We now have 196 children who have been placed with us
through those very Social Welfare Officers, and it was wonderful to see their
joy and amazement when they got to see the children that they had placed in to
our care.
I cannot say enough about these people who SEE IT ALL. We have received children who have been
burned by their own parents, have had arm/leg/skull fractures at the hands of
relatives, been dumped in pit latrines (outhouses), strangled and put in a
garbage can, dumped in the river, put in a plastic bag and hung in a tree, left
on the side of a busy road, left at a bus stop, or even abandoned in the hospital
after birth. Every one of our 196
children come with a horrific and unbelievable story, but they are some of the
ones that the Social Welfare Officers were able to help. There are many more children that they can’t
help, and they are heartbroken.
Day after day they hear stories of abuse, starvation,
abandonment, rape, pain and suffering, but often all they can do is council and
console the person who is telling the story.
The toll that it takes on them immense and I often wonder how they do
their jobs day after day without crumbling.
But yesterday they came to have their “joy-buckets” replenished
and I believe that they were hopeful when they saw our/their children singing
and dancing with restored bodies, minds and hearts.
At the end of lunch, Pastor Nate Ferguson gave them a word
of encouragement and then our children gave a full performance with poems, song
and dance. It was magical and our guests
cheered over and over again, sometimes jumping up to join in the singing and
dancing. At the end there was a spontaneous
eruption of dance that brought joy to my heart and I knew that if for only
a brief moment in time, these people who work so hard for so many, were happy
and filled with joy.
Some days are harder than others, but yesterday was a GREAT
day and my “joy-bucket” was also filled to over-flowing. How do you fill your "joy-bucket"?
Please join me in praying for the Social Welfare Department
of eSwatini and its leaders. Let us pray for courage and strength to endure and
that their joy-bucket will remain full.
Live from Swaziland … taking it easy today.
Janine
Wow Janine, this is so amazing. God is really good.Looking back at where you coming from as Project Canaan indeed there is hope for the children.May our Lord continue to bless you.
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