I can’t believe they care!

Hi everyone…. i went to the village again today (the new one).  I was met right away by a man that i have been communicating with each time i go.  He has a small shack that he sells snacks and candy out of right at the front of this little place.   He has four wooden posts coming off of the shack and last time i asked him what he is doing and he said he was ‘adding on’.  He said he couldn’t do anymore because he couldn’t afford the tin that goes on for the roof.  It costs about 12-15 dollars a sheet and he needs three sheets. When i went there today, i noticed he still didn’t have his roof.  James then said to me, ‘mom, look the wood is starting to rot and is getting moldy, can we get his tin for him’… i almost cried because he has such a generous and compassionate spirit and what an eye.  he knows how important this is to this man…. We talked to him a while and never did he ask me for a roof.  He did ask if there was a way that anyone could come out and talk to him about how to handle money and how to get ‘things started’ to educate him on business practices.  He said he works now at a grocery store and his dream is to have his own shop…. his little shack doesn’t even have electricity…..sad, but i think i am going to try and get his roof for him.  The boys really want to help, so we are going to try.  I am impressed that he is working and has goals for himself and doesn’t seem to be disappointed at all by the fact that his place has no electricity which means no lights and no refrigeration… but it is a start!

Then as i went farther in, i heard someone calling me and saying ‘where have you been? we have missed you’… i told them i was in cape town for a few days and then they said ‘oooohhh, we loved your pills, my wife can now get up and walk around and can sleep at night’.  I can’t believe that they care that i was gone.  They said ‘it was like jesus came in and helped us and we didn’t have to pay anything’.  Wow! I had to say, no, it is just a girl from kansas…   But Jesus made me do it !    THen i heard others discussing the fact that it was cape town that took me away…haha.  God’s timing is perfect because i stuck my head in one shack with two kids and a mom and asked if anyone was ill.  she said she was just getting ready to take her child to the clinic because he was not well.  She was just finishing washing up.  I asked her if i could take a look at him and she agreed.  I looked into his ears and found the problem.  Other than that he was very healthy.  So i put him on antibiotics (thanks Dr. Felts, you are great!) and i will check on him this weekend.  Lord, thank you for this awesome opportunity and thank you for letting me be your hands and feet for a time.  

Before i went to the village, i noticed that one of the little ones at oceans was not acting herself.  I checked her out and couldn’t find anything, but wanted the doctor to check her out.  Daniel took her and norenti to the clinic.  While i was at the village, i received word that she had to go to the hospital.  We rushed over there.  Luckily she was okay, but it was another great opportunity to get her blood drawn and to get a TB test done.  It was awful to watch this doctor draw her blood…. yuck! i couldn’t stand it.  he went right for the artery (after a weak attempt at her vein) and let the blood drip out of the end of the needle into three different tubes.  She screamed and screamed and i was so glad daniel was there, because i couldn’t stand it. 

anyway, she is okay and home safe again.

Thanks for all your support and keep the prayers coming these last few days….i am praying that the last remaining test gets done before i leave… keep praying for that.

Lots of love,

J,J,J