Update

The little girl who was pictured below died this morning at 9:10am. We are grateful that she passed away peacefully and quickly. Please pray that God would comfort the family at this time. Please pray for the funeral. One of our pastors, Vuyo, will be holding and will share the hope of the gospel. Pray that people will hear and respond. Thanks!

Very Funny....

Ok, this You Tube clip is so funny..... Sadly its what many people think Biblical Counseling is but it isn't... Anyway, enjoy!

Here are some pictures of the little girl I mentioned below. Please continue to pray for her!

Sorry for the lack of updates. Its not that I don't have things to post because I do. My home phone has been down for about 5 weeks and my internet stopped working last Saturday..... I feel very disconnected to the world right now. I'm connected right now but it is costing me a small fortune to do so which means you will only get a few quick highlights.

1. This past Tuesday marked the end of my second year in Africa. Wow, time flies!

2. Please pray a new child we got on Thursday. She is 10 and weighs 22 lbs......Needless to say she is very sick.

3. And in less sobering news South Africa won the World Cup in Rugby for the first time since 1995.

Concert Update

A few weeks back I ask you to pray for a concert a youth group was hosting in Washington to raise money for our hospice. Sam Neylan posted a report on it on her blog today. (If you click on her name, it will take you to it.) You'll be encouraged by what you wrote. It is pretty cool to see how God can use even the internet to bring people together.

Bayley Jordan Mack

Introducing the first African- American Mack! Bayley Jordan was born on Monday at 7:50am. She weighed 7.05 lbs and was 18.9 centimeters and is very cute!

Much to McKenna's delight (as you can see below), she was born with red hair!

Christmas in October

Today was a very fun day. It started off by having an encouraging time with our new worker. How refreshing it is to work with someone who on their own prays with parents about their sick children and who willingly volunteers to help wherever he can even when it isn't in his job description. WOW! What a difference!

Then in the afternoon I got to play Santa. Someone had sent money to help buy school uniforms for some of the children in Katlehong. (Actually two people have.) They specifically wanted to help two children I have mentioned in the past who are living with their grandfather. Now I work with people who have nothing but honestly these kids have less then nothing. I think they have one set of clothes. Its pretty sad.

Anyway, I took them to the shops today to buy school uniforms. I think they were a little overwhelmed with it all. I had some money left over when we were done and took them to a clothing store and let them choose some new clothes. I asked the woman who was with me if this was the first time they had been able to buy new clothing and she thought it was. It was really fun to show love to them in this way. How fun to think that they are going to school tomorrow for the first time with a school uniform on and that when they get home they have some clean, new clothes that aren't torn and needing to be thrown out to put on!

One neat thing was the attitude of the woman with me. Its not like she has much. She has three children and lives in a shack in a squatter camp. I wondered what she would think about the money being spent on these kids and if she would feel bad I wasn't buying for her children. But she wasn't. She was genuinely excited about the good being done for them without a hint of jealousy. What a great example she was!

Its Fixed... I Think....

I think my e-mail is fixed..... Its been a long couple of weeks without it. My e-mail address has changed in the process. It is now beth@gracechurch.co.za. Thanks!