Hello everyone,
I hope this email finds you all well. I am currently sitting in the living room. It is a gorgeous Saturday afternoon & is surprisingly hot outside.
Lyn has a decorating program on while Pru is chasing the 2 babies round & round the coffee table & they are screaming with delight!
I was spoilt rotten this morning. Aaron brought me breakfast in bed….it was the most delicious English breakfast I’d ever had! He is getting so good at cooking! & then later on he gave me a big bunch of red roses & he’s taking me out to dinner tonight.
The biggest news I have is that
Well the social worker rang on Monday asking to have a meeting this Wednesday (18th) to discuss the matter. The meeting was later cancelled till Friday 20th, but then they never showed up & when Lyn rang it turned out a baby had been abandoned & they had to place him quick. Lyn almost told them to just bring them with & leave them here but she decided against it…….’just for now anyway’ she said lol! however, just from talking on the phone, Lyn has discovered that Baden’s mum has not told the social workers half of Baden’s conditions and illnesses…………………they didn’t even know he was HIV positive!
Lyn has come up with 19 points that they do not know, saying why it is not best for him to go back.
The main ones being, his medicines alone cost more than she earns in a month & her earnings provide not only for herself, but for her Gran and little sister also! Lyn has been given the girls budget for the month & it turns out she has R600 left each month to use as she pleases………………..she hasn’t visited her baby since last Dec, and b4 that it was March………….Baden does not know her nor she him. We don’t know if she has electricity for his nebuliser & meds.
This same thing happened last year when his mum found out she could get a government grant for his meds. She made such a fuss about getting him back because the extra cash could pay for her drugs. What she doesn’t realise is, most of Badens meds are not on the roll out program from the government because they are too expensive. His Ziagen (ARV) is R1000 a month alone, & he takes 5 different ARV’s all together.
So this meeting needs a lot of prayer. I know Lyn & the family would really appreciate it. Poor Dave is hating being away when all this is happening.
The meeting has now been re-scheduled for Monday morning at 10am.
Lol Pru is now playing Ringa-Ringa Roses with the babes………….they fall down & shout yay! As they jump up again & fling their arms in the air…………they are
such a delight at the moment! Yesterday they both followed me to my
house…..I went to the bathroom & when I came out both boys were in my room!
Luke was jumping on the bed &
The children all got Disney character outfits from
Becca & Suzie left on Tuesday & I have to say it seems so quiet with out them. They were so chatty & bubbly. Di is missing them. They called her mummy Di lol.
We have finished another school term here so next week is holidays. There’s lots else going on thought & I’m looking forward to working in the garden & maybe going across to the camp with Di to play netball. Diane is loving her work with Quazenzele. She goes almost everyday, taking food & blankets for the needy. She plays netball twice a week with the girls there & has just started a prayer meeting once a week with 2 Gogo’s (old ladies) they walk a 4mile round trip to come & pray & they’re both in their late 80’s! 1 of them has 8 grandchildren to care for as her daughter died of AIDS. Aaron sometimes walks home with them when they have food or blankets to carry & he says they’re inspiring & it’s an honour to walk them home.
The ground for the new church building has been prepared & the foundations will be laid in the next few weeks. Yesterday Jon & Kuz (workers) emptied the old stables………you should have seen the sight! I never thought to take a photo! I couldn’t believe the stuff that was in there. The greatest discovery was Anthony’s snooker table! And it looked brand new! So I think Chris & Aaron are racking their brains for a place to put it up. But the funniest thing was 2 rats came running out of there & Lyn screamed and ran for her life! Bear got both of them! The children were rolling about laughing, but I have to admit I was just as bad with all the spiders!
Brrrrrrrrrrrrrr just shivering at the memory! &last night I saw a huge rat run from under mine & Di’s house euuuuuuw! They’re everywhere this time of year.
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I have started looking at Correspondence courses in child care. I’ve enquired at a college in
I think that is all for now. The poor pup is going from bad to worse she still has her cast on its looks like she’s got a mite or something in her skin as she got bald batches of dry skin! The vet has given her a few injections for it.
Please let me know what you’ve all got planned for the summer. It still mid winter here but the day is already in the 20’s (degrees C) by midday! I think I’ll be passing out by October! Lol
Anyway………..take care
Lots of love & God Bless
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