Hey Everyone! Happy December and Merry Christmas.

Hey Everyone! Happy December and Merry Christmas.

There is not enough Christmas music that I can play that can convince me that Christmas is 14 days away. A hot Christmas season is the weirdest thing. Since most people who live in Johannesburg are from somewhere else, in December this place turns into a ghost town while everyone returns to their home towns for the holidays. I am looking forward to open roads and empty stores, which is very opposite to what it would look like in California.

  I have some pretty exciting news to share.

In the last three weeks we have had two adoptions! On the 22nd of November my precious Big Girl went home with her forever mommy, forever daddy and Cousin. I think this will be one of the hardest adoption I will experience. I am so happy for her and her family and believe that this is where she

was suppose to be but it doesn’t make the whole is my heart any smaller. She was such a big part of my life at “work” at the baby house and on my days off. Three weeks later and I still have moments where I see something that reminds me of N and my heart aches a little. She is such a sweet and special girl, I cannot wait to see her on the other side of eternity and hear all the amazing things God has done.

On the 25th my little Chubby Cheeks went to spend her first Thanksgiving (if they celebrated it here) with her forever Mommy. She did so well and even had some special cuddles for mom when she was handed to her.

 I”m excited about some great new news!!

 When I first got here I felt strangely at home. I wasn’t expecting such confidence this being my first

experience in a new country and being so far away from my family. I believe it has been a true gift from the Lord. In His kindness he has helped me make many tough transitions. It is awesome to know that I am exactly where God wants me.

There are many confirmations that show me that I am exactly where God wants me to be. Even after being here for only a few weeks I was considering staying on and extending my time here. It seemed to fit.

So, my last piece of exciting news is that I have decided to stay for another 14 months. 

When I first told my family that I wanted to make South Africa my home for a while - They were not surprised at all! As a matter of fact, they had already discussed that I was going be out here longer and knew it all along. Its kinda funny they knew what I was doing with my life before I did. How awesome is that? 

At this time the rough plan is for me to fly out June 17th! Ill be back in California for a couple weeks then return home to South Africa for another 8 months. I am hopeful until about March 2015. I was able to get some time off of school until April 2015. I will need to be back if I want to continue to be enrolled as a student and finish my final year.

 In as much as plans change, I would like you to consider extending your support for me both financially and in prayer. God has changed my world view completely and I want to be a part of what He is doing here!

 I have look at my finances and have found that I have used less that I had planned - I’ve been pretty frugal! I have calculated what I will need to continue on here in my current capacity as well as adding some additional work.

The Plan!

At the present time there are many of you that have helped me out with one time gifts and there are others that have committed to support me monthly.

I am very grateful for that. 

 I am asking those of you who are supporting me monthly to prayerfully consider continuing your

support. If you are able, then I will simply need an additional $5,000.00 total to continue my journey here for the next 14 months. For those of you who are math challenged like me, that is only an additional $357 a month!

Is it worth the investment? 

This support will allow me to continue to love on the babies at El Roi, volunteer at the clinic delivering food to small local communities, as well as invest in the community of Joe Slovo. This allows us to continue to our goal of fulfilling Matthew 25 in ministering to the least of these - Those that cannot help themselves. I love building relationships with the families in our own backyard!

A special project I’d like to accomplish. 

I want to tell you about Maria and her daughter Akasiah. Maria is a caregiver at the clinic and has a 3 year old daughter named Akasiah. Akasiah lives in Joe Slovo with Maria and her father and attends the preschool at Refilwe. Back in August God put on my heart to help Maria and her family. After much prayer and thought I would like to anonymously pay for Akasiahs preschool fees for the next

year. Its 3000 Rand (about $300) for the year. Akasiah is so spunky and loves singing about Jesus just like her mama. She is so clever and has so much love to give. After I had finally made up my mind to pursue this hope of mine I found out that Maria is pregnant and expecting her second child in June! I am very honored that I will be able to help this wonderful family and see what God will do in the future. Part of your support funds will also help me accomplish this! It is something that I have been praying about for sometime now.

The most important support - Prayer. 

Over the last 6 months I know that I could not have survived without my friends and family supporting me in prayer to our heavenly Father. This journey has been so very hard both physically and emotionally and spiritually. There are many light days but there are also many heavy days too. The immense pain of loving these babies and giving them my heart knowing that God is using me to prepare them for their forever families is so very hard. This has only been possible because our Abba Father has given me the strength to accomplish it. Thank you for praying for me lifting me up!

Please continue to pray for me. Right now I covet your prayers! 

That I would continue to keep my eyes on Jesus.

That God would provide for me and for His wisdom in my life.

That God would provide for the Baby House and for wisdom as we expand to 12 babies in 2014.

And to top this off that God’s Holy Spirit would give me sensitive ear to His directing.

If you would like to support me in this part of my journey

please let me know by emailing me here:

whit.eitzen@gmail.com

Please send checks to:

Whitney Eitzen

6140 Kavala Court

Pleasanton, Ca 94566

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Thank you, Whitney Eitzen