Prayer Updates

I was catching up with Jenny yesterday, who had just returned from her cousin’s funeral, when she told me some sad news. After the funeral she had sent her baby daughter Queen to live with a relative in South Africa because she couldn’t afford to keep her. The cousin that died had helped support Jenny and her siblings financially, so without that extra income things will only get harder. Also the family Jenny was cleaning for has moved so she’ll be totally relying on her unpredictable income from the woodcarving shop. Continue to pray for Jenny, that this testing time would increase her faith and reliance upon God rather than man, that God would continue to provide for their daily needs, and that perhaps that provision would come through their father who would man up and take responsibility for his own kids.

I also got to catch up with Sylvia this morning at our woodcarvers Bible Study. She’s doing well, no physical ailments lately. Her two sons have been sponsored to stay at the school hostel which has its pros and cons. They will be well fed and forced to study more, which is important for Clinton who is in grade 10 (If students don’t pass their grade 10 exams then they can’t go on to grade 11). But it also means Sylvia will only get to see them at church and on long weekends when the hostel sends them home. It also means Carina has to stay home with Deborah, the youngest sister, until Sylvia gets home from the market, so she can’t come to our school Bible Study. So they’re continuing to trust in the Lord and He’s continuing to provide. Thanks so much for your prayers on their behalf.