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December 2005
Once again, we have
come to the end of another challenging year, where we have seen and
experienced the mighty hand of the living God in our midst!
The new facilty for 60 babies has been functioning very efficiently
from June this year—we have had an influx of babies, God-planned
adoptions and lots of fun and fund-raising and plenty of hard work
along the way!
Our absolute joy has been to expect at any time and recieve at any
time, tiny weeny little bundles of pure joy—joy to us, but oftimes very
traumatic for the babes! They have often been left in bins, on
pavements, in toilets, in waiting rooms, on stations, in busses, and
then the wait at the police stations, before they even reach us—tired,
hungry, wet, dirty, smelly,sick, miserable and exhausted—but for us,
this is the joy of helping this tiny scrap of humanity into a
blossoming , healthy and happy child!
The Hi-Care nursery
has seen little ones recover, and others not, and yet we have the peace
that God has given us the best, for their comfort and security when
they are so sick.
To do this, we have needed help in all sorts of ways, doctors,
donations, manual help in gardens, maintenance on buildings such as
blocked gutters,etc, and help with the plumbing that always comes
unstuck! light bulbs to be replaced, tumble dryers that always stop
working on the rainy and cold days, washing machines that flood the
floors, cleaners and sweepers, and staff to look after our little
charges and all the admin staff aswell as a supervisor, and lots of
volunteers.
All have been
bountifully supplied, we have a full staff of 20 permanent ladies, an
Admin manager, a matron, a supervisor, and a CEO ,and we all work as a
wonderful team.
To these folk, our
special thanks for dedicated and comitted work over the past 8 years, (
Colin and Michelle) and the others, since June 2005!
A very special thankyou to Johan, the doctor who is available at
anytime to advise, prescribe and treat the little infants, sometimes so
sick, that only TLC can be prescribed! God bless you Doctor, we are
always so grateful to you!
For all the incredible donations from friends, family, corporates,
ministries, churches, neighbours, retirement -homes, cubs, scouts,
schools, congregations, pupils and helpers—a great big thankyou — you
have all made this year possible!
To our American volunteer, Cathryn—we need you back—you are sorely
missed!! Thankyou for your time, love and compassion for the babes!
To our supervisor—you have made light many others loads—bless you for
your hard work and happy disposition!
To Colin and Michelle, our administrator and CEO—you are both dearly
loved and admired for your dedication to the cause of Shepherd's keep,
for your tireless and endless occupation of raising funds—we appreciate
you! thankyou!
To our other volunteers who come along so happily, and readily don
their uniforms to take care of sick and ailing, sometimes miserable
babies, a great big thankyou!!
To our overseas visitors—thank you for taking the time and effort in
looking us up—we do appreciate you all so much! We have had Professor
Bremner (surgery) and his wife visit from Pasadena in Los Angeles, we
have Dr Davoli from Italy. Bless you! Also , from Boca Raton in
Florida, a wonderful visit from our friends there, danny, Dan and
Beverly—thankyou and Gos bless!
We have been blessed to have our own church services in our chapel, the
congregation being our staff, babies and any visitors.
A special thankyou to our board members who have consistently and
sincerely given of their best to Shepherd's keep this past year in many
ways.
For a wonderful year, we give God all the glory and thank Him for
putting all you wonderful folk around us! May God bless you and keep
you at this festive time and a wonderfully happy ,healthy and
prosperous new year to all!
In His grip
Cheryl
Matron
November 2005
A dedication service
where 12 babies were dedicated on the same day--what a day of rejoicing
that was!
Dedication of 12
babies
October 2005
We are ecstatic at
our new facility's progress and have happy Christian staff who sing
choruses all day and are willing to be involved in all kinds of chores!
The babies are all
beautiful and thriving on excellent care and plenty of love. We have
one tiny infant who was given back to us by a doctor to "die" having no
hope—she has pulled through and holds on to the thin thread of life
like a dog with a bone—we are amazed at her tenacity and thank God for
giving us all the necessary to keep her painless and comfortable. As we
look into these tiny sad little eyes, we melt, but know that God in His
goodness and with His grace and mercy, knows just what to do for her.
Our babies all had
such a marvelous day today , out in the sun and under the trees--the
tiny babes are enthralled with the waving boughs and leaves blowing in
the wind!
We are looking for
good trained South African staff who are fluent in English for various
positions, (not live in)
Also for a visiting
paediatricion and physiotherapist who would be kind enough to donate
their spare time to these babes.
We thanks all folk
who have travelled from all parts of the world to visit us in our
infancy here, and pray God would richly bless them as they have blessed
us!
Dan and Colin,
co-founder of Shepherd's Keep
Beverly, Dan
Colin and Cheryl
Jody with
Sibusiso
We also thank all
donors for gifts—we are ever grateful for all the love and concern
shown from all sectors of life.
Bless you all, till next time
Colin and Cheryl
September 2005 —
Shepherd's Keep first worship service in its chapel
The staff even sang a Zulu song.
August 2005 — work
is progressing and the babes are thriving!
 After
opening the new facility, we have been blessed to have baby after baby
coming to the safety of Shepherd's Keep, in the dark of the African
night and at the crack of dawn—little scraps of humanity, often wrapped
in nothing but an old blanket or towel, frightened and hungry,
desperately tired and just wanting loving arms and that bottle of warm
milk!
The work days are
long and the nights even longer, but the staff sing songs of Jesus and
their pure sweet voices ring out like angels, bringing healing and
deliverance—one baby was at deaths door—the doctors said, "just hold
him" and he is thriving and putting on weight—this is only possible
with God as man cannot heal him!
We are still in need
of a few inside windows to make the building a bit warmer, anyone
knowing of anyone willing to sponsor, kindly contact us through the
website e-mail address—the cost of the large windows are R3000-00 each.
God bless you all
out there who have donated funds and baby items—all are gratefully
accepted and a big thankyou to all. To those who have donated their
hands in real hard work cleaning up—a huge thankyou—we can't do it all
and you have made our load so much easier!
February
2005 — Shepherd’s
Keep Homes for abandoned HIV/AIDS Babies
The site is abuzz
with excitement as artisans and friends rally around to try and get the
finishing touches done so that we can at least open a couple of the new
nurseries very soon!
Front doors to
the new Shepherd's Keep
The lights are in
and power is on, with over 500 lights and fittings in place.
Ramps in the new
Shepherd's Keep
The geysers are in
and the plumbing nearly finished, with many basins, troughs and baby
baths to show for this.
The floors are
beautiful and of soft colours to keep the general outlook light and
bright, airy and spacy—the walls and doors painted in soft colours.
The incubation
room ready to receive babies.
The garden is slowly
coming on, with not much time given to it yet, but plenty of grass has
been planted and the surrounds are green and lush.
Paving is being done
between the chapel and the main building, the last of the paving
delivered this week.
New baby cots in
new rooms!
We are ourselves
amazed at the huge venture and step we have taken, and need much prayer
to get us through obstacles that may still have to be overcome, but we
are more amazed at God’s greatness and His faithfulness in completing
what He started out to do through us, and His faith in this
project—when we look at it, we know we could NEVER have done this in
our own strength, so we give God all the glory , because He certainly
has done great things!
We thank ALL our
donors and wonderful folk who have come around us at this time to make
this dream physically come true—God uses people!
Grateful thanks
especially at this time to Peter the electrician and Leon the plumber,
more faithful folk , we couldn’t have been blessed with!
God bless you all
Colin, Cheryl and Michelle
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