Meeting

Shelby has a meeting with the Mayor this morning.  There is a lot of government owned land here in South Africa.  We are looking to see if there is land available to have a place of safety / cluster foster home on.  The place of safety is like a temporary foster care for emergencies.  The social worker that I spoke with said that it can sometimes take up to 6 months to remove a child from a dangerous / abusive situation because they have no where for them to go.  These children are in need of temporary care until other family can be found to take care of the children.  Cluster foster care here is similar to adoption in the states.  A house mom or couple would be given custody of the children until the turn 18.
So the vision is some land where there could be 3-4 places of safety and 3-4 cluster foster homes.  Along with some community buildings and housing for staff and visitors.  That is what we are praying for and will be explaining to the mayor today to see if there is land available.  Please join us in prayer for the perfect piece of land, favor with the mayor, and Gods will to be done.
blessings