We are entering our last two months here in Lesotho! I can’t believe that we are starting to think about wrapping things up here. The installs are going well and everything remains on track for Traig to be finished by the end of July. Please continue to pray for safety and efficiency for Traig while he works.
Praise and pray for Beautiful Gate. The staff was paid for April!
They had thought that they would be able to get caught up with payroll in the next month, but that no longer seems to be a possibility. N'tate Beno is sending requests to several large charities hoping that one of them will be able to provide financial relief soon. When I went on Friday, my housekeeper suggested that I bring what was left of her bag of mealie meal (what they use to make papa) for the staff. Later, one of the workers to me that they cooked their last bit of papa on Thursday and had I not brought that, the staff would not have eaten that day. God is so good! M’e Augustina has a heart the ladies working there. Today she is baking bread for me to take to them tomorrow.
We also had a very sad event last week. One of the staff accidentally spilled a cup of hot tea on one of the babies. It resulted in 2nd degree burns on his hands, arms, legs and feet. They rushed him to the hospital and thankfully, a nurse from Australia who volunteers at Beautiful Gate was able to accompany him. The hospital offered very little, not surprisingly, but they were able to get the bandages needed. No pain medication was offered and the hospital sent them away shortly after they arrived. Sara, the nurse told me that in Australia (or the U.S.), an infant with those types of burns would have been hospitalized for a couple days to monitor dehydration, and offer pain control. Please pray for this little one that his body would heal completely and that infection will not occur.
Beautiful Gate also took four more newborns from Queen 2 (the hospital) last week. That brings their total to 38 little ones. Social Services are talking at least two more months before they begin to process adoptions again. Of course every month we have been here, it has been a couple more months till the ban lifts so who knows when it will actually be.
Thank you for your continued prayer support.
Laura
They had thought that they would be able to get caught up with payroll in the next month, but that no longer seems to be a possibility. N'tate Beno is sending requests to several large charities hoping that one of them will be able to provide financial relief soon. When I went on Friday, my housekeeper suggested that I bring what was left of her bag of mealie meal (what they use to make papa) for the staff. Later, one of the workers to me that they cooked their last bit of papa on Thursday and had I not brought that, the staff would not have eaten that day. God is so good! M’e Augustina has a heart the ladies working there. Today she is baking bread for me to take to them tomorrow. 
2 comments:
It has to be a hard thing to know you will leave all your true friends behind and can only basically pray for their health and safety. I know while i was in Thailand for a year i had a couple Thai friends but lost all contact with them. I know you will keep contact with the Beautiful Gate there due to the technology Traig is setting up. Your children have been changed forever. They will not forget the pain and suffering of the people there. Praise God you went and brought Glory to His name
Jim
Laura and family- We have been following your journey. I admire the strength and faith that you have had over the past year. It is a wonderful gift. We contiune to keep you in our prayers. I can't believe how much Hannah has grown from that quiet girl who sat in my AWANA room.
Ken & Angela Peirce (Jordan, Emily, Elisabeth & Jacob)
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