Hey all!
Just a quick update to let you know I’ll be heading on vacation for a week with my YFC housemates up to the north of Botswana—the Okavango Delta and up to Victoria Falls. Please pray for safe travels. After the 10 hour bus ride, we will travel by mokoro (canoe) through the Okavango Delta and camp along the way.
I had hoped to update you more on recent happenings here, but we have to catch our bus soon for the LONG journey.
One thing I will share is something I typed up the other day but didn’t have room to fit into my YFC newsletter. So here it is:
Update on Tumelo
Many of you have followed the story of Tumelo since I first met her last year September when she was suicidal and hated God and her mother. I took her to counseling week after week and built a mentoring relationship with her. Her resistance and hatred toward God lessened bit by bit, until in May she decisively gave her life to Christ! What I didn’t share was that the month before she gave her life to Christ, it was sort of the “rock bottom” time. She ran away from home for about a week—no one knew where she was (her mother, her counselor, her friends). The first time she responded to any of us was when she answered my phone call to invite her to a Christian camp. Surprisingly, she agreed to go to the camp, and I picked her up at a street corner in Gaborone to take her there.
Months ago, Tumelo shared with me that during that time when she’d run away, she had gotten pregnant with her boyfriend. About a month and a half after that, she gave her life to Christ. She received the Lord’s forgiveness for what she had done willingly, and is now committed and excited to raise her daughter to be grounded in Christ’s love. Thankfully, because Tumelo and her mother had experienced such a beautiful reconciliation when she came to Christ, her mother is being very supportive. They are both very excited to help raise the little girl to be a passionate follower of Christ. I asked Tumelo for permission to share this with all of you (she is fine with it!) so that you can be praying for a good delivery and a healthy baby. The little baby girl is due the first week of January. Tumelo herself just finished high school and is still growing in her faith. Motherhood is of course a challenge for an 18-year-old, so please keep praying for her!
Tumelo wrote to me yesterday to tell me the pregnancy is getting more difficult—it’s hard for her to get comfortable sitting, standing, or sleeping. So I felt it was a good time to share this with you all, so you can be praying with us for Tumelo and the baby. Thanks so much!
Blessings,
Em
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