24 May 2007 20:25

Hello every1 I hope this email finds you all safe and well.

I have finally got round to attaching some photographs. There's a bit of a mixture. But you get to see the house I'm living in.....and the one I will be living in when Sue-Lym(no idea on spelling) arrives on the 30th.

I thought it would be nice to share a little about what I've been reading and what I feel the Lord has been speaking to me about these last few weeks.

Salve gave me a book for my birthday, by Francine Rivers. It was called the Atonement Child.....it was a very upsetting story; a girl at bible college in the US is raped and gets pregnant. her engagement falls apart, she loses her place at college etc etc as a result, but what struck me was that every Christian in her life who she depended on, all tried to persuade her to get an abortion. B4 she got raped they had been totally anti-abortion but all of a sudden it seemed the best way to get rid of her problem........it showed me that no matter how strong you think you're beliefs are on certain subjects.....you can't rest on your morals until you have actually experienced what you 'believe'.........and this got me thinking about all the poor girls in SA and the rest of the world who get pregnant as a result of rape and have abortions.......we only see them as a statistic...and immediately without realizing we condemn them.....and then I thought of Di who is setting up Bethesda for such a cause.....to help women in a similar situation, and I was suddenly filled with compassion for them....I guess what I’m saying is, this book helped these statistics I read about, become real women who do have real problem and tragedies.

The story had a happy ending......the girl stayed faithful to God no matter how hard it was and when her baby was born, she loved her so much.....and she fell in love again and got married.

Since then, my quiet times have led me to read about spiritual gifts and love. we all have something to offer to bless someone else's life (as well as to Bless and Glorify God) no matter how small, whether it is helping, caring, loving, being a listening ear for someone.....they are all gifts from God that he has given us to help others and show them His love.

Now.........on Friday night I was sick again in the night, but it only lasted 24hours so I think it was just a bug....but unfortunately on Monday, Di Bec and Suzie all started with it. Di was terribly sick and had lost a lot of weight. They are all better now thought and are starting to 'fatten up' again lol (Di's words not mine) also the weather has taken a chilly turn....a VERY chilly turn!!!!!!!!!

Monday night the wind was terrible and the temperature reached -5 degrees!

and as you all know our house is just a wooden hut........I know sleep with a vest, several pj's a jumper, blankets, duvet and a hot water bottle.....and I still wake up shivering!!!! The days haven't been warm either. I text my mum yesterday saying I'm in South Africa, on a Sunny, cloudless day.......wearing several layer, a coat, scarf and gloves!

Suw Well’s kindly bought us a heater for our house and we have been budgeted for 2 more. Our washing was frozen solidly. Di was throwing our socks at us and they were just blocks of ice!!!!!

Lyn left for Australia on Tuesday and we have had word that she has arrived safely, she has joined Dave for a 2 week holiday for their 25th Anniversary.

So I've been getting up b4 6am (shivering my butt off!!!!!!) to get over to the house for 6.30am to do medicines and gets the babies ready.

Poor Luke, Baden and Paullina have had bad errrrrm, how can I put this.....toilet problem. Lol Aaron had to change Luke this morning and I think it has scarred him in some psychological way!

Anyway I’d better go.

Hope you like the pics

Take care and god Bless

Erin

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