Mphatso

I mentioned previously that we were looking for a family to adopt Mphatso as his father said that he could be adopted the last time he saw him many months ago.  We found a family that was willing to adopt him so we have been searching for Mphatso’s father to sign papers releasing him to be adopted.  We finally found his home but he had left his young girls alone (ages 12, 10 &4) saying he would return in a few days but after a month he was still not home.  This week he came to the social welfare office and said that he would not let Mphatso be adopted.  He has apparently remarried so now he has someone who can take care of him. When his wife arrives they will take Mphatso back. Now at first glance this may seem like a wonderful ending to this story as a child should be with their family.  The problem is that Mphatso’s father is HIV positive and his mother died from AIDS.  Because his father is on ARV drugs he is feeling better so has married a woman who will become HIV positive from him, have a few children who will also be HIV positive and repeat the awful cycle that happens so regularly here.  What kind of care will Mphatso really receive in this situation?  We can only imagine.

As some of you know, Mphatso was our first baby and has been with us for almost a year.  He is very special to us and it is heartbreaking for us to let him go to a family that has struggled from the beginning and will continue to struggle.  The wonderful news is that God loves him and is aware of all the details of his life which I am not.  I can rest only because God is faithful and His ways are past finding out.

O the depth of the riches both of the wisdom and knowledge of God! How unsearchable are his judgments, and his ways past finding out!   Romans 11:33

           

            Lisa