| Monday, March 19, 2007 |
| News from Rehoboth |
19 March 2007
 Last Friday, I had heard from Brenda who told me that Maderyna had left Hope's Promise with her mother, to go and visit with her Ouma (grandmother) for a week and that she has yet to return.
I just got off the phone with Sylvia (Country Coordinator for HPOM Namibia) who is in Rehoboth and she confirmed that Maderyna's mother had asked permission to take her to visit with her grandmother but it was with the understanding that it would only be for a week. Well, the week has now turned into three and other than an SMS (text) message to HPOM that Maderyna was okay, they have not heard from her and do not know her exact whereabouts. They are hopeful that she will return and that the reason she is not back yet might be financial in nature, in that they do not have the funds to get back to Rehoboth from where they are.
Please keep this girl, and her mother, in your prayers. When I finally met Maderyna, I gave her three bracelets that had on them, Redeemed, Adopted and Forgiven. She was thankful and put them on her wrist. Within an hour, I noticed one of them was missing so I asked her about it. She said she decided to give one to her mother - the one that said Forgiven. We talked about it briefly and she told me that her mother was trying to get better and change her life around. Once again we see how the bond between a child and mother is strong enough to transcend many things.
Maderyna is due to have her baby in May. She has been having a difficult time since returning to Hope's Promise, coping with the feelings she has; herself wanting to change from the street life that had become familiar to her but yearning for whatever satisfaction that street life gave her.
Please pray that this young girl of fifteen has the willpower and faith to overcome the temptations of returning to a life she wants to escape from. |
posted by Don @ 9:37 AM  |
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