Now the bad news. Bakary is one of the kids who have been with us the longest, and he has a very special place in my heart. When he was 3, his parents died and he ended up on the street, going door to door to find food. We took him in when was around 4 years old, and now he is 16 and doing great at caprentry school. He has quite a calling on his life.

This is Mariam. She gave birth to her second child in a health clinic in Bamako. As it was a C-section, they took the baby away to take care of it, and take care of her. While separated, another woman stole her baby.

Last night it was 3:20, tonight it's 3:45 as I start writing this update. There's just so much today, physical work, that I work so long that it's this late before I sit down to work at the computer. I don't know how to go to bed earlier again, with so much left to do. Last night I went to bed at 4 am, and right then a baby started crying, and then another one, and I ended up helping