVALID... but men of great VALUE