Who we Are
Birthdate: April 1, 2009
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Jacob’s name is taken from a story in the Bible where the first part of Jacob’s life was hard but God redeemed him and gave him the name Israel. ---“You have struggled with God and man and have overcome”. Our little Jacob had to struggle to stay alive after being discarded like yesterday's trash in a house in a Somoli area of town. After two days the house was broken into and Jacob was rescued and taken to a state-run orphanage. We were then called and asked if we would take him. When we first received Jacob he was only a couple of weeks old and weighed only 6 lbs. He was very thin and malnourished. His skin was hanging on his little bones, his eyes were huge in his skull and his cheeks were sunken in his little face. Just after a couple of weeks his cheeks became chubby. He loves to eat and is learning to smile.