March 30th a Miracle

March 30^th a Miracle

MIRACLE…. In Swaziland

On Thursday night of this past week I was driving into town to see some friends and go to the government offices about my visa. I went and hung out and saw I had a flat tire so I decided to stay the night at my friends place and just leave early Friday morning for work. So Friday I woke up and left the house at 5:30. The road to the farm is a dirt gravel road that I have travelled many times. There are always cows in the road, goats, sheep and you have to drive slow and carefully. So I was going about 30 miles per hour which is average speed on the road and all of a sudden a baby calf jump from above me into the road to catch up with her mom on the opposite side. I hit the brakes, fish tailed lost control of the car and before I knew it I was on the edge of the road leading down a hill, the car flipped three times before landing into a tree. I got out of the car searching for my phone which had fallen out of the car. I phoned for help. I was 30 minutes from the farm and 30 minutes from the police station so they both arrived around the same time. Every window in the car was broken except the one next to me. I came out of the car with out one cut, with out one scratch, bruise or any other serious injury. I was in awe of Gods protection of my life and realized how real angels are and how they truly were there with me protecting my life. There is not explantation for me surviving that accident. The car was so far from the road down the side of the hill you couldn’t see it. I had to walk back up the road for the police to even see where the accident was. I kept thinking to myself why me God why me. All I wanted was my mom. I was wearing my seat belt and I just walked away. I thank God every day for my life.

There has been time to process the Lords protection over my life and in the last few weeks I have seen a clearer picture of my purpose here.

Pslam 116 was read in church and I felt that it spoke so clearly to me about how God views life and death. How he is the one that knows the number of days we have on this earth. How we are His tools in a mighty plan and He will always love and protect us until our time here on earth is finished.

Pslam 116 (NLT)

I Love the Lord because He hears my voice

And my prayer for mercy. Because He

Bends down to listen,

I will pray as long as I have breath.

Death wrapped its ropes around me,

the terrors of the grave over took me.

I saw only trouble and sorrow.

Then I called on the name of the Lord.

Please, Lord save me. How kind the Lord is.

How good he is. So merciful, this God of ours.

The Lord protect those of childlike faith.

I was facing death, and he saved me.

Let my soul be at rest again, for the Lord has been good to me.

He has saved me from death,

my eyes from tears, my feet from stumbling.

And so I walk in the Lords presence as I live here on earth.

I believed in you, so I said, I am deeply troubled, Lord.

In my anxiety I cried out to you, These people are all liars.

What can I offer the Lord for all he has done for me.

I will lift up the cup of salvation and

praise the Lords name for saving me.

I will keep my promises to the Lord in the presence of all his people.

The Lord deeply when his loved ones die.

O, Lord I am your servant;

Yes, I am your servant, born into your household,

you have freed me from my chains.

I will offer you a sacrifice of thanksgiving

and call on the name of the Lord.

I will fulfill my vows to the Lord

in the presence of all his people in the house of the Lord

in the heart of Jerusalem.

Praise the Lord!

Thank you for your prayers, your encouragement and love. I am doing much better and the soreness and bruises are almost completely gone praise the Lord.

March 20th ( posting late I know....forgive me)

March 20^th

NOSIPHO

There are moments here when you forget you are in a foreign country and this has now become your home, the norm as we might say. It would be normal to be woken up by chickens, to have cows on your front porch, to see poisonous snakes about once a week. I guess you could say its normal when taking care of ten children to meet their physical needs, you bath them, feed them, send them to school, try and have them do their chores admits all other mom duties you have for that day. The moms of the farm in my opinion have one of the hardest jobs. How do you show each of the 10 or 11 children individual attention that they need at this vital time of their life as they grown, blossom and mature. I want to tell you all about one little girl named Nosipho.

She is in grade 3 in my class and is eight years old. She is full of energy at times too much energy and my patience was always tested. There are students sometimes where they are in your class to teach you and refine you in your character. However over time this little girl with a hardened face, her smile was so expensive because you would see so few of them. Finally started to soften I was able to see who SHE is and that she too wanted that physical touch for someone to love her deeply, to her a hug, affirmation that she is doing a good job. I sat down with Mary Jean who gave me her background story and Nosipho came to the farm when she was 3 years old, was sick, had worms, couldn’t walk and was malnourished. Now if you saw both photos you wouldn’t believe your eyes in what an amazing drastic difference these last 4 years have made in her life being here on the farm.

New Life Homes is amazing, now yes there are troubles and hardships no matter where we go in life. However to see this children start to love, start to feel free from the abuse that haunts them you just see them blossom and it literally brings me to tears. I cannot express how much I love Nosipho and the other kids here. They all have their story, some of them know it and some of them can’t remember it which maybe Gods blessing to them.