Daniel Jumma is an inspiration! He has 7 children of his own and cares for 20 foster kids at his home. We spent an afternoon at his home playing with the kids. They were all so entertained just to run in circles with us, or jump up and down, or play hand slapping games. Looking around his home, we noticed that the ceiling in the sitting room was falling apart. Juma mentioned that he was expecting some funds to be wired to him in order to build a new ceiling. Yesterday, Seth and I joined with Sean, Mark and Derek from TI, met Juma and his son in town at the hardware store to pick up some supplies.
When we got back to Juma’s house we began tearing down the old ceiling. I can’t even begin to describe how much dust and dirt rained down on us. With the old ceiling down we were able to begin hanging the new one in it’s place. Because we didn’t have anything to cut the ceiling panels with we had to leave two of the edges of the room unfinished. The room is far from anything that we would see in America, but it brought a huge smile to Juma’s face! Even the kids were smiling as they came home from school and saw their new ceiling.
Anytime anything went wrong during the day – even when we had to tell Juma that we couldn’t finish the two edges – he would respond in the same way. He would smile and say, “it’s okay, we’ll worry about it later”. Juma is a man who currently has no electricity, no running water and no governmental assistance in caring for these foster kids. Juma is a man who is filled with love and compassion. He doesn’t focus on what he doesn’t have. Instead, he focuses on God the Father who continues to provide for him. .
-Ray Smith-
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