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| Photo credit Linda Olsen |
It’s a rainy
Saturday morning here in the Kingdom of eSwatini, and it’s the morning after
the country’s General Elections. The
country awaits the results of the polling stations as well as the His Majesty
King Mswati III’s appointments of Prime Minister, Deputy Prime Minister and
Cabinet. There are no guarantees of when His Majesty will make his decisions or
announcements, but we wait expectantly.
With a new government comes a new day, one that no one can accurately predict.
Also happening
in the Kingdom this morning is a newborn baby boy who needs a home. When I
finish writing this blog Ian and I will hop in the car and drive for several
hours to pick up a newborn baby boy.
Another tragic case of sexual assault of a young woman, by someone in
her own family. There is a common expression for that here “ti bit end lu” - simply,
it means “a family secret” and specifically relates to incest. There is not a week that goes by that I don’t
use that expression in one conversation or another. My siSwati isn’t good at
all, but my staff and colleagues teach me the important ones, and that is one
of them because it’s like a code for what is going on behind closed doors.
This
24-hour-old baby boy will be #199 and next week another newborn is expected,
taking us to 200 children that we have committed to for life – they are our
children, and yes, they will leave us when they finish school and become
productive members of society, but they will always be our children.
We are
desperately behind in child sponsorships. We have had more than 100 people visit in the
past few months, and I am praying that some or all of them will find it in
their hearts to sponsor a child that they fell in love with. Or those of you
who like our many photos on social media or read this blog religiously every
week – will you help us today. Any
monthly amount will help us provide for the children who live here. They are
clean, well fed, well cared for, but that doesn’t happen without funding.
We are very
close to having to say “no” to more children until our current children are
fully funded. I BEG YOU to sponsor a child today by clicking on this
link for the US or this link for Canada. PLEASE - I hate begging.
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| This is baby Boaz who just arrived home. |
I have so much
to share each week, but have to limit my blog to a reasonable length so that
you will continue to read it and share.
But Ian and I will be in the US and Canada for most of the month of
October. Maybe you would like to come
and meet us in person and ask questions, hear more details of our lives here,
and find out how you can get involved with Heart for Africa and the 200
children who call Project Canaan “home”. Please check out the locations and
dates below and be sure to share this blog far and wide so that we can fill
these events to the brim. There is much to say – hopefully much can be shared
in October.
Please come and
help us bring HOPE to a nation.
Celebrate HOPE Dinner – Minooka,
Illinois - Friday, October 12th
Celebrate HOPE Dinner – Vancouver, BC –
Saturday, October 20th https://www.heartforafrica.ca/evening-of-hope-2018/
Celebrate Hope Dinner – Atlanta, GA –
Thursday, October 25th
Live from Swaziland … time to go get a baby boy.
Janine
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