On Sunday we had the privilege of meeting Stafie and Petru Pelser (Therina Mol’s parents, for those of you who know the family). Arnold and Joy invited us for lunch because Stafie, who is blind, was so eager to meet us and chat to us about Cameron, and life in abundance.
He brought along a suitcase full of just some of the things that he uses to make life easy and ‘normal’ for him. He chatted to us about the path of acceptance that he walked, he gave us some advice about how to raise Cam, and he read to us from Romans 8:
‘Who shall separate us from the love of Christ? Shall trouble or hardship or persecution or famine or nakedness or danger or sword? As it is written: "For your sake we face death all day long; we are considered as sheep to be slaughtered." No, in all these things we are more than conquerors through him who loved us. For I am convinced that neither death nor life, neither angels nor demons, neither the present nor the future, nor any powers, neither height nor depth, nor anything else in all creation, will be able to separate us from the love of God that is in Christ Jesus our Lord.’
It was such a blessing for us to spend time with Stafie, and much of what he shared with us confirmed decisions that we have already made about the direction of our parenting. One of the things that amazed me was how well he could read Cam. He has incredible discernment and sensitivity and he had Cam figured out within seconds…! And Cam had loads of fun playing with Duane and Therina’s three girls, Jody, Keira and Liza. :)
He brought along a suitcase full of just some of the things that he uses to make life easy and ‘normal’ for him. He chatted to us about the path of acceptance that he walked, he gave us some advice about how to raise Cam, and he read to us from Romans 8:
‘Who shall separate us from the love of Christ? Shall trouble or hardship or persecution or famine or nakedness or danger or sword? As it is written: "For your sake we face death all day long; we are considered as sheep to be slaughtered." No, in all these things we are more than conquerors through him who loved us. For I am convinced that neither death nor life, neither angels nor demons, neither the present nor the future, nor any powers, neither height nor depth, nor anything else in all creation, will be able to separate us from the love of God that is in Christ Jesus our Lord.’
It was such a blessing for us to spend time with Stafie, and much of what he shared with us confirmed decisions that we have already made about the direction of our parenting. One of the things that amazed me was how well he could read Cam. He has incredible discernment and sensitivity and he had Cam figured out within seconds…! And Cam had loads of fun playing with Duane and Therina’s three girls, Jody, Keira and Liza. :)
The other photos are of Cam, Ben and Tyla at the Stokkers’ housewarming on Saturday, and of Cam playing with Lola in his room this morning before school. :)
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What a blessing that visit must have been. Thanks for sharing how the Lord is providing so wonderfully. Love Belinda
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