The Olivier Family

Oct 2011

A final good bye...

The time is almost here for us to say good bye.  Athough we are sad and are really going to miss NLC, we are excited for our future and what God has planned for us in the new season ahead.

Looking back at our time here at the home, we are filled with lots of emotions of great times and memories made:  We have seen many women and girls enter the home broken and hurt and leave with new hope and a future ahead of them.  We have witnessed the births of many precious babies and feel privileged to have held such precious lives destined for greatness in our arms!

We have seen the home transformed physically from corner to corner and floor to ceiling!  New beds, new living room suite, new dining room table; the kitchen and bathrooms had a total make over, lots of new coats of paint inside and out, and even a new garden!  So for us... it is a bitter sweet ending... We will dearly miss everyone that contributed, supported, loved and gave towards the Centre and us as a family!!

We will be moving to Somerset West on the 1st of December, so we will not be far and will surely pop in from time to time to say hello and support the new House Parents.  We would like to thank everyone who walked this road with us over the past five years.  Thank you for hugs and kisses; kind and encouraging words just when we needed it most; shoulders to cry on; smiles to laugh with.  Without each and every one of you we would not have been able to always keep this boat a float and our heads up through the hard times!

We know that you will welcome and support the new House Parents in the same way!

We will truly miss everyone and will keep the memories made over the past five years close to our hearts!

Lots of Love
Nico, Suzette, Sam and Bella

Letter from my heart

Today I witnessed the birth of a baby evident of a society that is sick… I watched as skilful hands worked to bring her into this life - saw God breath life into her little lungs and knew He has given her a purpose and a destiny in this life……WHAT A PRIVILEDGE…

I welcomed a new girl into our home – raped twice… After trying to take her own life, she decided to embrace the baby growing in her stomach and give life to someone else through her circumstance….

I witnessed a brave mother exchange her sadness of giving her baby up for adoption, for the joy of parents on the other side of the world who have been waiting 9 years for this divine moment in their life…. The meeting…. Sharing something so special only God can orchestrate…sharing a child… I witnessed the sadness of a grandmother, diagnosed with cancer for the second time, saying goodbye to her 4 month old grandchild she would probably never see again….

What is the purpose to all of this…. Where is God in all of this?... RIGHT IN THE MIDDLE… He is the one that enables us to help a dying world; The One who gives us the strength to help carry some of the sadness and hurt of so many others out there.

Today I had the privilege of mending a precious friendship… With the raw memories of a friend losing her brother in a car accident only days ago, I realize how short life is and how precious it is. Never do we know what the day of tomorrow holds and the love of family and friends is the gift that God gives us daily. Sleepless nights and sick kids…moments that are cherished… because we have them… Who knows what the day of tomorrow will bring…

Let’s use every opportunity to its fullest! Let’s seize the day and allow God to use us as instruments in His hands. That is all we are…we have no control, we are His instruments, in His hands. Allow yourself to be used by Him today….

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