Loving Care

The definition of care:  "The provision of what is necessary for the health, welfare, maintenance, and protection of someone or something."

We have had 6 new children admitted to Beautiful Gate in the last 2 weeks. As the weather gets colder here the more babies are abandoned. This is a difficult reality as we hear of the conditions that the babies are found in. One baby was found alone outside and suffering from hyperthermia, spent several weeks in the hospital before she came to us at only 4 pounds. Another newborn was found by some shepherds with no clothes on and only approximately 6 hours old.
It is a hard reality to wrap my brain around, that these beautiful children that I see before me were actually left deserted and forsaken. How can a parent actually take those steps toward abandonment and eventually abandon their own flesh and blood? From what we hear, often the mother is very young, maybe was raped and is ashamed. Or the mother has no means to care for the child. Whatever the reason, is must be a heartbreaking decision for them.

We are thankful for a place like Beautiful Gate to love and care for these innocent little ones.
You might wonder if some of the care staff might feel overwhelmed when so many children come to BG, (currently our numbers are at 69!) but they are happy. When a child is brought to one of our 5 houses, the housemother is excited for a new child to care for, they take them in as their own immediately. They are anxious to start to care for the needs of this child and show them the love they so desperately need.
The child instantly becomes part of the new household with 12-14 other siblings! The other children are excited too when a new one joins them. They are so proud to show the rest of us their new brother or sister.

This is such a good place. But it's not a place for long term. We ask for prayers for the adoption process here in Lesotho and with partnering countries. That the paperwork would go quickly and that these children will be matched soon with forever families. Pray for our social worker as she has the enormous task of making sure children are released for adoption or are reunified with family members. This takes a lot of time to investigate in the villages and ask around to see who might know something about the child and if the child has relatives.
Most of the children are happy but please pray for those who are withdrawn and sad. Many have not had the best start and their emotional well being is affected.

I am so impressed by the staff here. They do not complain when the load gets heavy. They smile and welcome every little one that God places in their care.

I stop my writing for a moment and I look out my office window...there is a housemother sitting on the brick circle hugging the children one by one. They are all lining up for their hug. Makes me smile!

The children are loved, the children are cared for, but we know that no one loves them more than their heavenly Father. We know He has these children in the palm of His hand. We trust in His sovereignty. Praise Him for His loving care!