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NOVEMBER 2004
Wonderful folk in America have "put the lights on" in Shepherd's keep, after sending a donation which is paying for the installation, and the balance will be used for a portion of the ceiling upstairs.
Grateful thanks go to this couple!
Shepherd's Keep place of Care has received a lovely hanging for its Chapel, which was quilted and embroidered by PINEVILLE JUNCTION QUILTERS. It was made by senior citizens, who also made and donated 60 duvet covers with matching nappy hangers. Nina Brooking of Pineville Junction Quilters, hands over the quilt to Michelle Potgieter and Cheryl Pratley of Shepherd's Keep.
OCTOBER 2004
SHEPHERD'S KEEP NEWSLETTER
Dear friends and faithful partners
The year is nearly passed, and what an amazing year it has been to see this great big, beautiful building emerging from the sand and stones of the property after it was cleared of all the trees!
Of course, we are all overjoyed that the project will soon be up and running again, and to this we owe thanks to all our most wonderful prayer partners, sponsors and donors, who have been more than generous in giving this year! To all of you out there, a huge big thank you from management and staff!
We now have the last few hurdles to get over and are appealing to all to help us get ready for the Festive season, when abandonment are tragically increased enormously and there are people knocking on our doors all the time with tiny scraps of humanity who need desperate attention, be it medical or otherwise.
We, at Shepherd's Keep, will now have ALL the medical and other urgent treatment necessary, as we sport a Hi-Care and Isolation nursery, fully kitted out with the latest medical equipment with professional staff to take care of these special needs.
Our home will be open around the clock as it always has been, so admissions are always received with the love and attention these special babies deserve.
To make this real by Christmas time, we need urgent funds and a few items, such as sun screen for windows, aluminium window frames and windows for the ramp side of nurseries, a few sash windows to finish off the outside, a small quantity of retaining bricks,irrigation for the large garden,a floor for the chapel, blinds for nursery windows, burglar bars for windows and doors, a quantity of hard -wearing new carpets,balustrades for ramps and play-room balcony, surrounding cupboards for baby changing areas -- new pine cots,pabx system,computers, etc, we are nearly there!!
If you are going to have a look at the website, you will see that we have many sponsors who have donated building material, their time etc—this is found on the sponsor page
Cash donations are very welcome for running costs and can be deposited into the account on the how to help page.
On this note, we leave you, hoping that 60 cots will soon be fitted out with pretty furnishings and filled with precious babies!!
Kind regards
Colin, Cheryl and Michelle
MAY 2004
SHEPHERD'S KEEP PROPERTY
A warm and light-filled view from inside Shepherd's Keep speaks of the care and kind of spirit that will inhabit this building for abandoned babies.
Inside sunny dining room
Praise God, we are nearly there !
We now need to raise funds for the plumbing links, electricity to be finished and the interior fixtures and fittings, and also the exterior landscaping—all sounds easy, but this huge project needs much prayer and commitment—the admin. dept. is always abuzz with much work, and Colin and Michelle have really done a sterling job in fundraising, and we give God the glory for giving them this ability and for their perseverance in sometimes very difficult situations.
The chapel will be used immediately for much praise and worship to God our King, who has made all this possible, and training and groups will be transferred to this new building, very soon
HANDS OF MERCY
Our Hands of Mercy is going very well, and a huge order goes out to the valleys of Kwa Zulu Natal next week—this time we have added some different infection control medications and really hope to touch the very ill deep down in the valleys, where there is very little help for anything.
We include a beautiful booklet on "living in Hope" which has really given many hope already. Once again, thank you for all our friends out there, who really have made a difference, who say they are going to do something to help, and really have!!
DONATIONS
We have had many donations ( even clothes and baby food!) all the way from America and cash donations too!
It is these donations that keep faith strong in us, knowing that there are those of you out there who really care, and have compassion for the abandoned babies of Africa—so helpless and vulnerable.
Thank you all and God bless you—we need you all and especially your prayers!
Colin and Cheryl Pratley — custodians of Shepherd's Keep
FEBRUARY 2004
2004 is going to be the most exciting year yet, with our new facility waiting to have the roof put on and the plastering and all other things that have to be done to finish the building, takes place—we still hope to be open before May!
The new statistics are frightening—ONE MILLION PEOPLE WILL DIE THIS YEAR IN NATAL. MORE PEOPLE ARE DYING THAN ARE BEING BORN IN NATAL BY THE YEAR 2015, THE REGION WILL BE UNDERPOPULATED—we keep hearing reports like this, and know that if there is not a radical turn around, the stories are true! In all this chaos, are the abandoned, sick, usually dying babies, so very helpless and defenseless calling out for a chance.
WE CAN HELP—PLEASE PRAY FOR THE BUILDING AND ALL THE FUNDS THAT ARE NEEDED—we have the infrastructure to care and find families by the time the babies are 6 months old.
We are grateful for any donations now, in cash or kind, and all those wonderful folk out there who keep giving to this cause, THANKYOU!
Colin and Cheryl Pratley — custodians of Shepherd's Keep
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