yesterday was a momentous day for all connected with the village of hope as we opened our doors to the first child that was placed with us from thembacare grabouw.
it is just over six months since tim, maz and arron arrived in south africa and almost a year since the farm, now known as the village of hope, was purchased by thembalitshauk, with the amazing help of our international volunteers, and there are too many to mention by name here, the help and support from daz and lisa and the ever present johan we have achieved so much and we just want to thank God for his amazing provision and guidance as we set this facility up to extend the work that thembalitsha are doing in and around the western cape.
today we are hoping to take our second baby into the unit and whilst the long term vision and aim is to place these children back out with their families/foster care, we are so looking forward to investing in these children's lives while they live here with us.
please continue to pray for us, the wider care team as they settle into their new jobs and roles, but mainly could we ask you to pray for these precious little children who have to live with the day to day issues of HIV and AIDS.
Wow!! and hooray!!! etc etc etc.
ReplyDeleteMay god's blessing be upon you (and the team) and your children and your childrens children...
ie this is the start of something that will have lasting effect for many generations to come.