Light at the end of the tunnel.

Our “light at the end of the tunnel” is beginning to shine brighter every day. Finally, as we emerge from the dark days of Darlene’s health crisis, our fulltime focus has shifted to the 18 orphaned infants in the Crisis Nursery’s Care.

So little time, so many stories! Over the next week or so we will be using this blog to play catch up. We want to tell you about Moses who was abandoned in the rushes by the river and has now been placed in a loving foster home; about the day Darlene drove to the hospital with 8 infants piled in the car at once; and about how the death of baby Omega affected us all. So, stay tuned.

For today we simply want to say “thank you”! We are grateful to God and to all who have offered such faithful prayer support. We are grateful to the Langdons for posting all the updates to this blog. Every day we realize more and more what an amazing work they accomplished in their year as founding directors of the Nursery. We are thankful for the loving commitment and competent service of the faithful Malawian staff.

Take a good look at the picture above. Can you see the halo? This handsome, young, eligible Malawian is on our short list for sainthood. Augustine is the “Administrative Assistant.” This means he does all the work and the Director gets all the credit. (Sort of like Sir Edmund Hillary’s “climbing assistant” Tenseng Norgey.) For over a year now, Augustine has done all the administrative “heavy lifting.” He lives in an apartment attached to the Nursery is on call 24/7. After a full day’s work he goes to Mzuzu University in the evening to take classes in financial management.

Without Augustine, we would be at a total loss. Yesterday he drove with Paul 6 hours round trip to deliver baby Moses to his foster parents. Today he is driving with Darlene 4 hours round trip to pick up a new admittance which keeps our census at the maximum of 18 infants. So when you think of the orphans, and you think of us, please give thought to the ministry of the Malawian staff, please say a “hooray” for Augustine Harawa.