Sorry for this very long absence of writing to you all. No, we are not away for good but thought it good to just try and find ourselves before we tackle anything “work-related” again. We know how important your prayers are to us and we really appreciate it at this time. Without prayer and support from friends and family, we are not able to move forward.
To sum up our lives right now in short. This morning in church, I was touched by a song that I do not know, so much that I could not hold back my tears. While crying I look around me and saw Anton hugging Toinette as she was crying as well. Our hearts are broken and shattered and it hurts so much, but we know that God wants to restore us. We are grateful for Anton at this time as he is a rock we can lean on. Our days normally start with coffee and a “cry session” and then our day starts. Seriously this is the worse time we ever had. To be very blunt, we are suffering real nicely,haha. We discovered that our bladders moved right underneath our eyes.
Christmas was the worse. We missed Gideon with our family and all of them missed him as well. He was always the center of attention and never left us without joy. Must say we were very quiet this time around. We talk and laugh at everything he would have done. Writing this makes me cry and I need to stop now, cannot see the screen……. We layed Gideon to rest next to his Oupa Callie. Now both Kallie and Callie are together.
So what are we up to? We were blessed with Suzaan visiting us already 3 times. Having her with us let us feel like a family again. We are visiting with family, even went down to the Cape Province and visited my brother, Jean. ( this is the one you all prayed for when he had Covid) It was a real blessing to spend time with my brother. He is currently here in Namibia as well and still has time to visit with him. Both our families were here for Christmas and New Year. It was nice to go fishing with my younger brother and brother-in-law and we had o much fun, of course, we did not catch anything except my brother, who caught big fish.
Toinette is enjoying her time with her mum. Ouma Paula is the best there is. Overall these years she was a real rock for us. We celebrated our 29th year since we met in Hentiesbay on Dec’93. We also celebrated the 2nd Jan 1996 as we left Namibia for Asia. Wow, long time ago and it feels like just the other day. So many memories in this place.
As for now, we need to wait for a month-long as we cannot fly back due to us being Namibian. Currently, they are blocking us from transiting in Singapore and Bangkok. So we are waiting it out till the world sees that it’s not only Africans that have the pest. So hopefully by the middle of next month, we need to be able to go home. Do not ask about the future as everything changed. Anton needs to finish school and then we will make big decisions. Convincing Toinette to leave Namibia this time around seems to be a real hard one. I totally do not blame her. So we are returning with an open heart and mind and ears to listen to God what He wants for us. Please stand with us at this time.
Sorry for such somber writing. We are finding our joy and it will come in due time. We love your writing and encouragement at this time. For all of you that are in the same situation as us, we are praying God’s blessing on you all. We know that there are plenty of you out there. We pray that this weird time will go over and we can again enjoy life as we know it.
Love
Rossouw-clan
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