Ministry and Homes Update

Compassion Taking Action Hello everyone You may have noticed this update is a bit delayed. October ended up being an absolutely packed month with both planned and unplanned events. The orphan care conference we helped organize was on the 23rd and 24th of October. During the same time, we had the privilege of having a missions team come from our sending church, Aboite Baptist Church. The team came to encourage and serve our ministry partners and us. The team visited the Hlungwanes, who are church planting among the Tsonga people in Ka-Bungeni. They also spent some time working on projects around our baby home before running the child care for our orphan care conference. The team, along with some local helpers, provided childcare for about 70 kids during the 2-day conference. They did a wonderful job and freed up many would-be volunteers to sit in on the conference sessions. The team was such an encouragement and blessing to us!

The conference and the mission team were planned; now for the unplanned events. As many of you are probably aware, Lady N has been dealing with an undiagnosed health condition since late August. She had three hospital stays in October alone, and she is back in the hospital today. Please, please continue to pray for this little girl. We are very concerned for her and discouraged with the care being provided by the hospitals. Next, Kerry had a last-minute court date in Johannesburg while the team was here; thankfully, court went well, and one of the kiddos is one step closer to being placed with a family. Finally, we had to submit our annual paperwork to the government and undergo a new screening since a new social worker is submitting our paperwork. Please pray that this social worker submits everything correctly and appropriately. Months like these are hard, but a very powerful reminder that we can't lean on our own strength. Instead, we daily need to remember Psalm 121:1-2. "I lift up my eyes to the hills. From where does my help come? ² My help comes from the Lord,  who made heaven and earth." Below is the September Update on the baby homes. Thank you all for your prayer and support :)