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Christams 2009
We are very greatful to all those who made our Christmas a great day.
Our day started with Lunch, followed by singing. We had a Christmas play and finally Father Christmas arrived with lot of Presents
May God bless all those who made our Christmas 2009, an unforgettable one
Enjoy your holidays
THE GREATEST MIRACLE that Mercy House has ever witnessed…
With God, nothing is impossible.”
The Amazing Miracle of Finding Shadadi’s Mother!
Diana, Shadadi and Tish
Tuesday, 1 December 2009 was perhaps the greatest day in the life of our “orphan” Shadadi. He was 5 years old when his family was fleeing from war in Burundi, he being carried on the back of his his mother’s brother, Bina, who was only 12 years old at the time. Sadly, they got separated from the family, and got lost, and were not able to find the family again. Bina cared for his little nephew with great devotion, bringing him down, through many difficulties and many countries to South Africa in 2001, where they were placed in the care of Mercy House.
By God’s amazing co-incidence, they found out that a young Rwandese orphan girl, who was living at Mercy House at the time, actually knew Sifa, Shadadi’s mother’s sister, whom she had met in a refugee camp with her in the DRC. She even had the telephone number of Sifa, who had in the meantime been re-settled in the U.S.A. This was a key discovery, since they were able to contact her. This led to Sifa and ourselves to commence the mammoth task – of trying to find one woman somewhere in Africa, Shadadi’s mother. We did not even know whether she was alive or dead! Our chain of searching led to getting to know a distant relative, Uncle Theo, in Cape Town, who finally became instrumental in God’s plan that, in 2009, Sara, Shadadi’s mother, was found to still be alive and located. Through the assistance of the same Uncle Theo and Sifa, Sarah, Shadadi’s mother, arrived in Cape Town on Friday 20 November 2009. Uncle Theo immediately passed the amazing news on to us Shadadi, now 16, had not seen her since age 5 and could not even remember what his mom looked like. She, in turn, had always presumed her first born to have been killed in their flight from the war in 1998. Shadadi has never worn such a smile as the day we took him to the airport, Tuesday 1 December to meet the mother he had missed for so long, in fact for 11 years…
“NOTHING is impossible for God….”
Shadadi now a matric prefect age 16
Shadadi as he left for Cape Town at the airport
Our New office Blessing
On Sun 29 November, Father Joseph Sandri, Provincial of the Combonis Missionaries, blessed our new extension. It was fitting indeed that he should do so, as he was the very first priest who assisted us at the time of the genocide, in 1994 in the very foundation phase of aour Mercy work and he has been extremely supportive ever since. Again our thanks to those in the UK who made this new office possible for us. It really looks beautiful inside and is being put to good use.
More pictures about this event in our next update
2 New Dog Kennels
On Monday 16 Nov 2 new dog kennels were donated to us for our beloved dogs, Princess and Lady who are very much part of the Mercy House family’s joy.
As they were too big for the gateway, these very heavy items had to be lifted OVER the gate with much anxiety, but all hands on deck we got there. The photos show our Mercy House boys doing the job as well as Peter and Tish Holding, both members of the Mercy House management committee, Peter being our accountant.
Mercy House for me
“I rejopiced when I heard them say, let us go to God’s house. and now our feet are standing with your gates.”
Today, Residents of Mercy House decided to share what Mercy House has done for them and what they have done for mercy house.
3rd Resident
Mercy house has done a lot for me, if I were to say in details, it will take days and nights. I am about to graduate as an engineer, all blessings from mercy house.