The past two weeks a lot has happened and at the same time not a lot has happened. To begin two weeks ago on Tuesday Johannes had a doctor's appointment on with a heart doctor. The doctor did a ct scan and x-rays of his heart and he said it was completely fine and healthy. He shared that Johannes was having panic attacks and that is why he was passing out and so he gave him some medicine to take and said if he is still having problems after some time and he doesn't have any more pills that he can come back and get more. After the doctor's appointment, Johannes and I talked about why he was having these attacks and he didn't share a lot. He said he didn't want to be a burden to anyone and didn't want anyone to worry about him. I tried to encourage him and let him know that it's okay to share what's going on and that if he doesn't share what he's feeling his situation will only get worse. I know what it's like to not want to share your feelings with people, just ask anyone who knows me, I did not share what I truly felt for a long time! I was a pro at hiding my true feelings. So for me hearing him say that he didn't want to bother anyone or have anyone worry about him or that it doesn't really matter, hit home with me and I realized that I had felt those thing at one point in my life too. But how to help him realize that it only gets better once you get out everything into the light can be a hard thing to do. I guess really all you can do is be there to support him and remind him that whenever he is ready to share you are there for him. So that's what I did. So just pray for him that even though it is scary to open up (and he's shared that it scares him) that it could really help him to get better. He doesn't even have to share with me but just that he knows people care about him and he can trust someone enough to share what is on his heart and what is troubling him would really help him out!
Onto another part of the past two weeks: on Thursday, October 11th, all 6 of us volunteers living in "The Palace" took a trip to Durban for about 5 days! It was so wonderful and relaxing. I didn't realize how much I needed to get away and how stressed I had been until we were there and I started to relax. God is a God who provides (Jehovah-Jireh). He knew what I needed way before I even realized it! It was really nice to sit on the beach and enjoy the ocean and the beauty of where we were staying! We were right off the beach so we had a beautiful view and it just was extremely peaceful there! I loved it! It was exactly what I needed when I needed it! We returned to Swaziland on Tuesday, October 16. The rest of the week I worked and not much excitement happened.
Lastly, the girl's home is continuing to move along slowly. It rained really hard on Tuesday night (10/16) and flooded some of the rooms in the house because the ceiling needs fixed but it looks like it didn't do any damage and they were already working on fixing the floor anyway. So, slowly but surely it continues to move along. I am starting to work with MYC and Mary-Kate is as well to come up with the roles of who will do what and be responsible for what when the girl's home is opened so it gives me a little more to do to help get the girl's home started!
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| The kitchen floor being redone. |
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| The ceiling of the porch. |
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