MORNING THOUGHT for Thursday November 20th

 

Good morning. Like many others I enjoy looking through photos from my trips and remembering the significance or the memory attached to those photos.

But few photos have ever given me greater satisfaction than the ones of Lotsi's family. He lives  in a house owned by Mustard Seed Jersey in a Romanian village. We invariably felt a mixture of frustration, admiration and sorrow when we visited. The wife and mother of the 7 children worked so hard to keep the kids and home clean and the kids in school.

Her husband Lotsi had huge potential - we saw that when they were homeless in how he worked to improve their shelter and we had high hopes when we placed them in the house. All had gone well apart from Lotsi's increasingly frequent drinking binges. Our final visit of last year was really difficult.

When we went there this summer we realised a change had taken place - there were crops in the garden, chickens, vegetables, even a mud brick house extension in progress and other improvements. Everyone was happier, calmer.

Lotsi explained and his wife confirmed that he had stopped his drinking for the last 6 months. His face glowed with pride as he showed us the improvements he had made and told of the job he now had.

Yes the risk Mustard Seed took in housing this family and offering the whole family this opportunity had worked - after a rocky first couple of years. Now our dreams and prayers for them to have a future full of hope are coming true.

 

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