Sunday 12 June 2011

Prayers

I went to South Africa two summers ago and had the chance to work with a wonderful catholic family housing, adopting and caring for little children. This family has grown through it's ministry to abandoned children by adopting all those kids who haven't been found homes by the time they grow out of the nursery (age 5-6ish) over the years. One of those boys had a horrific accident about a week ago. Because it's winter in South Africa right now, and they don't insulate their houses, space heaters are valued commodities. I used a space heater when i was there two years ago, it was amazing...T's space heater blew up last week, while he was sleeping, he had it close to his face and has suffered severe burns to his face and into his lungs...he is on a respirator, in the hospital and really not doing very well. Please pray for this boy, he is one of the first to be adopted by the family and has grown to be quite the spokesperson for abandoned children...he is only in his teens...before he came to this family he was tied up like a dog and ate scraps the pet left. I just got a facebook message from his mum and she hasn't been sleeping since this happened. Also, because there are 22 kids in this family she can't be at the hospital with him all the time. So please pray for T and his family...

2 comments:

Lola said...

Oh Maria, this breaks my heart. I'll be praying.

Lola said...

Oh Maria, this breaks my heart. I'll be praying.