How Shepherd’s Care staff risked their lives
MBABANE - The Shepherd’s Care staff risked their lives to pick up one their residents, a deaf boy with a hearing impairment at a school in South Africa that closed before all the others in Eswatini, because it’s beside one of the King’s residences, where torching it was reportedly expected.
Their ministry partner, who with his wife, cares for the sponsored children, who don’t live at the care home, helped a friend rescue his son from another institution during the violence on the streets. “All of our Shepherd’s Care children and staff are still safe, and so far all our other sponsored children we’ve been able to reach are well,” Spencer said.
“Even though the small shop beside the elementary school in our village was destroyed, violence has not reached the care home. We’re grateful for angelic hosts surrounding our GSM family and property.” Stan Drew, former longtime missionary in Eswatini, told Spencer that the ministry should have a four to five months food supply because of unrest in South Africa, the source for most of the tiny kingdom’s commodities.
FOOD
“We’re trying to find enough food to stock up to give ( the children),” Spencer said.
“When I say food, I’m talking about non- perishables like mealy- meal ( the most relied- on ground corn product in Eswatini), rice and beans. We’re just trying to find enough of those staples so we can take care of everybody.”
Internet access is sporadic, but Spencer knows most missionaries have been evacuated. Daily, she checks news reports from Eswatini, hoping to learn of restoration of