Tearful Reunion

Anyone who has been following my blog for the past 2 years knows that sometimes I do not like reunifications. It is hard to see a child who was severely sick but untreated, malnourished, abandoned, or a victim of an attempted murder returned to the person who hurt them. We grow to love these children as our own and we rejoice with their progress and it is hard to let go and not worry about them when they leave, especially with the knowledge that we will never see them again. But God had a special reunification for us this week and I am happy I was able to see the last part before he went home.
The young boy who was reunified with his mother on Tuesday came to Beautiful Gate over a year ago. He blended in pretty well with the other kids and even made some very good friends since he was a little older when he arrived. There was no information about his family and after searching for clues to where he came from, it was determined that he would be available for adoption.
Meanwhile, his mother has been searching for him. Her husband took him and said he would be back and never returned. She had no idea where he went or what happened with her son, but she assumed that he had taken him across to South Africa. She looked for him in South Africa and even had paperwork confirming her efforts to find her son. When she finally began looking around in Lesotho, she found that her son was at Beautiful Gate. She got the proper forms from the ministry of social development and came to BG to get her son.
I was late for the farewell and came in during the prayer time and I saw his mother standing there with tears streaming down her face. She had not given up hope for her son and now they would be back together again. It was so beautiful and heartfelt to see that reunion. We pray that God will bless them as they grow closer together and that He will not allow them to be separated again.