Well, I am quite sure I am not doing well at blogging and I am not sure how many are following the blog. I get confused as sometimes I revert to email. Honestly it has been quite a week and Brooke and myself are quite tired. My scripture these last few days are "not to grow weary in doing well".
I will try and update you....but the money we received to purchase the truck has enabled us to be a blessing. The hired car we use and the truck have both been needed very much. We...have to divide and conquer sometimes. Here is what the week turned out to be like, but please look at our truck that we were blessed and able to buy. It has made many trips since we purchased it transporting people to the hospital.
This week alone, we had little man in the hospital (we used some funds to pay for him to be there and get tested). The government hospitals are overwhelming for the Doctors, and the poor patients just wait til they are gotten too. Gurney's and wheel chairs, and people just waiting to be looked at. We knew we wouldn't take the baby there, when he quite breathing. We went to mcCords a private Christian Hospital. We took little man there a week ago Sunday. we went home for the night and back on Monday, where he spent the night. We had an ultra-sound of his brain as the Dr. feared he had nuerological damage. the brain was normal looking, they decided we need to take him to a nuerologist but the next appointment was May, and we have to believe we have enough money come in for this. They released him Tuesday, still gulps and chokes a bit, but they feel all is well and released him, if he is having siezures they might have to see after he is older. Please believe with us for his total healing.
Pray for his father (who is not married to the mom yet). He was so grateful we took him to the hospital, but he has a drinking problem and just lost his job. He really needs Jesus so pray for that. The young mom discribed him as almost being choked in their house (the babY), so when he was released we went in and prayed quite a bit for the home. (his whole stay, and ultra sound totaled R1200 about $l20) what a blessing with exchange rate helping us.
Monday night after leaving little man at the hospital with his mom and dad (who was there a bit), we came home. Prince had transported a 20 year old Nogwazi to the government hospital near Ntuzuma. (we had taken her and her granny their Friday after our care givers meeting. She was so frail and weak, a beautiful young girl wracked with AIDS and probably TB. She has a 3 year old daughter. They sent her home Friday night telling her to come back on Monday. Monday while I took Thobile and Little man to McCords, Prince took Granny and nogwazi to mahatma Gandhi agian. (he was there at 7:00 am). When I got home about 6, from mccords, prince called and said, he was on his way to Gandi again (now that was about 12 hours later), he thought maybe I should come up there. (we have learned unfortunately when my white face brings attention, and when his zulu face, brings connections)...actually it is rather maddening to think the poor granny can stand their for (as it turned out about l4 hours,) with no answeres except there is no bed, and I can ask to speak to the Dr. and get my request met. It is sooo unjust!!! Actually makes my blood boil, it is out and out ungodly and wrong. Anyway he asked that I come up, so brooke and I got in the car and drove to that hospital....I walked into ER, where this poor frail girl was still sitting in a wheel chair. You look around and see stretchers and chairs and such sick people just there alone waiting for some attention. The poor girl had only had blood drawn and no food, and just sitting there all day, not even laying down. They wouldn't let granny and me in, but Granny asked if we could please help. I said do you want us to take her to McCords, she said yes. PLEASE. I went in to the girl, she looked at me, with eyes bigger than her face, and said "I just want to lay down" "i am so tired". I told her we would help, she needed to trust in Jesus.... He would help her, but so would we. I finally got a Dr. to talk to me and aked what we needed to do to get her discharged. He informed me she was discharged. I said, she has been here so long and nothing was done for her, he said, she has TB we think and anemic. I said, why is nothing being done, he said, she is stable she can go home, and come back in the morning. WE HAVE NO BEDS. Well we left, and she went home where we learned she did ask Granny to pray with her. I kept telling her to call on Jesus. So throughout the week, she would hold her hands up in a praying position to ask us to pray for her. Tuesday we picked them up and brought them to McCords, we checked out the Baby and in Nogwazi. She was horribly enemic, her belly was swelling and her legs wer swollen. She remained in the hospital. And received 2 blood transfusions and they diagnoses her as having TB of the abdomen. Last night Sunday, Brooke and I went up for the last hour of viiting hours, she was almost comotose, but she roused to look at us, we prayed over her and read the word to her, there was one point where she yawned and then siezed a minute, then she settled down. At 12:30 am I received a call from the hospital, i was awake and prepared I think, they told me she passed, we couldn't reach the granny the rest of the night...and Prince was down on the south coast he had gone for a wedding and see his family. It was so sad, this morning we told the family, and prince spent all day, helping the granny by transporting her to the mortuary, funeral home and hospital to sign papers. Brooke and I spent the day waiting at the hospital to settle accounts, after a long morning of prayer. She was in the hospital for 6 days and had 2 transfusions, lumbar puncure, blood tests, x-rays and began TB treatment,and drainage of her fluid. It cost just under $l,000 US, we just felt we had to help her get some relief. I believe she died more comfortable, and we know the word doesn't return void, it crosses language barriers, and we pray she saw Him through us. It was an honor to be able to help, so thanks to those of you who partner with us through support for Brooke myself and for the work over here.
In the midst of the week, we had battles, with rumors we were pitching people off the property (the magistrate is moving squatters), and regular warfare stuff. Brooke and I have had dreams of home and people from home. Neither of us are big dreamers in our sleep, and it has been strange. We feel burdened to pray for our country as the election is approaching, and we watch parties splitting in this country. So much happening in the world! It becomes more and more evident we need to fix our eyes on Him. Our prayer is that we walk daily in obedience, that He truly orders our footsteps to the right person or place He wants us. Both Brooke and myself have struggled a bit this week it has been hard, and we really realize we are not in America anymore as we, wait, and communication usually needs to be face to face, and you wait and wait and wait. The Zulu have patience down like we can't even believe may we learn to wait upon the Lord as He will renew our strength.
We are praying for the elections.
We are praying for our homeland.
We are praying for Nogwazi's daughter and granny and huge family as I am sure the funeral is this Saturday.
We are praying for God to make a way for our hospice to come soon. The need is bigger than I ever thought. yesterday one of our fellow believers a worshiper in her mid twenties. Has two children of her own, her mom is in the hospital for weeks, and she has to go after work to bath her, then get home to bath her l5 year old nephew a disabled orphan of her sisters, whom her mom was caring for. His bones apparently are popping out of place as he is trying to grow and can't... we will see them this week. They lock him in the house as there is no one at home to look after him. The brother comes home after school and feeds him and then she gets home from work and the hospital to bathe him. And still comes to prayer and worships God with the most incredible voice.
Please pray for her family and us as we go to see how we can help.
Pray for Londiwe the orphan girl 7 who we took to McCords and signed up on theier wonderful ARV program, as opposed to the government one. Her aunt is amazing at 20 who cares for her and is "writting her high school exams (or finals as we call them) this week.
Hope these requests remind you how blessed we are, it gives me such a grateful heart. May we all be able to PRAISE HIM in good times and bad, for He is worthy.Well, I am quite sure I am not doing well at blogging and I am not sure how many are following the blog. I get confused as sometimes I revert to email. Honestly it has been quite a week and Brooke and myself are quite tired. My scripture these last few days are "not to grow weary in doing well".
I will try and update you....but the money we received to purchase the truck has enabled us to be a blessing. The hired car we use and the truck have both been needed very much. We...have to divide and conquer sometimes. Here is what the week turned out to be like, but please look at our truck that we were blessed and able to buy. It has made many trips since we purchased it transporting people to the hospital.
This week alone, we had little man in the hospital (we used some funds to pay for him to be there and get tested). The government hospitals are overwhelming for the Doctors, and the poor patients just wait til they are gotten too. Gurney's and wheel chairs, and people just waiting to be looked at. We knew we wouldn't take the baby there, when he quite breathing. We went to mcCords a private Christian Hospital. We took little man there a week ago Sunday. we went home for the night and back on Monday, where he spent the night. We had an ultra-sound of his brain as the Dr. feared he had nuerological damage. the brain was normal looking, they decided we need to take him to a nuerologist but the next appointment was May, and we have to believe we have enough money come in for this. They released him Tuesday, still gulps and chokes a bit, but they feel all is well and released him, if he is having siezures they might have to see after he is older. Please believe with us for his total healing.
Pray for his father (who is not married to the mom yet). He was so grateful we took him to the hospital, but he has a drinking problem and just lost his job. He really needs Jesus so pray for that. The young mom discribed him as almost being choked in their house (the babY), so when he was released we went in and prayed quite a bit for the home. (his whole stay, and ultra sound totaled R1200 about $l20) what a blessing with exchange rate helping us.
Monday night after leaving little man at the hospital with his mom and dad (who was there a bit), we came home. Prince had transported a 20 year old Nogwazi to the government hospital near Ntuzuma. (we had taken her and her granny their Friday after our care givers meeting. She was so frail and weak, a beautiful young girl wracked with AIDS and probably TB. She has a 3 year old daughter. They sent her home Friday night telling her to come back on Monday. Monday while I took Thobile and Little man to McCords, Prince took Granny and nogwazi to mahatma Gandhi agian. (he was there at 7:00 am). When I got home about 6, from mccords, prince called and said, he was on his way to Gandi again (now that was about 12 hours later), he thought maybe I should come up there. (we have learned unfortunately when my white face brings attention, and when his zulu face, brings connections)...actually it is rather maddening to think the poor granny can stand their for (as it turned out about l4 hours,) with no answeres except there is no bed, and I can ask to speak to the Dr. and get my request met. It is sooo unjust!!! Actually makes my blood boil, it is out and out ungodly and wrong. Anyway he asked that I come up, so brooke and I got in the car and drove to that hospital....I walked into ER, where this poor frail girl was still sitting in a wheel chair. You look around and see stretchers and chairs and such sick people just there alone waiting for some attention. The poor girl had only had blood drawn and no food, and just sitting there all day, not even laying down. They wouldn't let granny and me in, but Granny asked if we could please help. I said do you want us to take her to McCords, she said yes. PLEASE. I went in to the girl, she looked at me, with eyes bigger than her face, and said "I just want to lay down" "i am so tired". I told her we would help, she needed to trust in Jesus.... He would help her, but so would we. I finally got a Dr. to talk to me and aked what we needed to do to get her discharged. He informed me she was discharged. I said, she has been here so long and nothing was done for her, he said, she has TB we think and anemic. I said, why is nothing being done, he said, she is stable she can go home, and come back in the morning. WE HAVE NO BEDS. Well we left, and she went home where we learned she did ask Granny to pray with her. I kept telling her to call on Jesus. So throughout the week, she would hold her hands up in a praying position to ask us to pray for her. Tuesday we picked them up and brought them to McCords, we checked out the Baby and in Nogwazi. She was horribly enemic, her belly was swelling and her legs wer swollen. She remained in the hospital. And received 2 blood transfusions and they diagnoses her as having TB of the abdomen. Last night Sunday, Brooke and I went up for the last hour of viiting hours, she was almost comotose, but she roused to look at us, we prayed over her and read the word to her, there was one point where she yawned and then siezed a minute, then she settled down. At 12:30 am I received a call from the hospital, i was awake and prepared I think, they told me she passed, we couldn't reach the granny the rest of the night...and Prince was down on the south coast he had gone for a wedding and see his family. It was so sad, this morning we told the family, and prince spent all day, helping the granny by transporting her to the mortuary, funeral home and hospital to sign papers. Brooke and I spent the day waiting at the hospital to settle accounts, after a long morning of prayer. She was in the hospital for 6 days and had 2 transfusions, lumbar puncure, blood tests, x-rays and began TB treatment,and drainage of her fluid. It cost just under $l,000 US, we just felt we had to help her get some relief. I believe she died more comfortable, and we know the word doesn't return void, it crosses language barriers, and we pray she saw Him through us. It was an honor to be able to help, so thanks to those of you who partner with us through support for Brooke myself and for the work over here.
In the midst of the week, we had battles, with rumors we were pitching people off the property (the magistrate is moving squatters), and regular warfare stuff. Brooke and I have had dreams of home and people from home. Neither of us are big dreamers in our sleep, and it has been strange. We feel burdened to pray for our country as the election is approaching, and we watch parties splitting in this country. So much happening in the world! It becomes more and more evident we need to fix our eyes on Him. Our prayer is that we walk daily in obedience, that He truly orders our footsteps to the right person or place He wants us. Both Brooke and myself have struggled a bit this week it has been hard, and we really realize we are not in America anymore as we, wait, and communication usually needs to be face to face, and you wait and wait and wait. The Zulu have patience down like we can't even believe may we learn to wait upon the Lord as He will renew our strength.
We are praying for the elections.
We are praying for our homeland.
We are praying for Nogwazi's daughter and granny and huge family as I am sure the funeral is this Saturday.
We are praying for God to make a way for our hospice to come soon. The need is bigger than I ever thought. yesterday one of our fellow believers a worshiper in her mid twenties. Has two children of her own, her mom is in the hospital for weeks, and she has to go after work to bath her, then get home to bath her l5 year old nephew a disabled orphan of her sisters, whom her mom was caring for. His bones apparently are popping out of place as he is trying to grow and can't... we will see them this week. They lock him in the house as there is no one at home to look after him. The brother comes home after school and feeds him and then she gets home from work and the hospital to bathe him. And still comes to prayer and worships God with the most incredible voice.
Please pray for her family and us as we go to see how we can help.
Pray for Londiwe the orphan girl 7 who we took to McCords and signed up on theier wonderful ARV program, as opposed to the government one. Her aunt is amazing at 20 who cares for her and is "writting her high school exams (or finals as we call them) this week.
Hope these requests remind you how blessed we are, it gives me such a grateful heart. May we all be able to PRAISE HIM in good times and bad, for He is worthy.Well, I am quite sure I am not doing well at blogging and I am not sure how many are following the blog. I get confused as sometimes I revert to email. Honestly it has been quite a week and Brooke and myself are quite tired. My scripture these last few days are "not to grow weary in doing well".
I will try and update you....but the money we received to purchase the truck has enabled us to be a blessing. The hired car we use and the truck have both been needed very much. We...have to divide and conquer sometimes. Here is what the week turned out to be like, but please look at our truck that we were blessed and able to buy. It has made many trips since we purchased it transporting people to the hospital.
This week alone, we had little man in the hospital (we used some funds to pay for him to be there and get tested). The government hospitals are overwhelming for the Doctors, and the poor patients just wait til they are gotten too. Gurney's and wheel chairs, and people just waiting to be looked at. We knew we wouldn't take the baby there, when he quite breathing. We went to mcCords a private Christian Hospital. We took little man there a week ago Sunday. we went home for the night and back on Monday, where he spent the night. We had an ultra-sound of his brain as the Dr. feared he had nuerological damage. the brain was normal looking, they decided we need to take him to a nuerologist but the next appointment was May, and we have to believe we have enough money come in for this. They released him Tuesday, still gulps and chokes a bit, but they feel all is well and released him, if he is having siezures they might have to see after he is older. Please believe with us for his total healing.
Pray for his father (who is not married to the mom yet). He was so grateful we took him to the hospital, but he has a drinking problem and just lost his job. He really needs Jesus so pray for that. The young mom discribed him as almost being choked in their house (the babY), so when he was released we went in and prayed quite a bit for the home. (his whole stay, and ultra sound totaled R1200 about $l20) what a blessing with exchange rate helping us.
Monday night after leaving little man at the hospital with his mom and dad (who was there a bit), we came home. Prince had transported a 20 year old Nogwazi to the government hospital near Ntuzuma. (we had taken her and her granny their Friday after our care givers meeting. She was so frail and weak, a beautiful young girl wracked with AIDS and probably TB. She has a 3 year old daughter. They sent her home Friday night telling her to come back on Monday. Monday while I took Thobile and Little man to McCords, Prince took Granny and nogwazi to mahatma Gandhi agian. (he was there at 7:00 am). When I got home about 6, from mccords, prince called and said, he was on his way to Gandi again (now that was about 12 hours later), he thought maybe I should come up there. (we have learned unfortunately when my white face brings attention, and when his zulu face, brings connections)...actually it is rather maddening to think the poor granny can stand their for (as it turned out about l4 hours,) with no answeres except there is no bed, and I can ask to speak to the Dr. and get my request met. It is sooo unjust!!! Actually makes my blood boil, it is out and out ungodly and wrong. Anyway he asked that I come up, so brooke and I got in the car and drove to that hospital....I walked into ER, where this poor frail girl was still sitting in a wheel chair. You look around and see stretchers and chairs and such sick people just there alone waiting for some attention. The poor girl had only had blood drawn and no food, and just sitting there all day, not even laying down. They wouldn't let granny and me in, but Granny asked if we could please help. I said do you want us to take her to McCords, she said yes. PLEASE. I went in to the girl, she looked at me, with eyes bigger than her face, and said "I just want to lay down" "i am so tired". I told her we would help, she needed to trust in Jesus.... He would help her, but so would we. I finally got a Dr. to talk to me and aked what we needed to do to get her discharged. He informed me she was discharged. I said, she has been here so long and nothing was done for her, he said, she has TB we think and anemic. I said, why is nothing being done, he said, she is stable she can go home, and come back in the morning. WE HAVE NO BEDS. Well we left, and she went home where we learned she did ask Granny to pray with her. I kept telling her to call on Jesus. So throughout the week, she would hold her hands up in a praying position to ask us to pray for her. Tuesday we picked them up and brought them to McCords, we checked out the Baby and in Nogwazi. She was horribly enemic, her belly was swelling and her legs wer swollen. She remained in the hospital. And received 2 blood transfusions and they diagnoses her as having TB of the abdomen. Last night Sunday, Brooke and I went up for the last hour of viiting hours, she was almost comotose, but she roused to look at us, we prayed over her and read the word to her, there was one point where she yawned and then siezed a minute, then she settled down. At 12:30 am I received a call from the hospital, i was awake and prepared I think, they told me she passed, we couldn't reach the granny the rest of the night...and Prince was down on the south coast he had gone for a wedding and see his family. It was so sad, this morning we told the family, and prince spent all day, helping the granny by transporting her to the mortuary, funeral home and hospital to sign papers. Brooke and I spent the day waiting at the hospital to settle accounts, after a long morning of prayer. She was in the hospital for 6 days and had 2 transfusions, lumbar puncure, blood tests, x-rays and began TB treatment,and drainage of her fluid. It cost just under $l,000 US, we just felt we had to help her get some relief. I believe she died more comfortable, and we know the word doesn't return void, it crosses language barriers, and we pray she saw Him through us. It was an honor to be able to help, so thanks to those of you who partner with us through support for Brooke myself and for the work over here.
In the midst of the week, we had battles, with rumors we were pitching people off the property (the magistrate is moving squatters), and regular warfare stuff. Brooke and I have had dreams of home and people from home. Neither of us are big dreamers in our sleep, and it has been strange. We feel burdened to pray for our country as the election is approaching, and we watch parties splitting in this country. So much happening in the world! It becomes more and more evident we need to fix our eyes on Him. Our prayer is that we walk daily in obedience, that He truly orders our footsteps to the right person or place He wants us. Both Brooke and myself have struggled a bit this week it has been hard, and we really realize we are not in America anymore as we, wait, and communication usually needs to be face to face, and you wait and wait and wait. The Zulu have patience down like we can't even believe may we learn to wait upon the Lord as He will renew our strength.
We are praying for the elections.
We are praying for our homeland.
We are praying for Nogwazi's daughter and granny and huge family as I am sure the funeral is this Saturday.
We are praying for God to make a way for our hospice to come soon. The need is bigger than I ever thought. yesterday one of our fellow believers a worshiper in her mid twenties. Has two children of her own, her mom is in the hospital for weeks, and she has to go after work to bath her, then get home to bath her l5 year old nephew a disabled orphan of her sisters, whom her mom was caring for. His bones apparently are popping out of place as he is trying to grow and can't... we will see them this week. They lock him in the house as there is no one at home to look after him. The brother comes home after school and feeds him and then she gets home from work and the hospital to bathe him. And still comes to prayer and worships God with the most incredible voice.
Please pray for her family and us as we go to see how we can help.
Pray for Londiwe the orphan girl 7 who we took to McCords and signed up on theier wonderful ARV program, as opposed to the government one. Her aunt is amazing at 20 who cares for her and is "writting her high school exams (or finals as we call them) this week.
Hope these requests remind you how blessed we are, it gives me such a grateful heart. May we all be able to PRAISE HIM in good times and bad, for He is worthy.Well, I am quite sure I am not doing well at blogging and I am not sure how many are following the blog. I get confused as sometimes I revert to email. Honestly it has been quite a week and Brooke and myself are quite tired. My scripture these last few days are "not to grow weary in doing well".
I will try and update you....but the money we received to purchase the truck has enabled us to be a blessing. The hired car we use and the truck have both been needed very much. We...have to divide and conquer sometimes. Here is what the week turned out to be like, but please look at our truck that we were blessed and able to buy. It has made many trips since we purchased it transporting people to the hospital.
This week alone, we had little man in the hospital (we used some funds to pay for him to be there and get tested). The government hospitals are overwhelming for the Doctors, and the poor patients just wait til they are gotten too. Gurney's and wheel chairs, and people just waiting to be looked at. We knew we wouldn't take the baby there, when he quite breathing. We went to mcCords a private Christian Hospital. We took little man there a week ago Sunday. we went home for the night and back on Monday, where he spent the night. We had an ultra-sound of his brain as the Dr. feared he had nuerological damage. the brain was normal looking, they decided we need to take him to a nuerologist but the next appointment was May, and we have to believe we have enough money come in for this. They released him Tuesday, still gulps and chokes a bit, but they feel all is well and released him, if he is having siezures they might have to see after he is older. Please believe with us for his total healing.
Pray for his father (who is not married to the mom yet). He was so grateful we took him to the hospital, but he has a drinking problem and just lost his job. He really needs Jesus so pray for that. The young mom discribed him as almost being choked in their house (the babY), so when he was released we went in and prayed quite a bit for the home. (his whole stay, and ultra sound totaled R1200 about $l20) what a blessing with exchange rate helping us.
Monday night after leaving little man at the hospital with his mom and dad (who was there a bit), we came home. Prince had transported a 20 year old Nogwazi to the government hospital near Ntuzuma. (we had taken her and her granny their Friday after our care givers meeting. She was so frail and weak, a beautiful young girl wracked with AIDS and probably TB. She has a 3 year old daughter. They sent her home Friday night telling her to come back on Monday. Monday while I took Thobile and Little man to McCords, Prince took Granny and nogwazi to mahatma Gandhi agian. (he was there at 7:00 am). When I got home about 6, from mccords, prince called and said, he was on his way to Gandi again (now that was about 12 hours later), he thought maybe I should come up there. (we have learned unfortunately when my white face brings attention, and when his zulu face, brings connections)...actually it is rather maddening to think the poor granny can stand their for (as it turned out about l4 hours,) with no answeres except there is no bed, and I can ask to speak to the Dr. and get my request met. It is sooo unjust!!! Actually makes my blood boil, it is out and out ungodly and wrong. Anyway he asked that I come up, so brooke and I got in the car and drove to that hospital....I walked into ER, where this poor frail girl was still sitting in a wheel chair. You look around and see stretchers and chairs and such sick people just there alone waiting for some attention. The poor girl had only had blood drawn and no food, and just sitting there all day, not even laying down. They wouldn't let granny and me in, but Granny asked if we could please help. I said do you want us to take her to McCords, she said yes. PLEASE. I went in to the girl, she looked at me, with eyes bigger than her face, and said "I just want to lay down" "i am so tired". I told her we would help, she needed to trust in Jesus.... He would help her, but so would we. I finally got a Dr. to talk to me and aked what we needed to do to get her discharged. He informed me she was discharged. I said, she has been here so long and nothing was done for her, he said, she has TB we think and anemic. I said, why is nothing being done, he said, she is stable she can go home, and come back in the morning. WE HAVE NO BEDS. Well we left, and she went home where we learned she did ask Granny to pray with her. I kept telling her to call on Jesus. So throughout the week, she would hold her hands up in a praying position to ask us to pray for her. Tuesday we picked them up and brought them to McCords, we checked out the Baby and in Nogwazi. She was horribly enemic, her belly was swelling and her legs wer swollen. She remained in the hospital. And received 2 blood transfusions and they diagnoses her as having TB of the abdomen. Last night Sunday, Brooke and I went up for the last hour of viiting hours, she was almost comotose, but she roused to look at us, we prayed over her and read the word to her, there was one point where she yawned and then siezed a minute, then she settled down. At 12:30 am I received a call from the hospital, i was awake and prepared I think, they told me she passed, we couldn't reach the granny the rest of the night...and Prince was down on the south coast he had gone for a wedding and see his family. It was so sad, this morning we told the family, and prince spent all day, helping the granny by transporting her to the mortuary, funeral home and hospital to sign papers. Brooke and I spent the day waiting at the hospital to settle accounts, after a long morning of prayer. She was in the hospital for 6 days and had 2 transfusions, lumbar puncure, blood tests, x-rays and began TB treatment,and drainage of her fluid. It cost just under $l,000 US, we just felt we had to help her get some relief. I believe she died more comfortable, and we know the word doesn't return void, it crosses language barriers, and we pray she saw Him through us. It was an honor to be able to help, so thanks to those of you who partner with us through support for Brooke myself and for the work over here.
In the midst of the week, we had battles, with rumors we were pitching people off the property (the magistrate is moving squatters), and regular warfare stuff. Brooke and I have had dreams of home and people from home. Neither of us are big dreamers in our sleep, and it has been strange. We feel burdened to pray for our country as the election is approaching, and we watch parties splitting in this country. So much happening in the world! It becomes more and more evident we need to fix our eyes on Him. Our prayer is that we walk daily in obedience, that He truly orders our footsteps to the right person or place He wants us. Both Brooke and myself have struggled a bit this week it has been hard, and we really realize we are not in America anymore as we, wait, and communication usually needs to be face to face, and you wait and wait and wait. The Zulu have patience down like we can't even believe may we learn to wait upon the Lord as He will renew our strength.
We are praying for the elections.
We are praying for our homeland.
We are praying for Nogwazi's daughter and granny and huge family as I am sure the funeral is this Saturday.
We are praying for God to make a way for our hospice to come soon. The need is bigger than I ever thought. yesterday one of our fellow believers a worshiper in her mid twenties. Has two children of her own, her mom is in the hospital for weeks, and she has to go after work to bath her, then get home to bath her l5 year old nephew a disabled orphan of her sisters, whom her mom was caring for. His bones apparently are popping out of place as he is trying to grow and can't... we will see them this week. They lock him in the house as there is no one at home to look after him. The brother comes home after school and feeds him and then she gets home from work and the hospital to bathe him. And still comes to prayer and worships God with the most incredible voice.
Please pray for her family and us as we go to see how we can help.
Pray for Londiwe the orphan girl 7 who we took to McCords and signed up on theier wonderful ARV program, as opposed to the government one. Her aunt is amazing at 20 who cares for her and is "writting her high school exams (or finals as we call them) this week.
Hope these requests remind you how blessed we are, it gives me such a grateful heart. May we all be able to PRAISE HIM in good times and bad, for He is worthy.Well, I am quite sure I am not doing well at blogging and I am not sure how many are following the blog. I get confused as sometimes I revert to email. Honestly it has been quite a week and Brooke and myself are quite tired. My scripture these last few days are "not to grow weary in doing well".
I will try and update you....but the money we received to purchase the truck has enabled us to be a blessing. The hired car we use and the truck have both been needed very much. We...have to divide and conquer sometimes. Here is what the week turned out to be like, but please look at our truck that we were blessed and able to buy. It has made many trips since we purchased it transporting people to the hospital.
This week alone, we had little man in the hospital (we used some funds to pay for him to be there and get tested). The government hospitals are overwhelming for the Doctors, and the poor patients just wait til they are gotten too. Gurney's and wheel chairs, and people just waiting to be looked at. We knew we wouldn't take the baby there, when he quite breathing. We went to mcCords a private Christian Hospital. We took little man there a week ago Sunday. we went home for the night and back on Monday, where he spent the night. We had an ultra-sound of his brain as the Dr. feared he had nuerological damage. the brain was normal looking, they decided we need to take him to a nuerologist but the next appointment was May, and we have to believe we have enough money come in for this. They released him Tuesday, still gulps and chokes a bit, but they feel all is well and released him, if he is having siezures they might have to see after he is older. Please believe with us for his total healing.
Pray for his father (who is not married to the mom yet). He was so grateful we took him to the hospital, but he has a drinking problem and just lost his job. He really needs Jesus so pray for that. The young mom discribed him as almost being choked in their house (the babY), so when he was released we went in and prayed quite a bit for the home. (his whole stay, and ultra sound totaled R1200 about $l20) what a blessing with exchange rate helping us.
Monday night after leaving little man at the hospital with his mom and dad (who was there a bit), we came home. Prince had transported a 20 year old Nogwazi to the government hospital near Ntuzuma. (we had taken her and her granny their Friday after our care givers meeting. She was so frail and weak, a beautiful young girl wracked with AIDS and probably TB. She has a 3 year old daughter. They sent her home Friday night telling her to come back on Monday. Monday while I took Thobile and Little man to McCords, Prince took Granny and nogwazi to mahatma Gandhi agian. (he was there at 7:00 am). When I got home about 6, from mccords, prince called and said, he was on his way to Gandi again (now that was about 12 hours later), he thought maybe I should come up there. (we have learned unfortunately when my white face brings attention, and when his zulu face, brings connections)...actually it is rather maddening to think the poor granny can stand their for (as it turned out about l4 hours,) with no answeres except there is no bed, and I can ask to speak to the Dr. and get my request met. It is sooo unjust!!! Actually makes my blood boil, it is out and out ungodly and wrong. Anyway he asked that I come up, so brooke and I got in the car and drove to that hospital....I walked into ER, where this poor frail girl was still sitting in a wheel chair. You look around and see stretchers and chairs and such sick people just there alone waiting for some attention. The poor girl had only had blood drawn and no food, and just sitting there all day, not even laying down. They wouldn't let granny and me in, but Granny asked if we could please help. I said do you want us to take her to McCords, she said yes. PLEASE. I went in to the girl, she looked at me, with eyes bigger than her face, and said "I just want to lay down" "i am so tired". I told her we would help, she needed to trust in Jesus.... He would help her, but so would we. I finally got a Dr. to talk to me and aked what we needed to do to get her discharged. He informed me she was discharged. I said, she has been here so long and nothing was done for her, he said, she has TB we think and anemic. I said, why is nothing being done, he said, she is stable she can go home, and come back in the morning. WE HAVE NO BEDS. Well we left, and she went home where we learned she did ask Granny to pray with her. I kept telling her to call on Jesus. So throughout the week, she would hold her hands up in a praying position to ask us to pray for her. Tuesday we picked them up and brought them to McCords, we checked out the Baby and in Nogwazi. She was horribly enemic, her belly was swelling and her legs wer swollen. She remained in the hospital. And received 2 blood transfusions and they diagnoses her as having TB of the abdomen. Last night Sunday, Brooke and I went up for the last hour of viiting hours, she was almost comotose, but she roused to look at us, we prayed over her and read the word to her, there was one point where she yawned and then siezed a minute, then she settled down. At 12:30 am I received a call from the hospital, i was awake and prepared I think, they told me she passed, we couldn't reach the granny the rest of the night...and Prince was down on the south coast he had gone for a wedding and see his family. It was so sad, this morning we told the family, and prince spent all day, helping the granny by transporting her to the mortuary, funeral home and hospital to sign papers. Brooke and I spent the day waiting at the hospital to settle accounts, after a long morning of prayer. She was in the hospital for 6 days and had 2 transfusions, lumbar puncure, blood tests, x-rays and began TB treatment,and drainage of her fluid. It cost just under $l,000 US, we just felt we had to help her get some relief. I believe she died more comfortable, and we know the word doesn't return void, it crosses language barriers, and we pray she saw Him through us. It was an honor to be able to help, so thanks to those of you who partner with us through support for Brooke myself and for the work over here.
In the midst of the week, we had battles, with rumors we were pitching people off the property (the magistrate is moving squatters), and regular warfare stuff. Brooke and I have had dreams of home and people from home. Neither of us are big dreamers in our sleep, and it has been strange. We feel burdened to pray for our country as the election is approaching, and we watch parties splitting in this country. So much happening in the world! It becomes more and more evident we need to fix our eyes on Him. Our prayer is that we walk daily in obedience, that He truly orders our footsteps to the right person or place He wants us. Both Brooke and myself have struggled a bit this week it has been hard, and we really realize we are not in America anymore as we, wait, and communication usually needs to be face to face, and you wait and wait and wait. The Zulu have patience down like we can't even believe may we learn to wait upon the Lord as He will renew our strength.
We are praying for the elections.
We are praying for our homeland.
We are praying for Nogwazi's daughter and granny and huge family as I am sure the funeral is this Saturday.
We are praying for God to make a way for our hospice to come soon. The need is bigger than I ever thought. yesterday one of our fellow believers a worshiper in her mid twenties. Has two children of her own, her mom is in the hospital for weeks, and she has to go after work to bath her, then get home to bath her l5 year old nephew a disabled orphan of her sisters, whom her mom was caring for. His bones apparently are popping out of place as he is trying to grow and can't... we will see them this week. They lock him in the house as there is no one at home to look after him. The brother comes home after school and feeds him and then she gets home from work and the hospital to bathe him. And still comes to prayer and worships God with the most incredible voice.
Well, I am quite sure I am not doing well at blogging and I am not sure how many are following the blog. I get confused as sometimes I revert to email. Honestly it has been quite a week and Brooke and myself are quite tired. My scripture these last few days are "not to grow weary in doing well".
I will try and update you....but the money we received to purchase the truck has enabled us to be a blessing. The hired car we use and the truck have both been needed very much. We...have to divide and conquer sometimes. Here is what the week turned out to be like, but please look at our truck that we were blessed and able to buy. It has made many trips since we purchased it transporting people to the hospital.
This week alone, we had little man in the hospital (we used some funds to pay for him to be there and get tested). The government hospitals are overwhelming for the Doctors, and the poor patients just wait til they are gotten too. Gurney's and wheel chairs, and people just waiting to be looked at. We knew we wouldn't take the baby there, when he quite breathing. We went to mcCords a private Christian Hospital. We took little man there a week ago Sunday. we went home for the night and back on Monday, where he spent the night. We had an ultra-sound of his brain as the Dr. feared he had nuerological damage. the brain was normal looking, they decided we need to take him to a nuerologist but the next appointment was May, and we have to believe we have enough money come in for this. They released him Tuesday, still gulps and chokes a bit, but they feel all is well and released him, if he is having siezures they might have to see after he is older. Please believe with us for his total healing.
Pray for his father (who is not married to the mom yet). He was so grateful we took him to the hospital, but he has a drinking problem and just lost his job. He really needs Jesus so pray for that. The young mom discribed him as almost being choked in their house (the babY), so when he was released we went in and prayed quite a bit for the home. (his whole stay, and ultra sound totaled R1200 about $l20) what a blessing with exchange rate helping us.
Monday night after leaving little man at the hospital with his mom and dad (who was there a bit), we came home. Prince had transported a 20 year old Nogwazi to the government hospital near Ntuzuma. (we had taken her and her granny their Friday after our care givers meeting. She was so frail and weak, a beautiful young girl wracked with AIDS and probably TB. She has a 3 year old daughter. They sent her home Friday night telling her to come back on Monday. Monday while I took Thobile and Little man to McCords, Prince took Granny and nogwazi to mahatma Gandhi agian. (he was there at 7:00 am). When I got home about 6, from mccords, prince called and said, he was on his way to Gandi again (now that was about 12 hours later), he thought maybe I should come up there. (we have learned unfortunately when my white face brings attention, and when his zulu face, brings connections)...actually it is rather maddening to think the poor granny can stand their for (as it turned out about l4 hours,) with no answeres except there is no bed, and I can ask to speak to the Dr. and get my request met. It is sooo unjust!!! Actually makes my blood boil, it is out and out ungodly and wrong. Anyway he asked that I come up, so brooke and I got in the car and drove to that hospital....I walked into ER, where this poor frail girl was still sitting in a wheel chair. You look around and see stretchers and chairs and such sick people just there alone waiting for some attention. The poor girl had only had blood drawn and no food, and just sitting there all day, not even laying down. They wouldn't let granny and me in, but Granny asked if we could please help. I said do you want us to take her to McCords, she said yes. PLEASE. I went in to the girl, she looked at me, with eyes bigger than her face, and said "I just want to lay down" "i am so tired". I told her we would help, she needed to trust in Jesus.... He would help her, but so would we. I finally got a Dr. to talk to me and aked what we needed to do to get her discharged. He informed me she was discharged. I said, she has been here so long and nothing was done for her, he said, she has TB we think and anemic. I said, why is nothing being done, he said, she is stable she can go home, and come back in the morning. WE HAVE NO BEDS. Well we left, and she went home where we learned she did ask Granny to pray with her. I kept telling her to call on Jesus. So throughout the week, she would hold her hands up in a praying position to ask us to pray for her. Tuesday we picked them up and brought them to McCords, we checked out the Baby and in Nogwazi. She was horribly enemic, her belly was swelling and her legs wer swollen. She remained in the hospital. And received 2 blood transfusions and they diagnoses her as having TB of the abdomen. Last night Sunday, Brooke and I went up for the last hour of viiting hours, she was almost comotose, but she roused to look at us, we prayed over her and read the word to her, there was one point where she yawned and then siezed a minute, then she settled down. At 12:30 am I received a call from the hospital, i was awake and prepared I think, they told me she passed, we couldn't reach the granny the rest of the night...and Prince was down on the south coast he had gone for a wedding and see his family. It was so sad, this morning we told the family, and prince spent all day, helping the granny by transporting her to the mortuary, funeral home and hospital to sign papers. Brooke and I spent the day waiting at the hospital to settle accounts, after a long morning of prayer. She was in the hospital for 6 days and had 2 transfusions, lumbar puncure, blood tests, x-rays and began TB treatment,and drainage of her fluid. It cost just under $l,000 US, we just felt we had to help her get some relief. I believe she died more comfortable, and we know the word doesn't return void, it crosses language barriers, and we pray she saw Him through us. It was an honor to be able to help, so thanks to those of you who partner with us through support for Brooke myself and for the work over here.
In the midst of the week, we had battles, with rumors we were pitching people off the property (the magistrate is moving squatters), and regular warfare stuff. Brooke and I have had dreams of home and people from home. Neither of us are big dreamers in our sleep, and it has been strange. We feel burdened to pray for our country as the election is approaching, and we watch parties splitting in this country. So much happening in the world! It becomes more and more evident we need to fix our eyes on Him. Our prayer is that we walk daily in obedience, that He truly orders our footsteps to the right person or place He wants us. Both Brooke and myself have struggled a bit this week it has been hard, and we really realize we are not in America anymore as we, wait, and communication usually needs to be face to face, and you wait and wait and wait. The Zulu have patience down like we can't even believe may we learn to wait upon the Lord as He will renew our strength.
We are praying for the elections.
We are praying for our homeland.
We are praying for Nogwazi's daughter and granny and huge family as I am sure the funeral is this Saturday.
We are praying for God to make a way for our hospice to come soon. The need is bigger than I ever thought. yesterday one of our fellow believers a worshiper in her mid twenties. Has two children of her own, her mom is in the hospital for weeks, and she has to go after work to bath her, then get home to bath her l5 year old nephew a disabled orphan of her sisters, whom her mom was caring for. His bones apparently are popping out of place as he is trying to grow and can't... we will see them this week. They lock him in the house as there is no one at home to look after him. The brother comes home after school and feeds him and then she gets home from work and the hospital to bathe him. And still comes to prayer and worships God with the most incredible voice.
Please pray for her family and us as we go to see how we can help.
Pray for Londiwe the orphan girl 7 who we took to McCords and signed up on theier wonderful ARV program, as opposed to the government one. Her aunt is amazing at 20 who cares for her and is "writting her high school exams (or finals as we call them) this week.
Hope these requests remind you how blessed we are, it gives me such a grateful heart. May we all be able to PRAISE HIM in good times and bad, for He is worthy.Well, I am quite sure I am not doing well at blogging and I am not sure how many are following the blog. I get confused as sometimes I revert to email. Honestly it has been quite a week and Brooke and myself are quite tired. My scripture these last few days are "not to grow weary in doing well".
I will try and update you....but the money we received to purchase the truck has enabled us to be a blessing. The hired car we use and the truck have both been needed very much. We...have to divide and conquer sometimes. Here is what the week turned out to be like, but please look at our truck that we were blessed and able to buy. It has made many trips since we purchased it transporting people to the hospital.
This week alone, we had little man in the hospital (we used some funds to pay for him to be there and get tested). The government hospitals are overwhelming for the Doctors, and the poor patients just wait til they are gotten too. Gurney's and wheel chairs, and people just waiting to be looked at. We knew we wouldn't take the baby there, when he quite breathing. We went to mcCords a private Christian Hospital. We took little man there a week ago Sunday. we went home for the night and back on Monday, where he spent the night. We had an ultra-sound of his brain as the Dr. feared he had nuerological damage. the brain was normal looking, they decided we need to take him to a nuerologist but the next appointment was May, and we have to believe we have enough money come in for this. They released him Tuesday, still gulps and chokes a bit, but they feel all is well and released him, if he is having siezures they might have to see after he is older. Please believe with us for his total healing.
Pray for his father (who is not married to the mom yet). He was so grateful we took him to the hospital, but he has a drinking problem and just lost his job. He really needs Jesus so pray for that. The young mom discribed him as almost being choked in their house (the babY), so when he was released we went in and prayed quite a bit for the home. (his whole stay, and ultra sound totaled R1200 about $l20) what a blessing with exchange rate helping us.
Monday night after leaving little man at the hospital with his mom and dad (who was there a bit), we came home. Prince had transported a 20 year old Nogwazi to the government hospital near Ntuzuma. (we had taken her and her granny their Friday after our care givers meeting. She was so frail and weak, a beautiful young girl wracked with AIDS and probably TB. She has a 3 year old daughter. They sent her home Friday night telling her to come back on Monday. Monday while I took Thobile and Little man to McCords, Prince took Granny and nogwazi to mahatma Gandhi agian. (he was there at 7:00 am). When I got home about 6, from mccords, prince called and said, he was on his way to Gandi again (now that was about 12 hours later), he thought maybe I should come up there. (we have learned unfortunately when my white face brings attention, and when his zulu face, brings connections)...actually it is rather maddening to think the poor granny can stand their for (as it turned out about l4 hours,) with no answeres except there is no bed, and I can ask to speak to the Dr. and get my request met. It is sooo unjust!!! Actually makes my blood boil, it is out and out ungodly and wrong. Anyway he asked that I come up, so brooke and I got in the car and drove to that hospital....I walked into ER, where this poor frail girl was still sitting in a wheel chair. You look around and see stretchers and chairs and such sick people just there alone waiting for some attention. The poor girl had only had blood drawn and no food, and just sitting there all day, not even laying down. They wouldn't let granny and me in, but Granny asked if we could please help. I said do you want us to take her to McCords, she said yes. PLEASE. I went in to the girl, she looked at me, with eyes bigger than her face, and said "I just want to lay down" "i am so tired". I told her we would help, she needed to trust in Jesus.... He would help her, but so would we. I finally got a Dr. to talk to me and aked what we needed to do to get her discharged. He informed me she was discharged. I said, she has been here so long and nothing was done for her, he said, she has TB we think and anemic. I said, why is nothing being done, he said, she is stable she can go home, and come back in the morning. WE HAVE NO BEDS. Well we left, and she went home where we learned she did ask Granny to pray with her. I kept telling her to call on Jesus. So throughout the week, she would hold her hands up in a praying position to ask us to pray for her. Tuesday we picked them up and brought them to McCords, we checked out the Baby and in Nogwazi. She was horribly enemic, her belly was swelling and her legs wer swollen. She remained in the hospital. And received 2 blood transfusions and they diagnoses her as having TB of the abdomen. Last night Sunday, Brooke and I went up for the last hour of viiting hours, she was almost comotose, but she roused to look at us, we prayed over her and read the word to her, there was one point where she yawned and then siezed a minute, then she settled down. At 12:30 am I received a call from the hospital, i was awake and prepared I think, they told me she passed, we couldn't reach the granny the rest of the night...and Prince was down on the south coast he had gone for a wedding and see his family. It was so sad, this morning we told the family, and prince spent all day, helping the granny by transporting her to the mortuary, funeral home and hospital to sign papers. Brooke and I spent the day waiting at the hospital to settle accounts, after a long morning of prayer. She was in the hospital for 6 days and had 2 transfusions, lumbar puncure, blood tests, x-rays and began TB treatment,and drainage of her fluid. It cost just under $l,000 US, we just felt we had to help her get some relief. I believe she died more comfortable, and we know the word doesn't return void, it crosses language barriers, and we pray she saw Him through us. It was an honor to be able to help, so thanks to those of you who partner with us through support for Brooke myself and for the work over here.
In the midst of the week, we had battles, with rumors we were pitching people off the property (the magistrate is moving squatters), and regular warfare stuff. Brooke and I have had dreams of home and people from home. Neither of us are big dreamers in our sleep, and it has been strange. We feel burdened to pray for our country as the election is approaching, and we watch parties splitting in this country. So much happening in the world! It becomes more and more evident we need to fix our eyes on Him. Our prayer is that we walk daily in obedience, that He truly orders our footsteps to the right person or place He wants us. Both Brooke and myself have struggled a bit this week it has been hard, and we really realize we are not in America anymore as we, wait, and communication usually needs to be face to face, and you wait and wait and wait. The Zulu have patience down like we can't even believe may we learn to wait upon the Lord as He will renew our strength.
We are praying for the elections.
We are praying for our homeland.
We are praying for Nogwazi's daughter and granny and huge family as I am sure the funeral is this Saturday.
We are praying for God to make a way for our hospice to come soon. The need is bigger than I ever thought. yesterday one of our fellow believers a worshiper in her mid twenties. Has two children of her own, her mom is in the hospital for weeks, and she has to go after work to bath her, then get home to bath her l5 year old nephew a disabled orphan of her sisters, whom her mom was caring for. His bones apparently are popping out of place as he is trying to grow and can't... we will see them this week. They lock him in the house as there is no one at home to look after him. The brother comes home after school and feeds him and then she gets home from work and the hospital to bathe him. And still comes to prayer and worships God with the most incredible voice.
Please pray for her family and us as we go to see how we can help.
Pray for Londiwe the orphan girl 7 who we took to McCords and signed up on theier wonderful ARV program, as opposed to the government one. Her aunt is amazing at 20 who cares for her and is "writting her high school exams (or finals as we call them) this week.
Hope these requests remind you how blessed we are, it gives me such a grateful heart. May we all be able to PRAISE HIM in good times and bad, for He is worthy.Well, I am quite sure I am not doing well at blogging and I am not sure how many are following the blog. I get confused as sometimes I revert to email. Honestly it has been quite a week and Brooke and myself are quite tired. My scripture these last few days are "not to grow weary in doing well".
I will try and update you....but the money we received to purchase the truck has enabled us to be a blessing. The hired car we use and the truck have both been needed very much. We...have to divide and conquer sometimes. Here is what the week turned out to be like, but please look at our truck that we were blessed and able to buy. It has made many trips since we purchased it transporting people to the hospital.
This week alone, we had little man in the hospital (we used some funds to pay for him to be there and get tested). The government hospitals are overwhelming for the Doctors, and the poor patients just wait til they are gotten too. Gurney's and wheel chairs, and people just waiting to be looked at. We knew we wouldn't take the baby there, when he quite breathing. We went to mcCords a private Christian Hospital. We took little man there a week ago Sunday. we went home for the night and back on Monday, where he spent the night. We had an ultra-sound of his brain as the Dr. feared he had nuerological damage. the brain was normal looking, they decided we need to take him to a nuerologist but the next appointment was May, and we have to believe we have enough money come in for this. They released him Tuesday, still gulps and chokes a bit, but they feel all is well and released him, if he is having siezures they might have to see after he is older. Please believe with us for his total healing.
Pray for his father (who is not married to the mom yet). He was so grateful we took him to the hospital, but he has a drinking problem and just lost his job. He really needs Jesus so pray for that. The young mom discribed him as almost being choked in their house (the babY), so when he was released we went in and prayed quite a bit for the home. (his whole stay, and ultra sound totaled R1200 about $l20) what a blessing with exchange rate helping us.
Monday night after leaving little man at the hospital with his mom and dad (who was there a bit), we came home. Prince had transported a 20 year old Nogwazi to the government hospital near Ntuzuma. (we had taken her and her granny their Friday after our care givers meeting. She was so frail and weak, a beautiful young girl wracked with AIDS and probably TB. She has a 3 year old daughter. They sent her home Friday night telling her to come back on Monday. Monday while I took Thobile and Little man to McCords, Prince took Granny and nogwazi to mahatma Gandhi agian. (he was there at 7:00 am). When I got home about 6, from mccords, prince called and said, he was on his way to Gandi again (now that was about 12 hours later), he thought maybe I should come up there. (we have learned unfortunately when my white face brings attention, and when his zulu face, brings connections)...actually it is rather maddening to think the poor granny can stand their for (as it turned out about l4 hours,) with no answeres except there is no bed, and I can ask to speak to the Dr. and get my request met. It is sooo unjust!!! Actually makes my blood boil, it is out and out ungodly and wrong. Anyway he asked that I come up, so brooke and I got in the car and drove to that hospital....I walked into ER, where this poor frail girl was still sitting in a wheel chair. You look around and see stretchers and chairs and such sick people just there alone waiting for some attention. The poor girl had only had blood drawn and no food, and just sitting there all day, not even laying down. They wouldn't let granny and me in, but Granny asked if we could please help. I said do you want us to take her to McCords, she said yes. PLEASE. I went in to the girl, she looked at me, with eyes bigger than her face, and said "I just want to lay down" "i am so tired". I told her we would help, she needed to trust in Jesus.... He would help her, but so would we. I finally got a Dr. to talk to me and aked what we needed to do to get her discharged. He informed me she was discharged. I said, she has been here so long and nothing was done for her, he said, she has TB we think and anemic. I said, why is nothing being done, he said, she is stable she can go home, and come back in the morning. WE HAVE NO BEDS. Well we left, and she went home where we learned she did ask Granny to pray with her. I kept telling her to call on Jesus. So throughout the week, she would hold her hands up in a praying position to ask us to pray for her. Tuesday we picked them up and brought them to McCords, we checked out the Baby and in Nogwazi. She was horribly enemic, her belly was swelling and her legs wer swollen. She remained in the hospital. And received 2 blood transfusions and they diagnoses her as having TB of the abdomen. Last night Sunday, Brooke and I went up for the last hour of viiting hours, she was almost comotose, but she roused to look at us, we prayed over her and read the word to her, there was one point where she yawned and then siezed a minute, then she settled down. At 12:30 am I received a call from the hospital, i was awake and prepared I think, they told me she passed, we couldn't reach the granny the rest of the night...and Prince was down on the south coast he had gone for a wedding and see his family. It was so sad, this morning we told the family, and prince spent all day, helping the granny by transporting her to the mortuary, funeral home and hospital to sign papers. Brooke and I spent the day waiting at the hospital to settle accounts, after a long morning of prayer. She was in the hospital for 6 days and had 2 transfusions, lumbar puncure, blood tests, x-rays and began TB treatment,and drainage of her fluid. It cost just under $l,000 US, we just felt we had to help her get some relief. I believe she died more comfortable, and we know the word doesn't return void, it crosses language barriers, and we pray she saw Him through us. It was an honor to be able to help, so thanks to those of you who partner with us through support for Brooke myself and for the work over here.
In the midst of the week, we had battles, with rumors we were pitching people off the property (the magistrate is moving squatters), and regular warfare stuff. Brooke and I have had dreams of home and people from home. Neither of us are big dreamers in our sleep, and it has been strange. We feel burdened to pray for our country as the election is approaching, and we watch parties splitting in this country. So much happening in the world! It becomes more and more evident we need to fix our eyes on Him. Our prayer is that we walk daily in obedience, that He truly orders our footsteps to the right person or place He wants us. Both Brooke and myself have struggled a bit this week it has been hard, and we really realize we are not in America anymore as we, wait, and communication usually needs to be face to face, and you wait and wait and wait. The Zulu have patience down like we can't even believe may we learn to wait upon the Lord as He will renew our strength.
We are praying for the elections.
We are praying for our homeland.
We are praying for Nogwazi's daughter and granny and huge family as I am sure the funeral is this Saturday.
We are praying for God to make a way for our hospice to come soon. The need is bigger than I ever thought. yesterday one of our fellow believers a worshiper in her mid twenties. Has two children of her own, her mom is in the hospital for weeks, and she has to go after work to bath her, then get home to bath her l5 year old nephew a disabled orphan of her sisters, whom her mom was caring for. His bones apparently are popping out of place as he is trying to grow and can't... we will see them this week. They lock him in the house as there is no one at home to look after him. The brother comes home after school and feeds him and then she gets home from work and the hospital to bathe him. And still comes to prayer and worships God with the most incredible voice.
Please pray for her family and us as we go to see how we can help.
Pray for Londiwe the orphan girl 7 who we took to McCords and signed up on theier wonderful ARV program, as opposed to the government one. Her aunt is amazing at 20 who cares for her and is "writting her high school exams (or finals as we call them) this week.
Hope these requests remind you how blessed we are, it gives me such a grateful heart. May we all be able to PRAISE HIM in good times and bad, for He is worthy.Well, I am quite sure I am not doing well at blogging and I am not sure how many are following the blog. I get confused as sometimes I revert to email. Honestly it has been quite a week and Brooke and myself are quite tired. My scripture these last few days are "not to grow weary in doing well".
I will try and update you....but the money we received to purchase the truck has enabled us to be a blessing. The hired car we use and the truck have both been needed very much. We...have to divide and conquer sometimes. Here is what the week turned out to be like, but please look at our truck that we were blessed and able to buy. It has made many trips since we purchased it transporting people to the hospital.
This week alone, we had little man in the hospital (we used some funds to pay for him to be there and get tested). The government hospitals are overwhelming for the Doctors, and the poor patients just wait til they are gotten too. Gurney's and wheel chairs, and people just waiting to be looked at. We knew we wouldn't take the baby there, when he quite breathing. We went to mcCords a private Christian Hospital. We took little man there a week ago Sunday. we went home for the night and back on Monday, where he spent the night. We had an ultra-sound of his brain as the Dr. feared he had nuerological damage. the brain was normal looking, they decided we need to take him to a nuerologist but the next appointment was May, and we have to believe we have enough money come in for this. They released him Tuesday, still gulps and chokes a bit, but they feel all is well and released him, if he is having siezures they might have to see after he is older. Please believe with us for his total healing.
Pray for his father (who is not married to the mom yet). He was so grateful we took him to the hospital, but he has a drinking problem and just lost his job. He really needs Jesus so pray for that. The young mom discribed him as almost being choked in their house (the babY), so when he was released we went in and prayed quite a bit for the home. (his whole stay, and ultra sound totaled R1200 about $l20) what a blessing with exchange rate helping us.
Monday night after leaving little man at the hospital with his mom and dad (who was there a bit), we came home. Prince had transported a 20 year old Nogwazi to the government hospital near Ntuzuma. (we had taken her and her granny their Friday after our care givers meeting. She was so frail and weak, a beautiful young girl wracked with AIDS and probably TB. She has a 3 year old daughter. They sent her home Friday night telling her to come back on Monday. Monday while I took Thobile and Little man to McCords, Prince took Granny and nogwazi to mahatma Gandhi agian. (he was there at 7:00 am). When I got home about 6, from mccords, prince called and said, he was on his way to Gandi again (now that was about 12 hours later), he thought maybe I should come up there. (we have learned unfortunately when my white face brings attention, and when his zulu face, brings connections)...actually it is rather maddening to think the poor granny can stand their for (as it turned out about l4 hours,) with no answeres except there is no bed, and I can ask to speak to the Dr. and get my request met. It is sooo unjust!!! Actually makes my blood boil, it is out and out ungodly and wrong. Anyway he asked that I come up, so brooke and I got in the car and drove to that hospital....I walked into ER, where this poor frail girl was still sitting in a wheel chair. You look around and see stretchers and chairs and such sick people just there alone waiting for some attention. The poor girl had only had blood drawn and no food, and just sitting there all day, not even laying down. They wouldn't let granny and me in, but Granny asked if we could please help. I said do you want us to take her to McCords, she said yes. PLEASE. I went in to the girl, she looked at me, with eyes bigger than her face, and said "I just want to lay down" "i am so tired". I told her we would help, she needed to trust in Jesus.... He would help her, but so would we. I finally got a Dr. to talk to me and aked what we needed to do to get her discharged. He informed me she was discharged. I said, she has been here so long and nothing was done for her, he said, she has TB we think and anemic. I said, why is nothing being done, he said, she is stable she can go home, and come back in the morning. WE HAVE NO BEDS. Well we left, and she went home where we learned she did ask Granny to pray with her. I kept telling her to call on Jesus. So throughout the week, she would hold her hands up in a praying position to ask us to pray for her. Tuesday we picked them up and brought them to McCords, we checked out the Baby and in Nogwazi. She was horribly enemic, her belly was swelling and her legs wer swollen. She remained in the hospital. And received 2 blood transfusions and they diagnoses her as having TB of the abdomen. Last night Sunday, Brooke and I went up for the last hour of viiting hours, she was almost comotose, but she roused to look at us, we prayed over her and read the word to her, there was one point where she yawned and then siezed a minute, then she settled down. At 12:30 am I received a call from the hospital, i was awake and prepared I think, they told me she passed, we couldn't reach the granny the rest of the night...and Prince was down on the south coast he had gone for a wedding and see his family. It was so sad, this morning we told the family, and prince spent all day, helping the granny by transporting her to the mortuary, funeral home and hospital to sign papers. Brooke and I spent the day waiting at the hospital to settle accounts, after a long morning of prayer. She was in the hospital for 6 days and had 2 transfusions, lumbar puncure, blood tests, x-rays and began TB treatment,and drainage of her fluid. It cost just under $l,000 US, we just felt we had to help her get some relief. I believe she died more comfortable, and we know the word doesn't return void, it crosses language barriers, and we pray she saw Him through us. It was an honor to be able to help, so thanks to those of you who partner with us through support for Brooke myself and for the work over here.
In the midst of the week, we had battles, with rumors we were pitching people off the property (the magistrate is moving squatters), and regular warfare stuff. Brooke and I have had dreams of home and people from home. Neither of us are big dreamers in our sleep, and it has been strange. We feel burdened to pray for our country as the election is approaching, and we watch parties splitting in this country. So much happening in the world! It becomes more and more evident we need to fix our eyes on Him. Our prayer is that we walk daily in obedience, that He truly orders our footsteps to the right person or place He wants us. Both Brooke and myself have struggled a bit this week it has been hard, and we really realize we are not in America anymore as we, wait, and communication usually needs to be face to face, and you wait and wait and wait. The Zulu have patience down like we can't even believe may we learn to wait upon the Lord as He will renew our strength.
We are praying for the elections.
We are praying for our homeland.
We are praying for Nogwazi's daughter and granny and huge family as I am sure the funeral is this Saturday.
We are praying for God to make a way for our hospice to come soon. The need is bigger than I ever thought. yesterday one of our fellow believers a worshiper in her mid twenties. Has two children of her own, her mom is in the hospital for weeks, and she has to go after work to bath her, then get home to bath her l5 year old nephew a disabled orphan of her sisters, whom her mom was caring for. His bones apparently are popping out of place as he is trying to grow and can't... we will see them this week. They lock him in the house as there is no one at home to look after him. The brother comes home after school and feeds him and then she gets home from work and the hospital to bathe him. And still comes to prayer and worships God with the most incredible voice.
Please pray for her family and us as we go to see how we can help.
Pray for Londiwe the orphan girl 7 who we took to McCords and signed up on theier wonderful ARV program, as opposed to the government one. Her aunt is amazing at 20 who cares for her and is "writting her high school exams (or finals as we call them) this week.
Hope these requests remind you how blessed we are, it gives me such a grateful heart. May we all be able to PRAISE HIM in good times and bad, for He is worthy.Well, I am quite sure I am not doing well at blogging and I am not sure how many are following the blog. I get confused as sometimes I revert to email. Honestly it has been quite a week and Brooke and myself are quite tired. My scripture these last few days are "not to grow weary in doing well".
I will try and update you....but the money we received to purchase the truck has enabled us to be a blessing. The hired car we use and the truck have both been needed very much. We...have to divide and conquer sometimes. Here is what the week turned out to be like, but please look at our truck that we were blessed and able to buy. It has made many trips since we purchased it transporting people to the hospital.
This week alone, we had little man in the hospital (we used some funds to pay for him to be there and get tested). The government hospitals are overwhelming for the Doctors, and the poor patients just wait til they are gotten too. Gurney's and wheel chairs, and people just waiting to be looked at. We knew we wouldn't take the baby there, when he quite breathing. We went to mcCords a private Christian Hospital. We took little man there a week ago Sunday. we went home for the night and back on Monday, where he spent the night. We had an ultra-sound of his brain as the Dr. feared he had nuerological damage. the brain was normal looking, they decided we need to take him to a nuerologist but the next appointment was May, and we have to believe we have enough money come in for this. They released him Tuesday, still gulps and chokes a bit, but they feel all is well and released him, if he is having siezures they might have to see after he is older. Please believe with us for his total healing.
Pray for his father (who is not married to the mom yet). He was so grateful we took him to the hospital, but he has a drinking problem and just lost his job. He really needs Jesus so pray for that. The young mom discribed him as almost being choked in their house (the babY), so when he was released we went in and prayed quite a bit for the home. (his whole stay, and ultra sound totaled R1200 about $l20) what a blessing with exchange rate helping us.
Monday night after leaving little man at the hospital with his mom and dad (who was there a bit), we came home. Prince had transported a 20 year old Nogwazi to the government hospital near Ntuzuma. (we had taken her and her granny their Friday after our care givers meeting. She was so frail and weak, a beautiful young girl wracked with AIDS and probably TB. She has a 3 year old daughter. They sent her home Friday night telling her to come back on Monday. Monday while I took Thobile and Little man to McCords, Prince took Granny and nogwazi to mahatma Gandhi agian. (he was there at 7:00 am). When I got home about 6, from mccords, prince called and said, he was on his way to Gandi again (now that was about 12 hours later), he thought maybe I should come up there. (we have learned unfortunately when my white face brings attention, and when his zulu face, brings connections)...actually it is rather maddening to think the poor granny can stand their for (as it turned out about l4 hours,) with no answeres except there is no bed, and I can ask to speak to the Dr. and get my request met. It is sooo unjust!!! Actually makes my blood boil, it is out and out ungodly and wrong. Anyway he asked that I come up, so brooke and I got in the car and drove to that hospital....I walked into ER, where this poor frail girl was still sitting in a wheel chair. You look around and see stretchers and chairs and such sick people just there alone waiting for some attention. The poor girl had only had blood drawn and no food, and just sitting there all day, not even laying down. They wouldn't let granny and me in, but Granny asked if we could please help. I said do you want us to take her to McCords, she said yes. PLEASE. I went in to the girl, she looked at me, with eyes bigger than her face, and said "I just want to lay down" "i am so tired". I told her we would help, she needed to trust in Jesus.... He would help her, but so would we. I finally got a Dr. to talk to me and aked what we needed to do to get her discharged. He informed me she was discharged. I said, she has been here so long and nothing was done for her, he said, she has TB we think and anemic. I said, why is nothing being done, he said, she is stable she can go home, and come back in the morning. WE HAVE NO BEDS. Well we left, and she went home where we learned she did ask Granny to pray with her. I kept telling her to call on Jesus. So throughout the week, she would hold her hands up in a praying position to ask us to pray for her. Tuesday we picked them up and brought them to McCords, we checked out the Baby and in Nogwazi. She was horribly enemic, her belly was swelling and her legs wer swollen. She remained in the hospital. And received 2 blood transfusions and they diagnoses her as having TB of the abdomen. Last night Sunday, Brooke and I went up for the last hour of viiting hours, she was almost comotose, but she roused to look at us, we prayed over her and read the word to her, there was one point where she yawned and then siezed a minute, then she settled down. At 12:30 am I received a call from the hospital, i was awake and prepared I think, they told me she passed, we couldn't reach the granny the rest of the night...and Prince was down on the south coast he had gone for a wedding and see his family. It was so sad, this morning we told the family, and prince spent all day, helping the granny by transporting her to the mortuary, funeral home and hospital to sign papers. Brooke and I spent the day waiting at the hospital to settle accounts, after a long morning of prayer. She was in the hospital for 6 days and had 2 transfusions, lumbar puncure, blood tests, x-rays and began TB treatment,and drainage of her fluid. It cost just under $l,000 US, we just felt we had to help her get some relief. I believe she died more comfortable, and we know the word doesn't return void, it crosses language barriers, and we pray she saw Him through us. It was an honor to be able to help, so thanks to those of you who partner with us through support for Brooke myself and for the work over here.
In the midst of the week, we had battles, with rumors we were pitching people off the property (the magistrate is moving squatters), and regular warfare stuff. Brooke and I have had dreams of home and people from home. Neither of us are big dreamers in our sleep, and it has been strange. We feel burdened to pray for our country as the election is approaching, and we watch parties splitting in this country. So much happening in the world! It becomes more and more evident we need to fix our eyes on Him. Our prayer is that we walk daily in obedience, that He truly orders our footsteps to the right person or place He wants us. Both Brooke and myself have struggled a bit this week it has been hard, and we really realize we are not in America anymore as we, wait, and communication usually needs to be face to face, and you wait and wait and wait. The Zulu have patience down like we can't even believe may we learn to wait upon the Lord as He will renew our strength.
We are praying for the elections.
We are praying for our homeland.
We are praying for Nogwazi's daughter and granny and huge family as I am sure the funeral is this Saturday.
We are praying for God to make a way for our hospice to come soon. The need is bigger than I ever thought. yesterday one of our fellow believers a worshiper in her mid twenties. Has two children of her own, her mom is in the hospital for weeks, and she has to go after work to bath her, then get home to bath her l5 year old nephew a disabled orphan of her sisters, whom her mom was caring for. His bones apparently are popping out of place as he is trying to grow and can't... we will see them this week. They lock him in the house as there is no one at home to look after him. The brother comes home after school and feeds him and then she gets home from work and the hospital to bathe him. And still comes to prayer and worships God with the most incredible voice.
Please pray for her family and us as we go to see how we can help.
Pray for Londiwe the orphan girl 7 who we took to McCords and signed up on theier wonderful ARV program, as opposed to the government one. Her aunt is amazing at 20 who cares for her and is "writting her high school exams (or finals as we call them) this week.
Hope these requests remind you how blessed we are, it gives me such a grateful heart. May we all be able to PRAISE HIM in good times and bad, for He is worthy.Well, I am quite sure I am not doing well at blogging and I am not sure how many are following the blog. I get confused as sometimes I revert to email. Honestly it has been quite a week and Brooke and myself are quite tired. My scripture these last few days are "not to grow weary in doing well".
I will try and update you....but the money we received to purchase the truck has enabled us to be a blessing. The hired car we use and the truck have both been needed very much. We...have to divide and conquer sometimes. Here is what the week turned out to be like, but please look at our truck that we were blessed and able to buy. It has made many trips since we purchased it transporting people to the hospital.
This week alone, we had little man in the hospital (we used some funds to pay for him to be there and get tested). The government hospitals are overwhelming for the Doctors, and the poor patients just wait til they are gotten too. Gurney's and wheel chairs, and people just waiting to be looked at. We knew we wouldn't take the baby there, when he quite breathing. We went to mcCords a private Christian Hospital. We took little man there a week ago Sunday. we went home for the night and back on Monday, where he spent the night. We had an ultra-sound of his brain as the Dr. feared he had nuerological damage. the brain was normal looking, they decided we need to take him to a nuerologist but the next appointment was May, and we have to believe we have enough money come in for this. They released him Tuesday, still gulps and chokes a bit, but they feel all is well and released him, if he is having siezures they might have to see after he is older. Please believe with us for his total healing.
Pray for his father (who is not married to the mom yet). He was so grateful we took him to the hospital, but he has a drinking problem and just lost his job. He really needs Jesus so pray for that. The young mom discribed him as almost being choked in their house (the babY), so when he was released we went in and prayed quite a bit for the home. (his whole stay, and ultra sound totaled R1200 about $l20) what a blessing with exchange rate helping us.
Monday night after leaving little man at the hospital with his mom and dad (who was there a bit), we came home. Prince had transported a 20 year old Nogwazi to the government hospital near Ntuzuma. (we had taken her and her granny their Friday after our care givers meeting. She was so frail and weak, a beautiful young girl wracked with AIDS and probably TB. She has a 3 year old daughter. They sent her home Friday night telling her to come back on Monday. Monday while I took Thobile and Little man to McCords, Prince took Granny and nogwazi to mahatma Gandhi agian. (he was there at 7:00 am). When I got home about 6, from mccords, prince called and said, he was on his way to Gandi again (now that was about 12 hours later), he thought maybe I should come up there. (we have learned unfortunately when my white face brings attention, and when his zulu face, brings connections)...actually it is rather maddening to think the poor granny can stand their for (as it turned out about l4 hours,) with no answeres except there is no bed, and I can ask to speak to the Dr. and get my request met. It is sooo unjust!!! Actually makes my blood boil, it is out and out ungodly and wrong. Anyway he asked that I come up, so brooke and I got in the car and drove to that hospital....I walked into ER, where this poor frail girl was still sitting in a wheel chair. You look around and see stretchers and chairs and such sick people just there alone waiting for some attention. The poor girl had only had blood drawn and no food, and just sitting there all day, not even laying down. They wouldn't let granny and me in, but Granny asked if we could please help. I said do you want us to take her to McCords, she said yes. PLEASE. I went in to the girl, she looked at me, with eyes bigger than her face, and said "I just want to lay down" "i am so tired". I told her we would help, she needed to trust in Jesus.... He would help her, but so would we. I finally got a Dr. to talk to me and aked what we needed to do to get her discharged. He informed me she was discharged. I said, she has been here so long and nothing was done for her, he said, she has TB we think and anemic. I said, why is nothing being done, he said, she is stable she can go home, and come back in the morning. WE HAVE NO BEDS. Well we left, and she went home where we learned she did ask Granny to pray with her. I kept telling her to call on Jesus. So throughout the week, she would hold her hands up in a praying position to ask us to pray for her. Tuesday we picked them up and brought them to McCords, we checked out the Baby and in Nogwazi. She was horribly enemic, her belly was swelling and her legs wer swollen. She remained in the hospital. And received 2 blood transfusions and they diagnoses her as having TB of the abdomen. Last night Sunday, Brooke and I went up for the last hour of viiting hours, she was almost comotose, but she roused to look at us, we prayed over her and read the word to her, there was one point where she yawned and then siezed a minute, then she settled down. At 12:30 am I received a call from the hospital, i was awake and prepared I think, they told me she passed, we couldn't reach the granny the rest of the night...and Prince was down on the south coast he had gone for a wedding and see his family. It was so sad, this morning we told the family, and prince spent all day, helping the granny by transporting her to the mortuary, funeral home and hospital to sign papers. Brooke and I spent the day waiting at the hospital to settle accounts, after a long morning of prayer. She was in the hospital for 6 days and had 2 transfusions, lumbar puncure, blood tests, x-rays and began TB treatment,and drainage of her fluid. It cost just under $l,000 US, we just felt we had to help her get some relief. I believe she died more comfortable, and we know the word doesn't return void, it crosses language barriers, and we pray she saw Him through us. It was an honor to be able to help, so thanks to those of you who partner with us through support for Brooke myself and for the work over here.
In the midst of the week, we had battles, with rumors we were pitching people off the property (the magistrate is moving squatters), and regular warfare stuff. Brooke and I have had dreams of home and people from home. Neither of us are big dreamers in our sleep, and it has been strange. We feel burdened to pray for our country as the election is approaching, and we watch parties splitting in this country. So much happening in the world! It becomes more and more evident we need to fix our eyes on Him. Our prayer is that we walk daily in obedience, that He truly orders our footsteps to the right person or place He wants us. Both Brooke and myself have struggled a bit this week it has been hard, and we really realize we are not in America anymore as we, wait, and communication usually needs to be face to face, and you wait and wait and wait. The Zulu have patience down like we can't even believe may we learn to wait upon the Lord as He will renew our strength.
We are praying for the elections.
We are praying for our homeland.
We are praying for Nogwazi's daughter and granny and huge family as I am sure the funeral is this Saturday.
We are praying for God to make a way for our hospice to come soon. The need is bigger than I ever thought. yesterday one of our fellow believers a worshiper in her mid twenties. Has two children of her own, her mom is in the hospital for weeks, and she has to go after work to bath her, then get home to bath her l5 year old nephew a disabled orphan of her sisters, whom her mom was caring for. His bones apparently are popping out of place as he is trying to grow and can't... we will see them this week. They lock him in the house as there is no one at home to look after him. The brother comes home after school and feeds him and then she gets home from work and the hospital to bathe him. And still comes to prayer and worships God with the most incredible voice.
Please pray for her family and us as we go to see how we can help.
Pray for Londiwe the orphan girl 7 who we took to McCords and signed up on theier wonderful ARV program, as opposed to the government one. Her aunt is amazing at 20 who cares for her and is "writting her high school exams (or finals as we call them) this week.
Hope these requests remind you how blessed we are, it gives me such a grateful heart. May we all be able to PRAISE HIM in good times and bad, for He is worthy.Well, I am quite sure I am not doing well at blogging and I am not sure how many are following the blog. I get confused as sometimes I revert to email. Honestly it has been quite a week and Brooke and myself are quite tired. My scripture these last few days are "not to grow weary in doing well".
I will try and update you....but the money we received to purchase the truck has enabled us to be a blessing. The hired car we use and the truck have both been needed very much. We...have to divide and conquer sometimes. Here is what the week turned out to be like, but please look at our truck that we were blessed and able to buy. It has made many trips since we purchased it transporting people to the hospital.
This week alone, we had little man in the hospital (we used some funds to pay for him to be there and get tested). The government hospitals are overwhelming for the Doctors, and the poor patients just wait til they are gotten too. Gurney's and wheel chairs, and people just waiting to be looked at. We knew we wouldn't take the baby there, when he quite breathing. We went to mcCords a private Christian Hospital. We took little man there a week ago Sunday. we went home for the night and back on Monday, where he spent the night. We had an ultra-sound of his brain as the Dr. feared he had nuerological damage. the brain was normal looking, they decided we need to take him to a nuerologist but the next appointment was May, and we have to believe we have enough money come in for this. They released him Tuesday, still gulps and chokes a bit, but they feel all is well and released him, if he is having siezures they might have to see after he is older. Please believe with us for his total healing.
Pray for his father (who is not married to the mom yet). He was so grateful we took him to the hospital, but he has a drinking problem and just lost his job. He really needs Jesus so pray for that. The young mom discribed him as almost being choked in their house (the babY), so when he was released we went in and prayed quite a bit for the home. (his whole stay, and ultra sound totaled R1200 about $l20) what a blessing with exchange rate helping us.
Monday night after leaving little man at the hospital with his mom and dad (who was there a bit), we came home. Prince had transported a 20 year old Nogwazi to the government hospital near Ntuzuma. (we had taken her and her granny their Friday after our care givers meeting. She was so frail and weak, a beautiful young girl wracked with AIDS and probably TB. She has a 3 year old daughter. They sent her home Friday night telling her to come back on Monday. Monday while I took Thobile and Little man to McCords, Prince took Granny and nogwazi to mahatma Gandhi agian. (he was there at 7:00 am). When I got home about 6, from mccords, prince called and said, he was on his way to Gandi again (now that was about 12 hours later), he thought maybe I should come up there. (we have learned unfortunately when my white face brings attention, and when his zulu face, brings connections)...actually it is rather maddening to think the poor granny can stand their for (as it turned out about l4 hours,) with no answeres except there is no bed, and I can ask to speak to the Dr. and get my request met. It is sooo unjust!!! Actually makes my blood boil, it is out and out ungodly and wrong. Anyway he asked that I come up, so brooke and I got in the car and drove to that hospital....I walked into ER, where this poor frail girl was still sitting in a wheel chair. You look around and see stretchers and chairs and such sick people just there alone waiting for some attention. The poor girl had only had blood drawn and no food, and just sitting there all day, not even laying down. They wouldn't let granny and me in, but Granny asked if we could please help. I said do you want us to take her to McCords, she said yes. PLEASE. I went in to the girl, she looked at me, with eyes bigger than her face, and said "I just want to lay down" "i am so tired". I told her we would help, she needed to trust in Jesus.... He would help her, but so would we. I finally got a Dr. to talk to me and aked what we needed to do to get her discharged. He informed me she was discharged. I said, she has been here so long and nothing was done for her, he said, she has TB we think and anemic. I said, why is nothing being done, he said, she is stable she can go home, and come back in the morning. WE HAVE NO BEDS. Well we left, and she went home where we learned she did ask Granny to pray with her. I kept telling her to call on Jesus. So throughout the week, she would hold her hands up in a praying position to ask us to pray for her. Tuesday we picked them up and brought them to McCords, we checked out the Baby and in Nogwazi. She was horribly enemic, her belly was swelling and her legs wer swollen. She remained in the hospital. And received 2 blood transfusions and they diagnoses her as having TB of the abdomen. Last night Sunday, Brooke and I went up for the last hour of viiting hours, she was almost comotose, but she roused to look at us, we prayed over her and read the word to her, there was one point where she yawned and then siezed a minute, then she settled down. At 12:30 am I received a call from the hospital, i was awake and prepared I think, they told me she passed, we couldn't reach the granny the rest of the night...and Prince was down on the south coast he had gone for a wedding and see his family. It was so sad, this morning we told the family, and prince spent all day, helping the granny by transporting her to the mortuary, funeral home and hospital to sign papers. Brooke and I spent the day waiting at the hospital to settle accounts, after a long morning of prayer. She was in the hospital for 6 days and had 2 transfusions, lumbar puncure, blood tests, x-rays and began TB treatment,and drainage of her fluid. It cost just under $l,000 US, we just felt we had to help her get some relief. I believe she died more comfortable, and we know the word doesn't return void, it crosses language barriers, and we pray she saw Him through us. It was an honor to be able to help, so thanks to those of you who partner with us through support for Brooke myself and for the work over here.
In the midst of the week, we had battles, with rumors we were pitching people off the property (the magistrate is moving squatters), and regular warfare stuff. Brooke and I have had dreams of home and people from home. Neither of us are big dreamers in our sleep, and it has been strange. We feel burdened to pray for our country as the election is approaching, and we watch parties splitting in this country. So much happening in the world! It becomes more and more evident we need to fix our eyes on Him. Our prayer is that we walk daily in obedience, that He truly orders our footsteps to the right person or place He wants us. Both Brooke and myself have struggled a bit this week it has been hard, and we really realize we are not in America anymore as we, wait, and communication usually needs to be face to face, and you wait and wait and wait. The Zulu have patience down like we can't even believe may we learn to wait upon the Lord as He will renew our strength.
We are praying for the elections.
We are praying for our homeland.
We are praying for Nogwazi's daughter and granny and huge family as I am sure the funeral is this Saturday.
We are praying for God to make a way for our hospice to come soon. The need is bigger than I ever thought. yesterday one of our fellow believers a worshiper in her mid twenties. Has two children of her own, her mom is in the hospital for weeks, and she has to go after work to bath her, then get home to bath her l5 year old nephew a disabled orphan of her sisters, whom her mom was caring for. His bones apparently are popping out of place as he is trying to grow and can't... we will see them this week. They lock him in the house as there is no one at home to look after him. The brother comes home after school and feeds him and then she gets home from work and the hospital to bathe him. And still comes to prayer and worships God with the most incredible voice.
Please pray for her family and us as we go to see how we can help.
Pray for Londiwe the orphan girl 7 who we took to McCords and signed up on theier wonderful ARV program, as opposed to the government one. Her aunt is amazing at 20 who cares for her and is "writting her high school exams (or finals as we call them) this week.
Hope these requests remind you how blessed we are, it gives me such a grateful heart. May we all be able to PRAISE HIM in good times and bad, for He is worthy.Well, I am quite sure I am not doing well at blogging and I am not sure how many are following the blog. I get confused as sometimes I revert to email. Honestly it has been quite a week and Brooke and myself are quite tired. My scripture these last few days are "not to grow weary in doing well".
I will try and update you....but the money we received to purchase the truck has enabled us to be a blessing. The hired car we use and the truck have both been needed very much. We...have to divide and conquer sometimes. Here is what the week turned out to be like, but please look at our truck that we were blessed and able to buy. It has made many trips since we purchased it transporting people to the hospital.
This week alone, we had little man in the hospital (we used some funds to pay for him to be there and get tested). The government hospitals are overwhelming for the Doctors, and the poor patients just wait til they are gotten too. Gurney's and wheel chairs, and people just waiting to be looked at. We knew we wouldn't take the baby there, when he quite breathing. We went to mcCords a private Christian Hospital. We took little man there a week ago Sunday. we went home for the night and back on Monday, where he spent the night. We had an ultra-sound of his brain as the Dr. feared he had nuerological damage. the brain was normal looking, they decided we need to take him to a nuerologist but the next appointment was May, and we have to believe we have enough money come in for this. They released him Tuesday, still gulps and chokes a bit, but they feel all is well and released him, if he is having siezures they might have to see after he is older. Please believe with us for his total healing.
Pray for his father (who is not married to the mom yet). He was so grateful we took him to the hospital, but he has a drinking problem and just lost his job. He really needs Jesus so pray for that. The young mom discribed him as almost being choked in their house (the babY), so when he was released we went in and prayed quite a bit for the home. (his whole stay, and ultra sound totaled R1200 about $l20) what a blessing with exchange rate helping us.
Monday night after leaving little man at the hospital with his mom and dad (who was there a bit), we came home. Prince had transported a 20 year old Nogwazi to the government hospital near Ntuzuma. (we had taken her and her granny their Friday after our care givers meeting. She was so frail and weak, a beautiful young girl wracked with AIDS and probably TB. She has a 3 year old daughter. They sent her home Friday night telling her to come back on Monday. Monday while I took Thobile and Little man to McCords, Prince took Granny and nogwazi to mahatma Gandhi agian. (he was there at 7:00 am). When I got home about 6, from mccords, prince called and said, he was on his way to Gandi again (now that was about 12 hours later), he thought maybe I should come up there. (we have learned unfortunately when my white face brings attention, and when his zulu face, brings connections)...actually it is rather maddening to think the poor granny can stand their for (as it turned out about l4 hours,) with no answeres except there is no bed, and I can ask to speak to the Dr. and get my request met. It is sooo unjust!!! Actually makes my blood boil, it is out and out ungodly and wrong. Anyway he asked that I come up, so brooke and I got in the car and drove to that hospital....I walked into ER, where this poor frail girl was still sitting in a wheel chair. You look around and see stretchers and chairs and such sick people just there alone waiting for some attention. The poor girl had only had blood drawn and no food, and just sitting there all day, not even laying down. They wouldn't let granny and me in, but Granny asked if we could please help. I said do you want us to take her to McCords, she said yes. PLEASE. I went in to the girl, she looked at me, with eyes bigger than her face, and said "I just want to lay down" "i am so tired". I told her we would help, she needed to trust in Jesus.... He would help her, but so would we. I finally got a Dr. to talk to me and aked what we needed to do to get her discharged. He informed me she was discharged. I said, she has been here so long and nothing was done for her, he said, she has TB we think and anemic. I said, why is nothing being done, he said, she is stable she can go home, and come back in the morning. WE HAVE NO BEDS. Well we left, and she went home where we learned she did ask Granny to pray with her. I kept telling her to call on Jesus. So throughout the week, she would hold her hands up in a praying position to ask us to pray for her. Tuesday we picked them up and brought them to McCords, we checked out the Baby and in Nogwazi. She was horribly enemic, her belly was swelling and her legs wer swollen. She remained in the hospital. And received 2 blood transfusions and they diagnoses her as having TB of the abdomen. Last night Sunday, Brooke and I went up for the last hour of viiting hours, she was almost comotose, but she roused to look at us, we prayed over her and read the word to her, there was one point where she yawned and then siezed a minute, then she settled down. At 12:30 am I received a call from the hospital, i was awake and prepared I think, they told me she passed, we couldn't reach the granny the rest of the night...and Prince was down on the south coast he had gone for a wedding and see his family. It was so sad, this morning we told the family, and prince spent all day, helping the granny by transporting her to the mortuary, funeral home and hospital to sign papers. Brooke and I spent the day waiting at the hospital to settle accounts, after a long morning of prayer. She was in the hospital for 6 days and had 2 transfusions, lumbar puncure, blood tests, x-rays and began TB treatment,and drainage of her fluid. It cost just under $l,000 US, we just felt we had to help her get some relief. I believe she died more comfortable, and we know the word doesn't return void, it crosses language barriers, and we pray she saw Him through us. It was an honor to be able to help, so thanks to those of you who partner with us through support for Brooke myself and for the work over here.
In the midst of the week, we had battles, with rumors we were pitching people off the property (the magistrate is moving squatters), and regular warfare stuff. Brooke and I have had dreams of home and people from home. Neither of us are big dreamers in our sleep, and it has been strange. We feel burdened to pray for our country as the election is approaching, and we watch parties splitting in this country. So much happening in the world! It becomes more and more evident we need to fix our eyes on Him. Our prayer is that we walk daily in obedience, that He truly orders our footsteps to the right person or place He wants us. Both Brooke and myself have struggled a bit this week it has been hard, and we really realize we are not in America anymore as we, wait, and communication usually needs to be face to face, and you wait and wait and wait. The Zulu have patience down like we can't even believe may we learn to wait upon the Lord as He will renew our strength.
We are praying for the elections.
We are praying for our homeland.
We are praying for Nogwazi's daughter and granny and huge family as I am sure the funeral is this Saturday.
We are praying for God to make a way for our hospice to come soon. The need is bigger than I ever thought. yesterday one of our fellow believers a worshiper in her mid twenties. Has two children of her own, her mom is in the hospital for weeks, and she has to go after work to bath her, then get home to bath her l5 year old nephew a disabled orphan of her sisters, whom her mom was caring for. His bones apparently are popping out of place as he is trying to grow and can't... we will see them this week. They lock him in the house as there is no one at home to look after him. The brother comes home after school and feeds him and then she gets home from work and the hospital to bathe him. And still comes to prayer and worships God with the most incredible voice.
Please pray for her family and us as we go to see how we can help.
Pray for Londiwe the orphan girl 7 who we took to McCords and signed up on theier wonderful ARV program, as opposed to the government one. Her aunt is amazing at 20 who cares for her and is "writting her high school exams (or finals as we call them) this week.
Hope these requests remind you how blessed we are, it gives me such a grateful heart. May we all be able to PRAISE HIM in good times and bad, for He is worthy.Well, I am quite sure I am not doing well at blogging and I am not sure how many are following the blog. I get confused as sometimes I revert to email. Honestly it has been quite a week and Brooke and myself are quite tired. My scripture these last few days are "not to grow weary in doing well".
I will try and update you....but the money we received to purchase the truck has enabled us to be a blessing. The hired car we use and the truck have both been needed very much. We...have to divide and conquer sometimes. Here is what the week turned out to be like, but please look at our truck that we were blessed and able to buy. It has made many trips since we purchased it transporting people to the hospital.
This week alone, we had little man in the hospital (we used some funds to pay for him to be there and get tested). The government hospitals are overwhelming for the Doctors, and the poor patients just wait til they are gotten too. Gurney's and wheel chairs, and people just waiting to be looked at. We knew we wouldn't take the baby there, when he quite breathing. We went to mcCords a private Christian Hospital. We took little man there a week ago Sunday. we went home for the night and back on Monday, where he spent the night. We had an ultra-sound of his brain as the Dr. feared he had nuerological damage. the brain was normal looking, they decided we need to take him to a nuerologist but the next appointment was May, and we have to believe we have enough money come in for this. They released him Tuesday, still gulps and chokes a bit, but they feel all is well and released him, if he is having siezures they might have to see after he is older. Please believe with us for his total healing.
Pray for his father (who is not married to the mom yet). He was so grateful we took him to the hospital, but he has a drinking problem and just lost his job. He really needs Jesus so pray for that. The young mom discribed him as almost being choked in their house (the babY), so when he was released we went in and prayed quite a bit for the home. (his whole stay, and ultra sound totaled R1200 about $l20) what a blessing with exchange rate helping us.
Monday night after leaving little man at the hospital with his mom and dad (who was there a bit), we came home. Prince had transported a 20 year old Nogwazi to the government hospital near Ntuzuma. (we had taken her and her granny their Friday after our care givers meeting. She was so frail and weak, a beautiful young girl wracked with AIDS and probably TB. She has a 3 year old daughter. They sent her home Friday night telling her to come back on Monday. Monday while I took Thobile and Little man to McCords, Prince took Granny and nogwazi to mahatma Gandhi agian. (he was there at 7:00 am). When I got home about 6, from mccords, prince called and said, he was on his way to Gandi again (now that was about 12 hours later), he thought maybe I should come up there. (we have learned unfortunately when my white face brings attention, and when his zulu face, brings connections)...actually it is rather maddening to think the poor granny can stand their for (as it turned out about l4 hours,) with no answeres except there is no bed, and I can ask to speak to the Dr. and get my request met. It is sooo unjust!!! Actually makes my blood boil, it is out and out ungodly and wrong. Anyway he asked that I come up, so brooke and I got in the car and drove to that hospital....I walked into ER, where this poor frail girl was still sitting in a wheel chair. You look around and see stretchers and chairs and such sick people just there alone waiting for some attention. The poor girl had only had blood drawn and no food, and just sitting there all day, not even laying down. They wouldn't let granny and me in, but Granny asked if we could please help. I said do you want us to take her to McCords, she said yes. PLEASE. I went in to the girl, she looked at me, with eyes bigger than her face, and said "I just want to lay down" "i am so tired". I told her we would help, she needed to trust in Jesus.... He would help her, but so would we. I finally got a Dr. to talk to me and aked what we needed to do to get her discharged. He informed me she was discharged. I said, she has been here so long and nothing was done for her, he said, she has TB we think and anemic. I said, why is nothing being done, he said, she is stable she can go home, and come back in the morning. WE HAVE NO BEDS. Well we left, and she went home where we learned she did ask Granny to pray with her. I kept telling her to call on Jesus. So throughout the week, she would hold her hands up in a praying position to ask us to pray for her. Tuesday we picked them up and brought them to McCords, we checked out the Baby and in Nogwazi. She was horribly enemic, her belly was swelling and her legs wer swollen. She remained in the hospital. And received 2 blood transfusions and they diagnoses her as having TB of the abdomen. Last night Sunday, Brooke and I went up for the last hour of viiting hours, she was almost comotose, but she roused to look at us, we prayed over her and read the word to her, there was one point where she yawned and then siezed a minute, then she settled down. At 12:30 am I received a call from the hospital, i was awake and prepared I think, they told me she passed, we couldn't reach the granny the rest of the night...and Prince was down on the south coast he had gone for a wedding and see his family. It was so sad, this morning we told the family, and prince spent all day, helping the granny by transporting her to the mortuary, funeral home and hospital to sign papers. Brooke and I spent the day waiting at the hospital to settle accounts, after a long morning of prayer. She was in the hospital for 6 days and had 2 transfusions, lumbar puncure, blood tests, x-rays and began TB treatment,and drainage of her fluid. It cost just under $l,000 US, we just felt we had to help her get some relief. I believe she died more comfortable, and we know the word doesn't return void, it crosses language barriers, and we pray she saw Him through us. It was an honor to be able to help, so thanks to those of you who partner with us through support for Brooke myself and for the work over here.
In the midst of the week, we had battles, with rumors we were pitching people off the property (the magistrate is moving squatters), and regular warfare stuff. Brooke and I have had dreams of home and people from home. Neither of us are big dreamers in our sleep, and it has been strange. We feel burdened to pray for our country as the election is approaching, and we watch parties splitting in this country. So much happening in the world! It becomes more and more evident we need to fix our eyes on Him. Our prayer is that we walk daily in obedience, that He truly orders our footsteps to the right person or place He wants us. Both Brooke and myself have struggled a bit this week it has been hard, and we really realize we are not in America anymore as we, wait, and communication usually needs to be face to face, and you wait and wait and wait. The Zulu have patience down like we can't even believe may we learn to wait upon the Lord as He will renew our strength.
We are praying for the elections.
We are praying for our homeland.
We are praying for Nogwazi's daughter and granny and huge family as I am sure the funeral is this Saturday.
We are praying for God to make a way for our hospice to come soon. The need is bigger than I ever thought. yesterday one of our fellow believers a worshiper in her mid twenties. Has two children of her own, her mom is in the hospital for weeks, and she has to go after work to bath her, then get home to bath her l5 year old nephew a disabled orphan of her sisters, whom her mom was caring for. His bones apparently are popping out of place as he is trying to grow and can't... we will see them this week. They lock him in the house as there is no one at home to look after him. The brother comes home after school and feeds him and then she gets home from work and the hospital to bathe him. And still comes to prayer and worships God with the most incredible voice.
Please pray for her family and us as we go to see how we can help.
Pray for Londiwe the orphan girl 7 who we took to McCords and signed up on theier wonderful ARV program, as opposed to the government one. Her aunt is amazing at 20 who cares for her and is "writting her high school exams (or finals as we call them) this week.
Hope these requests remind you how blessed we are, it gives me such a grateful heart. May we all be able to PRAISE HIM in good times and bad, for He is worthy.Well, I am quite sure I am not doing well at blogging and I am not sure how many are following the blog. I get confused as sometimes I revert to email. Honestly it has been quite a week and Brooke and myself are quite tired. My scripture these last few days are "not to grow weary in doing well".
I will try and update you....but the money we received to purchase the truck has enabled us to be a blessing. The hired car we use and the truck have both been needed very much. We...have to divide and conquer sometimes. Here is what the week turned out to be like, but please look at our truck that we were blessed and able to buy. It has made many trips since we purchased it transporting people to the hospital.
This week alone, we had little man in the hospital (we used some funds to pay for him to be there and get tested). The government hospitals are overwhelming for the Doctors, and the poor patients just wait til they are gotten too. Gurney's and wheel chairs, and people just waiting to be looked at. We knew we wouldn't take the baby there, when he quite breathing. We went to mcCords a private Christian Hospital. We took little man there a week ago Sunday. we went home for the night and back on Monday, where he spent the night. We had an ultra-sound of his brain as the Dr. feared he had nuerological damage. the brain was normal looking, they decided we need to take him to a nuerologist but the next appointment was May, and we have to believe we have enough money come in for this. They released him Tuesday, still gulps and chokes a bit, but they feel all is well and released him, if he is having siezures they might have to see after he is older. Please believe with us for his total healing.
Pray for his father (who is not married to the mom yet). He was so grateful we took him to the hospital, but he has a drinking problem and just lost his job. He really needs Jesus so pray for that. The young mom discribed him as almost being choked in their house (the babY), so when he was released we went in and prayed quite a bit for the home. (his whole stay, and ultra sound totaled R1200 about $l20) what a blessing with exchange rate helping us.
Monday night after leaving little man at the hospital with his mom and dad (who was there a bit), we came home. Prince had transported a 20 year old Nogwazi to the government hospital near Ntuzuma. (we had taken her and her granny their Friday after our care givers meeting. She was so frail and weak, a beautiful young girl wracked with AIDS and probably TB. She has a 3 year old daughter. They sent her home Friday night telling her to come back on Monday. Monday while I took Thobile and Little man to McCords, Prince took Granny and nogwazi to mahatma Gandhi agian. (he was there at 7:00 am). When I got home about 6, from mccords, prince called and said, he was on his way to Gandi again (now that was about 12 hours later), he thought maybe I should come up there. (we have learned unfortunately when my white face brings attention, and when his zulu face, brings connections)...actually it is rather maddening to think the poor granny can stand their for (as it turned out about l4 hours,) with no answeres except there is no bed, and I can ask to speak to the Dr. and get my request met. It is sooo unjust!!! Actually makes my blood boil, it is out and out ungodly and wrong. Anyway he asked that I come up, so brooke and I got in the car and drove to that hospital....I walked into ER, where this poor frail girl was still sitting in a wheel chair. You look around and see stretchers and chairs and such sick people just there alone waiting for some attention. The poor girl had only had blood drawn and no food, and just sitting there all day, not even laying down. They wouldn't let granny and me in, but Granny asked if we could please help. I said do you want us to take her to McCords, she said yes. PLEASE. I went in to the girl, she looked at me, with eyes bigger than her face, and said "I just want to lay down" "i am so tired". I told her we would help, she needed to trust in Jesus.... He would help her, but so would we. I finally got a Dr. to talk to me and aked what we needed to do to get her discharged. He informed me she was discharged. I said, she has been here so long and nothing was done for her, he said, she has TB we think and anemic. I said, why is nothing being done, he said, she is stable she can go home, and come back in the morning. WE HAVE NO BEDS. Well we left, and she went home where we learned she did ask Granny to pray with her. I kept telling her to call on Jesus. So throughout the week, she would hold her hands up in a praying position to ask us to pray for her. Tuesday we picked them up and brought them to McCords, we checked out the Baby and in Nogwazi. She was horribly enemic, her belly was swelling and her legs wer swollen. She remained in the hospital. And received 2 blood transfusions and they diagnoses her as having TB of the abdomen. Last night Sunday, Brooke and I went up for the last hour of viiting hours, she was almost comotose, but she roused to look at us, we prayed over her and read the word to her, there was one point where she yawned and then siezed a minute, then she settled down. At 12:30 am I received a call from the hospital, i was awake and prepared I think, they told me she passed, we couldn't reach the granny the rest of the night...and Prince was down on the south coast he had gone for a wedding and see his family. It was so sad, this morning we told the family, and prince spent all day, helping the granny by transporting her to the mortuary, funeral home and hospital to sign papers. Brooke and I spent the day waiting at the hospital to settle accounts, after a long morning of prayer. She was in the hospital for 6 days and had 2 transfusions, lumbar puncure, blood tests, x-rays and began TB treatment,and drainage of her fluid. It cost just under $l,000 US, we just felt we had to help her get some relief. I believe she died more comfortable, and we know the word doesn't return void, it crosses language barriers, and we pray she saw Him through us. It was an honor to be able to help, so thanks to those of you who partner with us through support for Brooke myself and for the work over here.
In the midst of the week, we had battles, with rumors we were pitching people off the property (the magistrate is moving squatters), and regular warfare stuff. Brooke and I have had dreams of home and people from home. Neither of us are big dreamers in our sleep, and it has been strange. We feel burdened to pray for our country as the election is approaching, and we watch parties splitting in this country. So much happening in the world! It becomes more and more evident we need to fix our eyes on Him. Our prayer is that we walk daily in obedience, that He truly orders our footsteps to the right person or place He wants us. Both Brooke and myself have struggled a bit this week it has been hard, and we really realize we are not in America anymore as we, wait, and communication usually needs to be face to face, and you wait and wait and wait. The Zulu have patience down like we can't even believe may we learn to wait upon the Lord as He will renew our strength.
We are praying for the elections.
We are praying for our homeland.
We are praying for Nogwazi's daughter and granny and huge family as I am sure the funeral is this Saturday.
We are praying for God to make a way for our hospice to come soon. The need is bigger than I ever thought. yesterday one of our fellow believers a worshiper in her mid twenties. Has two children of her own, her mom is in the hospital for weeks, and she has to go after work to bath her, then get home to bath her l5 year old nephew a disabled orphan of her sisters, whom her mom was caring for. His bones apparently are popping out of place as he is trying to grow and can't... we will see them this week. They lock him in the house as there is no one at home to look after him. The brother comes home after school and feeds him and then she gets home from work and the hospital to bathe him. And still comes to prayer and worships God with the most incredible voice.
Please pray for her family and us as we go to see how we can help.
Pray for Londiwe the orphan girl 7 who we took to McCords and signed up on theier wonderful ARV program, as opposed to the government one. Her aunt is amazing at 20 who cares for her and is "writting her high school exams (or finals as we call them) this week.
Hope these requests remind you how blessed we are, it gives me such a grateful heart. May we all be able to PRAISE HIM in good times and bad, for He is worthy.Well, I am quite sure I am not doing well at blogging and I am not sure how many are following the blog. I get confused as sometimes I revert to email. Honestly it has been quite a week and Brooke and myself are quite tired. My scripture these last few days are "not to grow weary in doing well".
I will try and update you....but the money we received to purchase the truck has enabled us to be a blessing. The hired car we use and the truck have both been needed very much. We...have to divide and conquer sometimes. Here is what the week turned out to be like, but please look at our truck that we were blessed and able to buy. It has made many trips since we purchased it transporting people to the hospital.
This week alone, we had little man in the hospital (we used some funds to pay for him to be there and get tested). The government hospitals are overwhelming for the Doctors, and the poor patients just wait til they are gotten too. Gurney's and wheel chairs, and people just waiting to be looked at. We knew we wouldn't take the baby there, when he quite breathing. We went to mcCords a private Christian Hospital. We took little man there a week ago Sunday. we went home for the night and back on Monday, where he spent the night. We had an ultra-sound of his brain as the Dr. feared he had nuerological damage. the brain was normal looking, they decided we need to take him to a nuerologist but the next appointment was May, and we have to believe we have enough money come in for this. They released him Tuesday, still gulps and chokes a bit, but they feel all is well and released him, if he is having siezures they might have to see after he is older. Please believe with us for his total healing.
Pray for his father (who is not married to the mom yet). He was so grateful we took him to the hospital, but he has a drinking problem and just lost his job. He really needs Jesus so pray for that. The young mom discribed him as almost being choked in their house (the babY), so when he was released we went in and prayed quite a bit for the home. (his whole stay, and ultra sound totaled R1200 about $l20) what a blessing with exchange rate helping us.
Monday night after leaving little man at the hospital with his mom and dad (who was there a bit), we came home. Prince had transported a 20 year old Nogwazi to the government hospital near Ntuzuma. (we had taken her and her granny their Friday after our care givers meeting. She was so frail and weak, a beautiful young girl wracked with AIDS and probably TB. She has a 3 year old daughter. They sent her home Friday night telling her to come back on Monday. Monday while I took Thobile and Little man to McCords, Prince took Granny and nogwazi to mahatma Gandhi agian. (he was there at 7:00 am). When I got home about 6, from mccords, prince called and said, he was on his way to Gandi again (now that was about 12 hours later), he thought maybe I should come up there. (we have learned unfortunately when my white face brings attention, and when his zulu face, brings connections)...actually it is rather maddening to think the poor granny can stand their for (as it turned out about l4 hours,) with no answeres except there is no bed, and I can ask to speak to the Dr. and get my request met. It is sooo unjust!!! Actually makes my blood boil, it is out and out ungodly and wrong. Anyway he asked that I come up, so brooke and I got in the car and drove to that hospital....I walked into ER, where this poor frail girl was still sitting in a wheel chair. You look around and see stretchers and chairs and such sick people just there alone waiting for some attention. The poor girl had only had blood drawn and no food, and just sitting there all day, not even laying down. They wouldn't let granny and me in, but Granny asked if we could please help. I said do you want us to take her to McCords, she said yes. PLEASE. I went in to the girl, she looked at me, with eyes bigger than her face, and said "I just want to lay down" "i am so tired". I told her we would help, she needed to trust in Jesus.... He would help her, but so would we. I finally got a Dr. to talk to me and aked what we needed to do to get her discharged. He informed me she was discharged. I said, she has been here so long and nothing was done for her, he said, she has TB we think and anemic. I said, why is nothing being done, he said, she is stable she can go home, and come back in the morning. WE HAVE NO BEDS. Well we left, and she went home where we learned she did ask Granny to pray with her. I kept telling her to call on Jesus. So throughout the week, she would hold her hands up in a praying position to ask us to pray for her. Tuesday we picked them up and brought them to McCords, we checked out the Baby and in Nogwazi. She was horribly enemic, her belly was swelling and her legs wer swollen. She remained in the hospital. And received 2 blood transfusions and they diagnoses her as having TB of the abdomen. Last night Sunday, Brooke and I went up for the last hour of viiting hours, she was almost comotose, but she roused to look at us, we prayed over her and read the word to her, there was one point where she yawned and then siezed a minute, then she settled down. At 12:30 am I received a call from the hospital, i was awake and prepared I think, they told me she passed, we couldn't reach the granny the rest of the night...and Prince was down on the south coast he had gone for a wedding and see his family. It was so sad, this morning we told the family, and prince spent all day, helping the granny by transporting her to the mortuary, funeral home and hospital to sign papers. Brooke and I spent the day waiting at the hospital to settle accounts, after a long morning of prayer. She was in the hospital for 6 days and had 2 transfusions, lumbar puncure, blood tests, x-rays and began TB treatment,and drainage of her fluid. It cost just under $l,000 US, we just felt we had to help her get some relief. I believe she died more comfortable, and we know the word doesn't return void, it crosses language barriers, and we pray she saw Him through us. It was an honor to be able to help, so thanks to those of you who partner with us through support for Brooke myself and for the work over here.
In the midst of the week, we had battles, with rumors we were pitching people off the property (the magistrate is moving squatters), and regular warfare stuff. Brooke and I have had dreams of home and people from home. Neither of us are big dreamers in our sleep, and it has been strange. We feel burdened to pray for our country as the election is approaching, and we watch parties splitting in this country. So much happening in the world! It becomes more and more evident we need to fix our eyes on Him. Our prayer is that we walk daily in obedience, that He truly orders our footsteps to the right person or place He wants us. Both Brooke and myself have struggled a bit this week it has been hard, and we really realize we are not in America anymore as we, wait, and communication usually needs to be face to face, and you wait and wait and wait. The Zulu have patience down like we can't even believe may we learn to wait upon the Lord as He will renew our strength.
We are praying for the elections.
We are praying for our homeland.
We are praying for Nogwazi's daughter and granny and huge family as I am sure the funeral is this Saturday.
We are praying for God to make a way for our hospice to come soon. The need is bigger than I ever thought. yesterday one of our fellow believers a worshiper in her mid twenties. Has two children of her own, her mom is in the hospital for weeks, and she has to go after work to bath her, then get home to bath her l5 year old nephew a disabled orphan of her sisters, whom her mom was caring for. His bones apparently are popping out of place as he is trying to grow and can't... we will see them this week. They lock him in the house as there is no one at home to look after him. The brother comes home after school and feeds him and then she gets home from work and the hospital to bathe him. And still comes to prayer and worships God with the most incredible voice.
Please pray for her family and us as we go to see how we can help.
Pray for Londiwe the orphan girl 7 who we took to McCords and signed up on theier wonderful ARV program, as opposed to the government one. Her aunt is amazing at 20 who cares for her and is "writting her high school exams (or finals as we call them) this week.
Hope these requests remind you how blessed we are, it gives me such a grateful heart. May we all be able to PRAISE HIM in good times and bad, for He is worthy.Well, I am quite sure I am not doing well at blogging and I am not sure how many are following the blog. I get confused as sometimes I revert to email. Honestly it has been quite a week and Brooke and myself are quite tired. My scripture these last few days are "not to grow weary in doing well".
I will try and update you....but the money we received to purchase the truck has enabled us to be a blessing. The hired car we use and the truck have both been needed very much. We...have to divide and conquer sometimes. Here is what the week turned out to be like, but please look at our truck that we were blessed and able to buy. It has made many trips since we purchased it transporting people to the hospital.
This week alone, we had little man in the hospital (we used some funds to pay for him to be there and get tested). The government hospitals are overwhelming for the Doctors, and the poor patients just wait til they are gotten too. Gurney's and wheel chairs, and people just waiting to be looked at. We knew we wouldn't take the baby there, when he quite breathing. We went to mcCords a private Christian Hospital. We took little man there a week ago Sunday. we went home for the night and back on Monday, where he spent the night. We had an ultra-sound of his brain as the Dr. feared he had nuerological damage. the brain was normal looking, they decided we need to take him to a nuerologist but the next appointment was May, and we have to believe we have enough money come in for this. They released him Tuesday, still gulps and chokes a bit, but they feel all is well and released him, if he is having siezures they might have to see after he is older. Please believe with us for his total healing.
Pray for his father (who is not married to the mom yet). He was so grateful we took him to the hospital, but he has a drinking problem and just lost his job. He really needs Jesus so pray for that. The young mom discribed him as almost being choked in their house (the babY), so when he was released we went in and prayed quite a bit for the home. (his whole stay, and ultra sound totaled R1200 about $l20) what a blessing with exchange rate helping us.
Monday night after leaving little man at the hospital with his mom and dad (who was there a bit), we came home. Prince had transported a 20 year old Nogwazi to the government hospital near Ntuzuma. (we had taken her and her granny their Friday after our care givers meeting. She was so frail and weak, a beautiful young girl wracked with AIDS and probably TB. She has a 3 year old daughter. They sent her home Friday night telling her to come back on Monday. Monday while I took Thobile and Little man to McCords, Prince took Granny and nogwazi to mahatma Gandhi agian. (he was there at 7:00 am). When I got home about 6, from mccords, prince called and said, he was on his way to Gandi again (now that was about 12 hours later), he thought maybe I should come up there. (we have learned unfortunately when my white face brings attention, and when his zulu face, brings connections)...actually it is rather maddening to think the poor granny can stand their for (as it turned out about l4 hours,) with no answeres except there is no bed, and I can ask to speak to the Dr. and get my request met. It is sooo unjust!!! Actually makes my blood boil, it is out and out ungodly and wrong. Anyway he asked that I come up, so brooke and I got in the car and drove to that hospital....I walked into ER, where this poor frail girl was still sitting in a wheel chair. You look around and see stretchers and chairs and such sick people just there alone waiting for some attention. The poor girl had only had blood drawn and no food, and just sitting there all day, not even laying down. They wouldn't let granny and me in, but Granny asked if we could please help. I said do you want us to take her to McCords, she said yes. PLEASE. I went in to the girl, she looked at me, with eyes bigger than her face, and said "I just want to lay down" "i am so tired". I told her we would help, she needed to trust in Jesus.... He would help her, but so would we. I finally got a Dr. to talk to me and aked what we needed to do to get her discharged. He informed me she was discharged. I said, she has been here so long and nothing was done for her, he said, she has TB we think and anemic. I said, why is nothing being done, he said, she is stable she can go home, and come back in the morning. WE HAVE NO BEDS. Well we left, and she went home where we learned she did ask Granny to pray with her. I kept telling her to call on Jesus. So throughout the week, she would hold her hands up in a praying position to ask us to pray for her. Tuesday we picked them up and brought them to McCords, we checked out the Baby and in Nogwazi. She was horribly enemic, her belly was swelling and her legs wer swollen. She remained in the hospital. And received 2 blood transfusions and they diagnoses her as having TB of the abdomen. Last night Sunday, Brooke and I went up for the last hour of viiting hours, she was almost comotose, but she roused to look at us, we prayed over her and read the word to her, there was one point where she yawned and then siezed a minute, then she settled down. At 12:30 am I received a call from the hospital, i was awake and prepared I think, they told me she passed, we couldn't reach the granny the rest of the night...and Prince was down on the south coast he had gone for a wedding and see his family. It was so sad, this morning we told the family, and prince spent all day, helping the granny by transporting her to the mortuary, funeral home and hospital to sign papers. Brooke and I spent the day waiting at the hospital to settle accounts, after a long morning of prayer. She was in the hospital for 6 days and had 2 transfusions, lumbar puncure, blood tests, x-rays and began TB treatment,and drainage of her fluid. It cost just under $l,000 US, we just felt we had to help her get some relief. I believe she died more comfortable, and we know the word doesn't return void, it crosses language barriers, and we pray she saw Him through us. It was an honor to be able to help, so thanks to those of you who partner with us through support for Brooke myself and for the work over here.
In the midst of the week, we had battles, with rumors we were pitching people off the property (the magistrate is moving squatters), and regular warfare stuff. Brooke and I have had dreams of home and people from home. Neither of us are big dreamers in our sleep, and it has been strange. We feel burdened to pray for our country as the election is approaching, and we watch parties splitting in this country. So much happening in the world! It becomes more and more evident we need to fix our eyes on Him. Our prayer is that we walk daily in obedience, that He truly orders our footsteps to the right person or place He wants us. Both Brooke and myself have struggled a bit this week it has been hard, and we really realize we are not in America anymore as we, wait, and communication usually needs to be face to face, and you wait and wait and wait. The Zulu have patience down like we can't even believe may we learn to wait upon the Lord as He will renew our strength.
We are praying for the elections.
We are praying for our homeland.
We are praying for Nogwazi's daughter and granny and huge family as I am sure the funeral is this Saturday.
We are praying for God to make a way for our hospice to come soon. The need is bigger than I ever thought. yesterday one of our fellow believers a worshiper in her mid twenties. Has two children of her own, her mom is in the hospital for weeks, and she has to go after work to bath her, then get home to bath her l5 year old nephew a disabled orphan of her sisters, whom her mom was caring for. His bones apparently are popping out of place as he is trying to grow and can't... we will see them this week. They lock him in the house as there is no one at home to look after him. The brother comes home after school and feeds him and then she gets home from work and the hospital to bathe him. And still comes to prayer and worships God with the most incredible voice.
Please pray for her family and us as we go to see how we can help.
Pray for Londiwe the orphan girl 7 who we took to McCords and signed up on theier wonderful ARV program, as opposed to the government one. Her aunt is amazing at 20 who cares for her and is "writting her high school exams (or finals as we call them) this week.
Hope these requests remind you how blessed we are, it gives me such a grateful heart. May we all be able to PRAISE HIM in good times and bad, for He is worthy.
Pray for Londiwe the orphan girl 7 who we took to McCords and signed up on theier wonderful ARV program, as opposed to the government one. Her aunt is amazing at 20 who cares for her and is "writting her high school exams (or finals as we call them) this week.
Hope these requests remind you how blessed we are, it gives me such a grateful heart. May we all be able to PRAISE HIM in good times and bad, for He is worthy.
Pictures aren't posting I will try and post later. One is sweet Nogwazi who has not gone to be with the Lord, and the blessing of the truck that has helped so many like her. Bless you all.
