“This
happened so that the works of God might be displayed in him”
-John
9:3
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| Aiden and his cousin |
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| How Aiden washes clothes/diapers |
Another busy week has come and
gone. The house update is that we are hopefully going to finish this week if
the rains will hold off. Sadly the rains have already come, good for crops, bad
for house building! So pray the rains stay away at least long enough to place
the roof!!
Sifeli and I had to go to a
meeting with his aunt. (when his parents died she became his mother figure, she
would be Aiden’s grandma) She told us that we need to make a bigger
announcement about our marriage and baby (meaning another family meeting with
more family). So that is what we will
do.
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| standing on dad! |
We have added two new kids to
Sunrise; before they came one of the girls, Ziada said, “They will play with Aiden
too!: They are not from Uhekule, they are from another village about an hour and
a half away. Their father is an alcoholic who beats them when he is drunk.
Their mother ran away, and Kay went to go see the place, she said a pig would
not even want to live there. They have a younger brother, he is 5, but sadly
due to all the abuse he can no longer walk or talk he just lays in the fetal
position. He is being taken to a doctor tomorrow to see if there is anything
that can be done for him. The oldest boy has been taking care of the other
children. We can’t take the 5 year old in, he needs a lot more care than we can
give, if he is even going to live. (Please be praying for him.) My heart just
breaks. This is the reality for so many children all over, it just makes me
sick to my stomach.
Their father came with the
children to drop them off at site. It’s hard to look at a man and know that he
has done such horrible things to these children and not be filled with anger,
but at the same time you want to love him too. The couple that contacted Bibi
Kay, live in the same village as these children. The husband is a white man
originally from Belguim, (he has been to 35 countries) he lived in Oregon at
one point and finally settled in Tanzania. He married a Tanzanian woman and
they have a 6 month old baby. An oreo baby, like Aiden! He found Jesus at one point in his life and
while we were talking he said something that struck me as a “what would Jesus
do situation”. He said that he would like to help their father too. Yes the man
has done some horrible things, he has hurt his children and his wife to the
point where his wife runs away and one of his kids may not live, and yes we can
all point fingers and we can all condemn this man, but at the end of the day he
is no better or worse than we are. Is this situation bigger than God? Can God
not turn these beautiful children’s lives around? Can his grace and forgiveness
not reach this father? God is already at work here, his plan is beautiful, his
plan is perfect, God is bigger than this,
Our kids took these kids in no
problem. They showed them to their rooms, their beds, their cabinets. They took
them around, and instantly started to play like they have been there all along.
The older girls took the youngest one, Atukuzwe, to take a shower and put her
in clean clothes. The boys took Niki the older boy, to the dining room to
color, and read, and work on school books. Out beautiful family is growing.
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| Pool table |
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| Resting while the kids eat lunch |
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| Franki and Elia |
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| Welcoming new kids! |
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| Atukuzwe, Pili, Yona, & Nickson |
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| Franki & Elisha |
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| Akwirino, Elia, & Nickson |
