Morning
Thought Thursday July 6th
Good morning
When I was
in Romania last month, it was with real sadness that we made the decision to
close Casa Mabel, Mustard Seed Jersey’s residential home for the elderly in the
Bihor county of Romania.
We had
raised funds to build it and it opened in 2009. Since then it had moved from
strength to strength, ending up as an extremely popular home – the best in the
county – to judge by the feedback on the website.
Quite simply
earlier this year new rules, regulations and requirements for
running such a home came into force quite unexpectedly, and this made it
impossible for Mustard Seed to run Casa
Mabel legally now. So with real sadness
we took the decision to close. It is scheduled to close on July 15th.
We are sad
for the staff losing their jobs but most of all for the 20 residents,
whose families and friends now are finding new homes for them; many both here
in Jersey and in Romania are praying each resident finds good accommodation and
will be truly happy there.
It has made
several of us ask God “Why?” and the truthful answer is we simply do not know.
We believe God has used the home to bless many of the residents who have lived
and died there. We thank the Lord that we gained a good reputation and that the
home had such a happy atmosphere. We will probably never understand the true
reasons till we see God in Heaven and can ask Him if we want to.
In
Ecclesiastes in the Bible we read: “There is a time for everything and a season
for every activity under heaven, a time to be born and a time to die, a time to
plant and a time to harvest …… a time for war and a time for peace”. Have a good day and God bless you.