Duhu-ful
Last week, I started this message titled "57 reasons why I am thankful for Duhu" and I wrote the names of all the Duhus & Gabie, our program coordinator. I was going to schedule it to send the night before Thanksgiving so you could see how thankful I am for each and every girl. But then I got a phone call and life came to a screeching hault.Amina Bateta "Teta" from our first girl (pictured above, front row, pink shirt) had passed away from liver failure. She was one of our university graduates who finished school and was not able to find employment. She came to us looking for help with her future.
There are no words to adequately describe what our Duhu family is feeling right now. Our hearts are heavy in this loss of a promising young woman. We want to take this time to honor her memory.I personally have taken this loss as a challenge to do better. Each day Gabie and I meet, I ask her, "What can we do better? How can we do what we are doing better?". I want to go into each future Duhu class thinking, "If this is the last words they hear, what do we need to tell them?".
It comes down to this, "God loves us, He has a plan for us; something He prepared in advance for us to do. If we choose to glorify Him with our life then we and others around us will be blessed because of the choices we make."
My heart is thankful for Duhu. I am Duhu-ful.
Jamie
