We never know what our day will bring…
and today started off like any other day. Karabo (one of the trainees) hadn’t been feeling well with on and off stomach pains. He woke us up at 5 AM this morning and had said he had thrown up all night long. We suspected it was a bit more serious when he couldn’t even stand up, it made me hurt to watch him. We called the doctor and the first appointment they had available was 11, so he rested on the couch until then. Rob took him to town and he was given strict orders by the doctor to report to the hospital for emergency surgery for an acute appendicitis. Within an hour they had him ready for the theatre (operating room) and 30 minutes later they wheeled him out.
Rob and I stayed with him the rest of the afternoon and he was in such pain. I held his hand tight and he was squeezing it as hard as he could, he was so unsettled. He looked at me at one point and said, “Did they take my appendix?” and I said, ” Yep, they took it!!” And he said, “Did they give me a new one?” “Nope, you don’t need a new one, you are great without it.” He was very confused. A few minutes later he asked if they had really taken it because his pain was just as bad now as it was before he got there. I reassured him the pain he was feeling now was from the surgery, and not from his appendix. I couldn’t handle watching him in so much pain so I finally found the nurse and she said he had pain meds, but then realized those were given to him before he went in for surgery and he was supposed to have something when he got out, but they forgot!! Yikes….
Once the pain medication started working he fell asleep and was resting nicely, so we left him resting and will go back to see how he is tomorrow. Honestly, I would rather have him here with us, so we can watch over him. I just didn’t have a lot of confidence in what we saw there.
We love Karabo as one of our own, and enjoy his loving personality. He is such a great person, with a big heart and a huge amount of patiences (especially with Hudson). Most often Hudson is on Karabo’s back, or his shoulders, or just holding his hand.
We even talked Karabo into making the traditional “pap” pronounced “pop” for dinner a few nights ago, and it was great.
The picture below is the group that sits around our table most nights. We are doing the Crazy Love bible study with all of them and on Mondays after dinner, we review discussion questions and see how everyone is doing. It has been challenging and also very rewarding to read God’s word, apply it, have people hold us accountable, and walk together day-to-day. I couldn’t ask for a better way to live life right now while we are here. We are often tired, and can sometimes get overwhelmed but we are confident this is God’s perfect plan.
And as we head to bed tonight we lift Karabo up to the Lord and thank God for putting him in our lives, so we could have a small part in God’s perfect plan for his life. May we live each day knowing the circumstances that are going on around us are perfectly in line with God’s plan.
We don’t question anymore if God is in ALL things, we rest knowing He is, and ask how we can be a part.
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It’s a joy to read how your love for Christ is pouring over to so many people! Thank you for sharing your daily experiences. Much love, Eva