From a distance….

Molweni!  I hope this finds everyone well…. everyone here is going strong!    We can’t wait to see everybody.  Today, we went and bought that man at the new village his three sheets of tin for his shop. 

While we were there, we saw the woman who was contemplating the abortion and all she could talk about was her future.  She is taking her vitamins, going to the health clinic and tomorrow she is having her first ‘scan’ of the baby.   All she could do was smile and talk about the baby.   She has a long road ahead of her but God is capable of all things and I wish i was going to be here to see what He does with this new life that was almost taken away.

 

In the afternoon, i took sister and norenti out to lunch and then took them home to Motherwell.   We really enjoyed ourselves and we had a good laugh watching all the white folks (there were only white people) look and point at us.  Being so close to the end of the apartide, everyone thinks that i am their ‘boss’.  The people in the restaurant were so intrigued that they just couldn’t help themselves and kept looking.  I was sitting on the opposite side of sister and norenti so i decided to pull my chair around right next to them instead.  We all started to laugh.   We had a great meal and then we walked to the nearest gas station and we bought, what else but chocolate… yummy. 

 

I heard a song today by bette midler called ‘from a distance’.   A few lines in there said ‘from a distance the world looks blue and green…. From a distance there is harmony’.  I thought of all that is going on here and thought maybe one day, there will be peace.  That song also reminded me that ‘God is watching us’…. That is so true.  I would never claim to do things right all the time, not even most of the time, no one does.  But the one thing we can all do is try to follow what has been placed in our hearts to do and not let fear stomp it out.  It could be God’s prompting and He is watching what we do for His kingdom.   

 

Tomorrow i am taking the girls shopping  and i have to buy a skirt.  The man that lives in the field across the way from us (lives in the shack where the mom and baby died two months ago) said he wants a picture of me and him but he wants me to wear a skirt… J  he said he wants to see me wear a skirt to church…. So, i will go buy one since i didn’t bring any… i think that is such a funny request.  Some of you may be thinking he is perverted, but it is a culture thing here.  All the women wear skirts.  He calls me the doctor and he said ‘the doctor must wear a skirt on Sunday and i want a picture with her’…. So, i will try to find one…

 

the new boy is sooo funny and of course attached to the boys at the hip.  he is a typical boy.  he runs everywhere and has his hands on everything and talks non-stop.  He has been chasing the chickens everyday and now some of them are losing feathers from stress….haha.  He found some eggs and broke them all on a rock and loves to take my brush and pretend it is a weapon.   The boys are his favorite ‘play thing’ and they love it too.   i wish you all could see joseph and james shine.

 

We love you all,

Thanks for everything…

J,j,j