What a Morning!

Last night I worked hard to prepare a special lesson for my sunday school class (5-7yr olds) and I woke up this morning excited about what I had planned. I ate breakfast with the kids and was about to have them go and get dressed when there was a frantic knock on my door. A house mother told me that the power at Beautiful Gate was out and they could not get the generator working. Normally this is not a big deal but we recently have added a child here at Beautiful Gate who has some medical needs and one requirement for this child is to have electricity for their special machine to work. We were told to try not to let the child go more than 30 minutes without electricity in order to keep the child at their best health.

I (Bryan was out of town so that is why I took over)rushed over to the maintenance worker on duty to see what the problem was and found that the generator had gas, but would not start. At this point it had been 30 minutes so I told the staff to contact the nurse and then I would drive the child and the house mother to the hospital where they had power (Maseru schedules days with no power till 4pm and it was only 8am). Thankfully, the driver of the Beautiful Gate bus arrived and offered to drive us as I have no idea where the hospital is. It is brand new and on the side of town I am not familiar with it. Once we arrived (which was quite fast as our driver put on the flashers and drove MUCH faster than I would have been comfortable driving!) the nurses and doctors got the child all situated and the child looked pretty good. I was told that we could leave and the house mother would bring the child home once the city had power restored.

So the driver and I got into the car and he told me I was driving home (what I have not admitted is that I have only driven twice in the last 14 months). I said okay and started driving back to BG. Well, we had only gone a block or two when he asked me to pull into a drive because he was going to stay in town to do some work with some prison inmates (very noble and praiseworthy volunteer work). I dropped him off and then I told him I have no idea how to get back. I asked if I turn right at the main road to get back to town and he said yes, so off I went. First time driving alone in Maseru and I was completely lost. I did not pay a ton of attention to the roads we took to get there because I was busy looking back at the child and praying for the child, the house mother and our driver. So I figured there is only one way I was ever going to make it home... I asked Jesus to help me! And He did, within minutes after I prayed I saw a sign pointing the direction to the Maseru Bridge and I knew if I could find my way there, I could get home. Luckily, as I drove on the road (which was busy and a little crazy as the stop lights/robots were not working due to the power outage) I became more familiar with my surroundings and made my way home without having to go all the way to the Maseru bridge. What an adventure! Thank you God for getting me home, thank you Lisa for taking over my sunday school class which I completely missed, and thank you Mom for keeping my kids safe during all this!

I came home and told all the staff that the child would be returning at 4 (which is what the doctor told me) when the power returned, but I was just informed that the child will be remaining at the hospital. I was given no other details as to why, but please pray that this child can come home quickly and ease the worry of the staff as they wait for the child's return.
Anita