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2012
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We recently completed a successful
inter-country adoption with Wandisa Adoption Agency in Cape Town and
Bethany House Adoption agency in America! A is happily settled with
his new mom and dad and is flourishing. We are always blessed when
one of our children is united with his "forever family" and in this
case we know that A is going to very happy in his new home in
America.
2012
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Please pray for baby K. He has Sturge Weber
Syndrome but we are really trusting God for his miraculous healing
because we know that all things are possible with our God!
July 2011
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July 2011
Bethany Grabau, Calvin's daughter, heads to South Africa with
dad and brother Matthew. Beth volunteers at The Promise House
for a couple of months.
Bethany is seen on the left side.
Calvin and son Matthew on the right.
If you would like to volunteer.
Please contact
calvin@thepromisehouse.org
April 2011
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April 2011 Baby Kegga arrives
at The Promise House
The directors of The Promise House Adler Haven, David and
Caroline Webb, saw Kegga abandoned in a ward of the local government
hospital last week and begged the social worker at the hospital to
find the time to complete the paperwork and get him into our care.
Although it took 4 days, Caroline got a call last Friday to come
pick him up. He is beautiful. His Mom disappeared from the
hospital without giving an address or signing adoption releases.
That means Kegga will wait awhile longer to get adopted as her
rights must be severed by a judge after a 90-day waiting period.
Pray for his health! He is battling blood clots and is being tested
for various congenital diseases. We are very concerned. House mom
Katy is keeping a close eye on him.
March 2011
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March 2011 The Promise House send
11 children to school!
The Promise House at Child Haven is our newest project through 88.1
The Promise and The Promise House. Now, we are reaching out not only
to abandoned babies through our home at Adler Haven, but to homeless
children in cooperation with His People Church in Johannesburg. On
the 12th of January, 7:30am, we began the new school year, and for
the first time, eleven of Child Haven’s twelve children were in
school. From grad 0 to grade 4, staff and the children of The
Promise House at Child Haven are adjusting and the dining room has
become homework central headquarters!
Our children are spread across four schools --- a
nursery school (conveniently located right next door to The Promise
House), our neighborhood government primary school, a re-medial
government school and a special education school. House mom, Amy
Golden, spent most of 2010 getting our children tested and accepted
into the appropriate schools. Our first application was rejected and
our staff felt discouraged. But in prayer, God reminded us that He
had chosen each child for The Promise House at Child Haven and He
had a plan for each of them. Shortly thereafter, house mom Amy found
placements for all 11!
February 2011
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February 2011 New van arrives at
The Promise House
We were really struggling with a request from The
Promise House on the need of a new van and were trying to figure out
a way to raise the money for it and then……God provided a van as a
donation from a local car dealership! This van was very need to
bring our babies and toddlers to doctors’ visits! Thank you for
allowing us to means to provide for the most needy through The
Promise House…you are a part of this!
January 2011
January 2011
One of our
wonderful babies has been adopted into a loving home in South Africa
- thank you for your support to allow things like this to happen!
2010
2010
A great story from The Promise House!
Dear Calvin
I want to share a beautiful moment from a few weeks ago. Many of
you know that Ernie and I fell in love with Baby Omolemo, our first
child The Promise House and that we applied to be his adoptive
parents. Well, imagine my shock when a FINAL ADOPTION DECREE, dated
two months before, showed up in the mail announcing that he was our
child! The letter stated that "the child is now seen as if born to
you".... I just cried... He has a new national ID number and
everything. He is OUR son that has been Born to us!! What a Joy!!!
(And with no labor pains or anything!!)Thank you, friends The
Promise House, for loving us and the children here!
Katy Kruger (House-mom at The Promise House)
 
Pastor Jack Miller and his wife Barbara
stop by The Promise House on a recent trip to South Africa.
They are the Global Missions and Local Outreach Directors, and ASL
(American Sign Language) Pastor of Southpoint Community Church,
Jacksonville.
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