That is impossible to answer without telling you about Sammy Hammork. Since she was a young girl, God broke her heart for children with disabilities. She visited Kitale, Kenya, as a teen with the church and loved the people. After college, she started Precious.

When I visited Kitale for the first time, my first stop was going with a team to Precious Kids. I had been forewarned that it would be shocking and that it would seem dirty or possibly that the kids wouldn’t look cared for in our traditional American way. This news was followed by a “BUT.” These kids had been abandoned and were unwanted. Often found alone on the street, the majority of these children had moderate to severe disabilities and required medical attention and medication. I was told they were better off than before.

When we pulled up, a giant rickety solid gate swung open, and we drove into the house yard. There were kids everywhere — some on a slide, some sitting in the shade of the building, some running around together. There was happy chatter, and I sensed the kids felt at home even if in tattered clothes and hosting dirty noses. Several ran up to the van to greet us. About 100 children were living there. Next, Sammy greeted us. She was beautifully pregnant, at ease with the children and us. Sammy led me on tour all the while touching, talking to, and pausing with full intent for numerous children. She showed me around, the classrooms, the physical therapy room, and the bunkrooms. There was a particular room in which the floor was covered with immobilized children of all ages. Here, this room had a red tile floor that was covered with crib-sized mattresses, cushions, and blankets with at least 25 children of different shapes and sizes laying and some sitting. The exposed tile floor had a woman busily mopping back and forth and all around the edges leaving behind a smell of wet clay.

We sat on the floor with the children, and she tried to share with me the children’s various challenges, surgeries completed, and operations needed. I asked about how these children came to Precious. She explained that they were dropped off at the gate or various agencies called her because there was nowhere else for these disabled children to go. Many, too, were just left by the street in the city center. Precious is the only organization that wanted these children.

Here is the part of why Precious, Sammy always takes them. She seems to always say yes, trusting God will provide. Sammy always makes room when there is none. Story after story, this was her theme. Many of these children die there. Their prognosis is bleak.

Other homes we visited who took children WITHOUT disabilities, had spreadsheets, fulltime bloggers with social media support, fundraisers, newsletters, and more. Everything organized and in its place. Yet, Sammy doesn’t have the time for those details. These kids don’t have the luxury of waiting to see if it is feasible. Sammy goes and gets the kids. She wholeheartedly moves within God’s Spirit trusting His voice. In this way, Sammy has the gift and ability to move freely without question.

This is how she started Precious. One disabled child abandoned and in need. Her faith and willingness to say yes to God’s promptings are why our hearts can’t say no to supporting Precious. My life will never go back to normal. My heart was indelibly changed forever. Precious Kids now becomes a part of my life, my thoughts, and my prayers daily. Sammy’s faith and her willingness allow God to do the impossible. She doesn’t wait for a well thought out plan and necessary funds. She lovingly says, “Yes.” Sammy is a woman after God’s own heart who truly cares for those who can’t care for themselves. God works it all out.

Aiden Whisper is anxious to draw attention to and provide finances for Precious Kids. Sammy’s heart reveals that this life is not about us, but about being apart of a bigger story.