This is Micha!! She is the 1 1/2 year old daughter of my friend Crisel. Crisel, Micha and her new baby, Joy, are living in my house. Crisel is a young widow. Her husband passed away in June 2009. I've known Crisel for almost a year now! She's like a sister to me! Just before baby Joy was born Crisel had come to talk to me about leaving her children at the Ruel orphanage as she had no where to live anymore and no job and no money!!! She was in tears and beside herself!! I couldn't even imagine being forced to give up my own children because there was no way to feed them and no one to help me!! I told her to come stay with me, have her baby and we would figure out what her options are. I love having them here! They are like family to me! But it is an added responsibility as I'm now providing for a family of 3!!! Still praying about their future!

This is Santino!! I love him to bits!! I'd adopt him if I could! He's one of the babies at the Ruel orphanage. He's now 6 months old!!! So sad that I don't get to see him as much as I'd like!
This is Crisel's baby Joy!! She's a darling!! How could we ever give her up!!!
This is a mom, Eleanor and her son Rodenson who delivered with us in Nov 2009. Eleanor lost her previous 2 babies at 1 month and 2 months of age to jaundice. Rodenson had an unusually high bilirubin count so we've been monitoring him for months and he's been in and out of hospital!! They have no money, so we've been paying all medical bills!! Just last week his bilirubin count went down to a normal level!!! Thank you Jesus!!! :)
I don't know how to rotate the pic sorry!!! he he But I was SOOOO excited to receive a box of medical supplies from Doctor Janice as well as a few treats from my sis and family!!! The boxes are only about $100 to send and are quite large! My address is:

Sherina Tatum

c/o Ruel Foundation

Brgy Masipit

Calapan city

Oriental Mindoro

5200 Philippines

(he he he if anyone's interested!!!)