kiran.

This past Saturday the newest boy at House of Hope, Kiran, passed away. He had only been with us at he house for about three weeks. When he first came he was very small and quite sick, but as the weeks went by he seemed to be gaining weight and looking healthier and healthier. Many of the kids were sick these past couple of weeks so when Kiran got a fever and was complaining his ears hurt no one thought much of it, we gave him some medicine and figured he would make a full recovery like the rest of the children. On Friday afternoon he got very very sick so the staff at the house took him to the hospital. During the middle of the night there, he passed away in his sleep. They think it was the HIV medicine he was on was too strong for his weak body and it ended up just stopping his heart.

Though this has been SO hard for all of us here, believing in Jesus has made this situation a lot easier, knowing that he is in Heaven right now, with no pain, his body so healthy, and his smiles so big. Though I wish he was still here with us, I know that God has a plan, and though I may not see it or realize it now, putting Kiran in my life for those weeks was part of it.

This loss has been very very hard on the staff at House of Hope, it is putting fear in them. Fear that they could lose any of these kids, any day. Also the kids, many of them are asking questions about death, and they are also afraid that they could die just as suddenly. I ask that you keep everyone here in your prayers, the kids who lost a brother, and the staff who lost a son.