Hello again everybody!
Sorry for the delay in updating my blog! I'll take you through my past week if thats ok!
Tuesday was another day of fun witht he children, in the evening we had our usual Bible Study. Except yet again it was quite eventful! Mark got a call from a local guy 5 minutes before commencing our study. He called to say that one the families employed at the local 'childrens village' (it hold about 60 children, and is a large complex ranging from young babies to 20 year olds - just shows how much there is a need for children care), the family had been evicted.
I wont go into too much detail into what had happened, but basically it was a man called Christian, his wife and young child aged 4. They are a christian family, and had a disagreement with the owner of the children's village and one of the children there had made false claims against them. The problems that orphanages face is that children can make claims against workers, so we have to be very careful. Unfortunately this family had been told they must leave by the owner and needed a place to stay.
So they were driven here as we had a small room in one fo the cottages fro them, and Mark and Chris told them they can stay as long as they need. An absolutely horrific situation they are under, but praise the Lord because they arrived just as Mark was leading out bible study. And the Lord was present with us in a miraculous way, we had a great time of study and prayer for them. Though they had just been forced to leave not only their job, but home too, they were full of faith. Amen.
So Christian and his famnily were given a bed for the night, they managed to then make arrangements for the next day to go and stay with someone they new. Sadly, Christian actually managed to overturn their car on the journey, they were all rushed to A&E but were all fine. Please pray for them, they are going through such a horrific ordeal it is hard to comprehend or understand.
Wednesday was my day off, I spent it relaxing, went into the Prestige College to pick one of the older boys up who had been complaining of stomach cramps, and I also managed to get their old, unused guitar up and running! Its was such a blessing to sit outside in the sun with the guitar and sing praises, with the children mesmerized and wanting to join in. We are hoping to maybe spend some evenings singing together which will be so great, one of the older boys wants to learn too - so that may be another role here for me!!
Thursday evening, Kirstin (Mark and Chris's daughter) had to be taken to her sisters house who lives in Pretoria because she is spending a week in Durban with her Auntie. Mark, Saskia and myself travelled in the car that everning to give Mark some company. One thing about the roads here is that they are absolutely dead straight, but some are also very badly lit, some have no lights at all. So it is incredibly easy for people to fall asleep at the wheel, so Mark was grateful for our compan.y. It also meant I got to see a little more of Pretoria, and saw Mark and Chris' daughter's home. Which, again, was lovely.
Friday, sadly, I started to feel a bit unwell. My throat was awfully sore and I started to get a thumping headache. I spoke to Chris and said I would just go home to my cottage to sleep, so dont worry about making portions for me for dinner. Her and Mark looked at me and just said, 'would you like to go now' and so I had to put Baby Nolo and his bottle down and go straight to my cottage for a big sobbing session and sleep. I was frustrated because I couldnt do the work I was meant to be doing, and hate being ill away from home.
I was so pleased I managed to get hold of my mum on the telephone for the first time. It was lovely to be able to talk to her and she reassured me that if I am ill, I must concentrate on staying in bed and getting better. So all saturday and sunday was spent in bed. I didnt move. Sadly I did vomit a couple times during the night. But it turned out to be ANOTHER case of tonsillitus.
(If you know me well - you will know that whenever I am ill it will always be tonsillitus!)
Mark and Chris didnt particularly want to take me to the doctors so she gave me some herbal tablets, and some strong aspirin which cleared up my fever.
Yesterday I managed to get back on my feet a little and worked about 5 or 6 hours with the children, and today I am also back on my feet as yesterday I went to bed around 6 oclock to get some good rest for today.
Yesterday we also had a social worker come by to see one of the babies called Lebo. At the same time they dropped off another baby. I dont know if you remember, but when I arrived we had a little baby girl called Neo (pronounced Nao) who was adopted to an africanse family. Well this new baby is also caleld Neo - this time a little baby boy.... he is 6 weeks old! So sad to hear that only 6 weeks ago his mother gave birth to him, and yet was found on his grandmothers doorstep a few weeks later and consequently put into our care. He is beautiful.
One of the volunteers I share a room with, called Saskia, she sadly leaves next Wednesday (It will be very emotional I can tell!) Me and her hope to get the chance to go on a Microlight on my day off on thursday!!!! So very excited! We also plan to all go for a meal before she leaves, and have the older boys up to our cottage one night to make pancakes and watch movies!!
Again my love to you all,
Any questions email me at glhayward11@gmail.com
Gemma
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