Confinement Nanny Part 3 – God’s faithful provision

15th April (Tuesday) was the day we’ve chosen to have Ruth delivered by C-section, at 39 weeks of gestation. We prepared ourselves as much as we could towards the date.

The most interesting episode was about the confinement nannies. In my previous post I’ve mentioned that the confinement nanny(Aunty LH) that I had engaged months ago had called a week before the date to turn down the job because her husband had a stroke attack. She had kindly found a replacement for me, someone she knows and was reliable. After the call, Daniel and I immediately took this matter to God and asked God for wisdom on what to do next.

Initially I wasn’t comfortable in taking her recommendation. So I sent out notices to friends for their help. The very next day I received 4 numbers to call. After a day of waiting on God, I was surprised that God had prompted me to call the lady that Aunty LH had recommended.

So the call was made and the arrangement was set up and confirmed. The lady came to Singapore over the weekend prior to 15th Apr to wait for my call while staying in her sister’s house. She is a Malaysian.

On Monday afternoon we contacted each other again to confirm my home address and directions for her to get here by public transport.

Daniel and I were just watching the last episode of the Korean soap when she called at 10.50pm. In a panic voice she told me that she was very sorry that she couldn’t help me out because someone in her family had just passed away (her sister, I found out later)! After hanging up the phone, both of us immediately went before God and asked Him to take over, because there’s really nothing we could do as we have to leave for the hospital early the next morning.

I then called another contact who runs an agency that should have available help at this time, but no one answered the call. But we felt a strange sense of peace despite all this unsettling situation.  Another 5 mins passed, the phone rang. It was aunty LH, who told me that she was informed about the situation and she would come to take over. Her husband had recovered much since he started treatment and he was the one who encouraged her to go ahead and take the confinement job.

I really marveled at how God just make things beautiful in His own time.  Aunty LH is really a good helper, the best among the three I’ve had.  She’s cheerful, systematic, knows what she wants and yet exercises discretion and flexibility.  I felt very well rested and ministered to by her warmth and constant encouragements.  She provides fantastic support for breast-feeding through the period when my nipples were sore and bleeding.  One can tell that she genuinely loves babies and children, from the way she handles Ruth, singing and talking to her, even Reuben likes to play with her and doesn’t even mind her giving him a shower on my behalf.

We’re truly blessed.