This December, Ruth and her entire family moved into her brand new home. Please take a few minutes to read her letter of gratitude to her donor Philip.
 |
| Look at her new door and windows!!!
Dear Philip
RE: Sincere
Gratitude
Praise the
Lord so much. I wish to send you this
letter to express my most sincere
gratitude for all you have done for me and my family. I do not know how to tell
you about my past, since I have got the good things now, but in the past I had
a lot of challenges which you have washed away from me.
Since my
childhood I stayed with my mum, our father could not even take care of us which
caused our mum to quit her marriage because the father did not care at all.
Worse still he was very violent. She could not stand this. She moved to a very
small rented house. Her major aim was to make sure that she feeds us so that we
do not die. We did not eat to have enough but to survive. We got used to having
one simple meal in a day and just sleep on empty stomachs. All the same we
appreciated the old woman. Our mother
took care of us in the best way that she could despite the very poor
conditions. We did not even get the
chance to go to school.
All my life I
had a dream of having a good big house, where I could have a room of my own,
which I would make smart and clean. I was not thinking about a cement and glass
house. I would have been satisfied with a smaller and less permanent house.
Even that one I never got. I kept on dreaming for a house. But that did not
happen until now. I had very many years to wait. Thank you for giving me the
opportunity to realize my dream. I now have a three bed room house. I have a
spacious room of my own and the children have their rooms. I do not know
express my joy. When construction was going on I went to the house every day. I
moved in and out of every room and I could wonder whether I was dreaming or it
was real that this is my house!!!! I couldn’t wait to enter and live in it.
Thank you very much for giving me a great house!!!!!!
When I grew
up, I got married to a man whom I loved and we started staying together in a
rented house. I knew that since I have
got a companion, we shall be well off. My husband and I worked very hard and we
saved some money in the house, planning to look for a better place and build a
house of our own. I was happy and looked forward to a good life. After a few years I had 3 children and even I
was 7 months pregnant expecting another baby. I was expecting Peter. One day
when I came back from work, I found when my husband had taken all our
belongings in the house and also the money that we had worked for and saved for
a long time, he only left my clothes.
Since then I have never heard
from him or heard of him.
He left me
with the kids in the rent house and I suffered with the children. Feeding and
dressing the children was hard enough but paying the monthly house rent was the
most complicated. I was in arrears for
many months. When the situation became
worse, I went back to my mother’s house with the family after failing to pay a
few months rent. I promised the land
Lord to continue paying until when the debts would be paid up. It took me a
long time. I started digging in other people’s plantations with my mum in order
to get some food to feed the family. The
idea of putting the children in school was unthinkable. The dream of ever
having a house of my own was completely dropped.
During those
days I gave birth to a baby boy (Peter), by bad lack, the baby was attacked by
Tuberculosis ( T.B), because in my
mother’s small house we were staying with my brother who is a smoker. We
were congested in the small house and I had no help and no alternative. I took
Peter for treatment in the many places that I could afford. I tried some
hospitals but in those days I had no money. Peter was at the verge of dying.
Good luck came when Ben and Melody took my baby to an intensive care unit; this
was through the church of Christ in our area. The baby was cured and he gained
his life back. He is now healthy and bouncing.
Then miracles
came. The first miracle was that I was going to receive a monthly financial
support. I was not even sure about who was so generous to give me this income.
I knew this would be enough to give me and my children with my mother a descent
life with enough to eat. I was happy and
comfortable. I was not thinking about a house yet. But miracles continued
flowing. Latter on I was told that you
were going to build a house for me, haaa,
oh myyy, on that day I was the happiest lady of the day. I was like
crazy!!!!
The house has
been constructed and we have started staying in it. When I am in my room I hear
the boys happily chatting in their room. I smile to myself and just thank God.
Sometimes I do cry. For sure sometimes I cannot understand how and why you
selected me among all the people… It is amazing. So I have a beautiful spacious
house and even the toilet and bathroom were built. I thank you so much for that
kind of loving heart that you showered to me and my family. Thank you once
again for giving us a descent home to live in. It is a wonderful house. May the
Almighty God bless you so much.
I wish you a
merry Christmas and a Prosperous new year 2013. I wish you more and more
blessings to you and your family.
I remain your
friend,
Nakangu Ruth
|
 |
| Her new luxury bathroom |
 |
| This latrine was dug down to 60 feet! |
