When our daughter, Butterfly, died in June this year, we realise we had to take action in spite of our grief.
Funds donated to us in Butterfly’s memory were used to co-create a children’s play area in Northern Botswana from scratch.
Now, some vulnerable children, many with life limiting conditions, have a safe space to come together and simply enjoy being children.
This Sunday we’re sharing a private video we made of our formal opening of the play area last week:
One of Stephen’s favourite quotes comes from a devotional he read one sunrise whilst serving in Africa as a teenager:
“As we meet and touch each day
The many travellers on life’s way
Let every such brief contact be
An encouraging helpful ministry.”
For him, it confirmed his sense that we are all travellers on a journey, and that no matter how brief our contact with another, we can encourage and help someone take their next step on life’s journey through a simple brief word or silent act of encouragement.
In the week ahead who do you need to come alongside to encourage on life’s journey?