Christmas time is always a special time for us. After all, there is not a bigger miracle and blessing than a brand new Christmas baby! On Christmas Day 2010 our volunteers met some friends from Operation Shoebox at the hospital for our visit. Operation Shoebox donated more than 50 beautifully wrapped and lovingly filled boxes as gifts for our moms and their babies. Thank you Operation Shoebox! We look forward to working with you in the years to come.
We are also excited to tell you that our friend Margriet and her twin boys were discharged from hospital two weeks ago. We first met Margriet back in early December when she was admitted to Heldeberg Hospital after going into labour unexpectedly, 10 weeks early. When she arrived at the hospital she was very scared. She was worried for the wellbeing of her babies, couldn’t contact her husband to let him know what was going on and had had to leave her other children in the care of a neighbor.
Her babies were born that night weighing in at only 900g each! Margriet spent the night praying that her newborn sons would survive. The next morning we visited the hospital and supplied Margriet with a bag for each of her babies containing clothes, nappies and a blanket. We prayed with her and spent time comforting her. She confided that she felt afraid and very alone. Margriet had to remain in hospital for the next five weeks so we all got to know her and her boys very well as we visited the hospital four days a week and always had a hug and a pray with her.
Now her boys are bigger and strong enough, each weighing 1.8kg. Margriet was ecstatic to hear that she could at last take her babies home and introduce them to the rest of their family. She told us that she was so thankful to us: ‘I don’t know how I would have got through this difficult time without your prayers and support’.
At Bosom Buddies we pride ourselves on the love, empathy and compassion of our volunteers. We offer a very valuable service. Our gift to the mothers is so much more than just a baby bag. We offer love, understanding and knowledge. We are all sisters, daughters, mothers and wives. And we love unconditionally.
Wishing all our friends and volunteers a wonderful 2011, filled with blessings, love and laughter.
“Heart shattered lives ready for love don’t for a moment escape God’s notice.” Psalm 51:17
