The Olivier Family
July 2009
Dear Friends…
What a couple of months it has been!!... Lots of stress, lots of organizing, lots of faith in the unseen! We really took this year head on with hosting our first, and one of many more to come, Annual Dinner Dance Fundraiser.
It took a lot of planning, hard work, dedication and faith to pull it off… AND WE DID!!! Thanks to a great team working together, with Belia the brains behind it, it was a great success! Thank you to everyone who contributed in some way however big or small and to all who attended the evening…. See you all again next year!!!
From us as the house parents at NLC, life does not stop and we fell right back into the swing of things. There is no stopping here! We managed to take things easy the following week and now we are preparing to leave for the annual Africa Cares for Life Conference in Durban. This is a special time where all the Pregnancy crisis centres across Africa get together and share ideas, get refreshed and get some input! We will be travelling up by car and are taking the kids with us. So please pray for our protection as we go on this journey.
Thank you for all the on going love support and prayer! We appreciate all of you!!
Lots of Love
Nico & Suzette
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As this is a calling and not a ‘job’, it can take EXTRA out of you at times! If you feel you would like to support the staff financially, it will be welcomed and MUCH appreciated!
ABSA Bank
Savings account no: 38008190370
Branch: Durbanville
Letter from my heart
15 June 2009
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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