On the 1st of March we were blessed with a much welcomed, 70 mm of rain. The rainy season started later than usual this year and the earth needed it badly.
Hennie and Elsabet visited us for Jannie’s 60th birthday. We had a bit of a water crisis during this time and Jannie and I did not feel good at all. Hence, we could not enjoy his birthday to the fullest.
Jannie towed in 2 trucks at Agua Boa with the towing truck. It was the 3rd towing job in Agua Boa. The Lord is definitely providing for us by means of the tow in truck!! One of our worker’s dog got rabies and it bit some chickens and rabbits. Eventually, it bit two children and the dog had to be put down. On March 10th, the ACRIS mobile clinic visited Chandame. The ACRIS focusses on children and pregnant women. 211 babies were weighed and 30 babies got an immunization shots for measles.
On the same day, we left for Nkhoma, Malawi; both of us feeling horribly sick. We went to the Nkhoma mission hospital for blood tests to find out what was making us so sick. It turned out that our bodies were fighting against some disease. I (Susan) had malaria again. The malaria parasites were dormant in my liver and I basically infected myself over and over again. They started me on a medication to detox my liver. Jannie also started taking medication for bilharzia.
On the 18th of March, feeling really ill, we decided to go back to South Africa. We drove non-stop for 15 hours before we took a break and slept over at the Lion and Elephant. We arrived in Kempton Park on the 19th.
On the 21st March 2016 we started to drink strong antibiotics for 10 days prescribed by Doctor Johannes Smit. We stayed in Kempton Park with Andre and Rita Fouche until we regained our strength to fly back to Cape Town and to continue our recovery process in Rawsonville. On the 26th of March, we flew back to Cape Town.
I would like to end off this entry by asking you to read the following 2 verses:
Zephaniah 3 verse 17
1 Peter 1 verse 13
God Bless!
Susan