Rescuing Ormond

During the visit to Village of Hope we had met Pat and Karen Stark and Andy who are from Arizona. The Stark’s just “happened” to be visiting Ghana seeking ways in which they could minister. Our paths just “happened” to cross and they decided to make the twelve-hour trek to Kete Krachi with us. They loved the children and the children loved them. They have decided to work with us to bring love and liberty to these precious children. God is sooooo good!

Another “Godincidence” was the visit by Alex Borges and her cameraman, Julio. Alex is a television journalist from Portugal who had heard of Pam’s efforts and had arrived just in time to participate in our team’s three rescues.

The rescue team included myself, George Achibra, Albert Mensah (who works for Wycliff Bible Translators but negotiates for us on the side), Kofi Kennedy (boys dean) and George Junior.

We visited two islands before the camera crew showed up, and were able to negotiate the release of two children. The first was Ormond, who was on the island of Old Nkomi.. He had been there for eighteen months. He was pretty shy until I wrapped my arms around him and shared some Super Bubble.



He and several village children warmed up after that. Arrangements were made to return in five days to take Ormond back to The Golden Village.



We then traveled to Akigogomi where they met Isaac. Isaac’s “uncle” reported that the child had come to live with him after the death of his father. He said he’d gone back home but had returned after the recent death of his mother. He agreed to release him and was asked to sign a custodial release in five days when they returned to pick him up.