We have had one more little one join us this past week a 6 month old little boy who is with us because his dad just died of AIDS about a month ago, his mum is HIV+ too & unable to care for him. She has no family who are interested in assisting her in any way since they found out she is HIV+. She’s been complete ostracized & has made application to be the first mum (& baby) at our respite care property.
She is currently well & able to care for her son now, but has no financial support at all, so needs to try to find work now that her husband has died. She visits her son & is hoping soon that the duplex at our Lakeview property will be finished soon, so that she can live there & be re-united with her son.
Her story is full of sadness, as the eldest of 5 children she was never allowed to go to school, her parents required her to help in the home caring for her younger siblings. She lived with her husband for 3 years before they married, however just over a year ago when she committed her life to the Lord through the influence of a local pastor, they were married.Before they were married they both had a blood test for AIDS, & presented as HIV negative.
After they were married she had to travel to the province of her birth to change the needed documentation to her married name & fulfill other requirements for her ID card, she was gone for several weeks to fulfill these requirements. While she was gone unbeknown to her, her new husband slept with the village prostitute who is a known AIDS carrier. When she found out she was 3 months pregnant with their son she also was told she was HIV+. When she confronted her husband about this he admitted to her about sleeping with the village prostitute. Her husband died 5 weeks ago.
She came to us & asked if we could help her & now wants to be the first one to make application for our respite care home. She is a committed Christian, Yesterday when I was talking with her I asked her if she has any doubt at all that where she will go when she dies & she said no. Please pray for Buphae. attached is a photo of her.
We need another $2000 to complete the duplex she wants to live in, including landscaping & raised vegetable garden bed for her to maintain. We are working hard with 3 teams here at the present time, getting the foundations done for the hospice, which is a 2 storey building, where women will live in their final stages, after they are no longer able to care for their little ones in the “independent living” quarters we are building.
We are excited to let you know that we have a nurse who is joining us next month. Her name is Cindy Haynes, she has had 15 years experience as a HIV nurse in USA & was director of a hospice for those dying of AIDS. She & her husband have recently moved to Chiang Rai with their 3 children. Isn’t it amazingly wonderful how God is making this project work out! I am so blessed to see God put this jigsaw puzzle together. I am attaching a document that outlines the financial needs & the amounts we need for the property development. We want to have 8 duplexes on Lakeview property & one larger building that is the hospice. the duplexes are independent living while mums are well enough to care for themselves, look after a garden & care for their baby. the hospice is where they move to when they are no longer able to care for themselves & live independently, then we care for them until they die.
Just last month I was speaking with one of the doctors from the government hospital here where we take our little ones all the time now & he was telling me how great he thought this project was that we were beginning. He was fascinated with the concept of hospice care, telling me that it is not what the Thai’s normally do but that he thought the project was very worthwhile & is wanting to become involved & suggesting that he & a team of his colleagues assist us if needed. What a great opportunity, he offered to be on call to visit our patients & gave me his mobile phone number.
