When the storm drains are cleaned twice a year in our area, the city’s waste management reports seeing small, dead, baby bodies. This is traumatic for the city workers, and its reported that a psychiatrist is on staff to debrief the workers. “Baby Dumping” is officially undocumented by officials, but it is not uncommon.
What is more alarming than mothers literally throwing their newborns away, is that no one is doing anything about it in our area. Until now. “Baby Safe” is a ministry to rescue unwanted babies. A team working under the auspices of All Nations has come together from various ministries and churches to make the project a reality - including caring for the mothers who are struggling with poverty, fear and abuse. We have prayed, done “due diligence” research, and now we ready to launch the ministry. Through Baby Safe we will be able to help mothers who choose life over death for their babies.
One baby’s life was radically changed when he was found in Masiphumlele, one of the poorer communities where we work. He was tossed aside, still in his mother’s placenta, abandoned in a black garbage bag. He was left for dead, but thankfully found by a group of children. This little boy is now a thriving 5 year old. He was adopted by a wonderful couple found through a local church. Through Baby Safe we aim to save other baby’s lives like little Luke.
Baby Safe is committed to presenting an alternative to abortion, and we hope to prevent children from being abused and severly neglected by presenting mothers with an alternative.
Children rescued through Baby Safe will be placed in loving, Christian adoptive families. The precious hope of Jesus will also be presented to women in crisis as well as other social service resources meant for women and children in need.
When the little boy mentioned above was rescued and brought to his new home, this verse was read over him: “On that day you were born, your cord was not cut, nor were you washed with water to make you clean…no one looked on you with pity or had compassion enough to do any of these things for you. Rather you were thrown into an open field, for on the day you were born, you were despised. Then I passed by and saw you kicking in your blood, and as you lay there in your blood, I said to you, “Live!” (Ezekiel 16:4-6 NIV).
We believe that God will rescue the helpless through Baby Safe and make a life long covenant with the children who will be saved.
If you would like to learn more about Baby Safe, contact Bethany at bethanyallnations@gmail.com Bethany is a graduate of CPx, the All Nations training program. If you would like to receive information about CPx, write to allnationssa@gmail.com
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Wow! This is incredible. Bethany, you will be in my prayers. I share a similar vision for Chinese babies…did not know it was happening there too. I believe you have touched the heart of God in this!
from Bill
Years ago in the 1980s I often visited an open church in a South China city . Every week a group of blind elderly ladies sat in the front rows. Each week they came , sang loundly and praised the Lord.
I asked about them and was told this story. For millinia in China, baby girls were considered a burden ,thrown away , abandoned or aborted. Female infanticide was common. This was especialy true for those born blind. During the 1930s & 1940s some people started leaving blind baby girls on the door steps of missionary homes .It was common for missionaries to have raised several of these blind girls. When the communicst took over in 1949 and the missionaries were forced to leave These girls were some times adopted into Chrisian homes .
Fifty years later these elderly ladies never missed a service. One who lived far away would walk to the home of the nearest lady , who would grasp her shoulder and they would go to the next ladies home and have her also gasp a shoulder beginnig a parade. By the time they reached the church, they had picked up over thirty as would wend their way through many residential blocks .
When neighbors saw the parade of elderly blind ladies they would comment . Those are the people who’s lives were saved by the Christians.
You will neve know wha impact your Baby Safe ministry wil have.
Dear Floyd and Sally, thank you for sharing this story. I am really moved by it. And what an appropriate Bible text did they find for little Luke! God must be crying too when He sees these abandoned children. LIVE! He says to them. Unfortunately many kids can’t be rescued here on earth, but I trust they are safe with Father God. It’s so great that some Christians are actively involved in adopting and raising these precious children. We can protest against abortion, but there is only so little we can do to prevent these things from happening. I think some fathers and mothers don’t value their own lives and the lives of their children enough, maybe because they are abandoned themselves by society or even neglected by churches and individual Christians like me. Please God, open my eyes for these people living in my neighborhood - make us aware and use us to do something about it!
I will link to this posting on my own blog, thanks for posting this.
Was interested to read of the launch of the Baby Safe project. Am sending through an email in order to make contact with you as your vision links quite strongly with ours at Pregnancy Help Centre - Muizenberg. All the best for much fruit from your ministry.
Hi Floyd and Sally,
Thanks for this article……. it is very sad that such things are happening.
I thank God for the christians who have sacrificed themselves in adopting the Kids, they should remember their reward is Great in heaven because God takes note of everything that is happening in this world.
Thanks so much, I found you through Paul Blog.
God bless you
Rebecca