Friends

Elvis, Bennina, Baby Albert & Manuel

Refer back to the blog on Christmas day. These are the Swazi, Mozambique families we spent the day with. What a wonderful day it was.

Elvis is our 'do everything' around the flats man. He washes our vehicle, mows the yard (with a weed eater), takes the trash out to the road, sweeps the sidewalks, helps carry in our groceries if he is around at the time, and on and on and on. Anything you ask of him he does willingly.

What makes him special --- is that he is HIV/AIDS positive and is faithfully taking his medication treatments. He has had some rough times since we have known him but still he keeps a positive attitude and smile on his face.

Three years ago he lost his wife to this dreadful disease and then a short time later lost a little girl of the same. He has an eight year old daughter that his Mother is raising.

During the Christmas Holidays he was to go home to see his daughter but since Val Young of the Regional Office (the one in charge of the flats) was gone he stayed to help keep things running smoothly.

Even fighting this awful disease, he shows how a person can continue to live, work and be an encouragement to others. Please remember our friend Elvis in your prayers.