Piet’s health
Piet is doing much better than he has been over the past two
months. Piet has been in the ER on 3 different occasions for bad panic attacks.
He suffers from anxiety and it generally mimics a heart attack. Of course this
has been very scary for all of us. He is on medication and will hopefully be
starting therapy soon. It has really been a hard few months, but we trust the
Lord that all of these things will slowly work themselves out with these
measures. Piet is unfortunately not on a medical insurance at the moment, so
these many doctor and hospital visits have been quite pricey. We are waiting to
hear back from one of our supporters if they will be able to cover the monthly
costs of insurance, so you can be praying for us in that way.
Leah’s health
I have also not being doing great health wise, but I have
been feeling better the last few days. The good news is that one of the reasons
for my not feeling well is that we are expecting our second child! We are so
expectant and looking forward to December when Harmony will finally have a
sibling to play with!
Ministry
We are ending our season with LXP in a matter of weeks! We
cannot believe how fast two years have gone by. We are parting on good terms
and are looking forward to a new season with the local church here in
Butha-Buthe. We will continue teaching a weekly discipleship class one evening
a week and will be doing business mentoring for people in the church and the
community who wish to start up or continue to run small businesses. The church
has tried this before but hasn’t had anyone to devote enough time and energy to
nurture it. We also have plans to start a young adults gathering on Saturday
nights as a way for the 20-somethings to connect with one another and gather in
a relevant environment. We will discuss topics, watch teaching DVD’s, and
worship together.
We are really enjoying our growing relationship with the church as they are very outreach oriented which is rare for an African church.
That's about all for now!
Thank you for your prayers and support
Loving Africa
The Bakers
