It's not so easy to get 10 babies posing for their Christmas photo!
Rozina, Matron, Molly (twin girl - 3 1/2 years old), Abigail, Lumamba (our newest baby as of last week - Tim calls him the Blue Mamba) - being held by Timmy (Molly's twin brother), Potius, Mikey,Maakes, Abraham. Oh - and Molly is holding Cornolius - you can only see the tip of his head!
Maakes is one of our new milk baby clients who has been staying with us for a few days as he was almost a dead boy a few days ago and now - truly by the grace of God - is sitting and smiling. He no longer has diarrhea, vomiting. He is 4 kg and is 16 months old!!!! But today he is holding his own! and he's able to hold his head up on his own. He will return to the village with his 41 year old granny today (so she can plant their maize)and they'll return on January 2 so we can monitor further and put more weight on him. His is a classic and all too common case of severe, malnutrition which unfortunately the local health care system is inadequate in their response to him - and family are not doing their part either. So...we educate, support and pray!
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