Health and Healing for our Children

Ruth:
Our Father is good and we give Him all the honor and praise for God is restoring Ruth's health. Ruth turned 2 years old on May  21st and as you can see from her pictures can now show off her cute chubby cheeks.  She not only has gone from 5.4 kgs (11lbs 14 oz - in Feb) to 9.8 kg (21 lb 6 oz) but she is now starting to walk with assistance (and even a step or two without assistance when no one is looking).  Emotionally she is settling in nicely as well, getting more attached and comfortable with the mom’s here and it is so nice to see her starting to play with toys, the other children here, and even smile on occasion.  The hopelessness in her eyes is starting to be replaced by hope and although she still has a long way to go to catch up with others of her age, the difference that we have seen so far is truly amazing.  Thank you Father for you hand of healing on this little girl and for all of your continued prayers for her. 

Nchimunya: 

Praise God that his last HIV test came back negative! This is such an answer to prayer because although all of our babies are at risk of acquiring this disease because of their sick mothers’ Nchimunya has by far been the healthiest baby that we have received at this orphanage – from the time that he came to us at 6 weeks of age to now at 17 months of age.  God has good and continues to remind of His faithfulness through this little boy named trouble (Mapenzi) at birth and later renamed normal (Nchimunya) when he came to us.  Isn’t that a great picture of God’s redemption?

Emmanuel:
Emanuel has been plagued by this bad skin rash (since 3 months old) that did not want to go away even when we used very strong topical steroids.  It was on his face, arms and also on his butt and privates. Nothing seemed to work. We spoke to a chemist in Livingstone and showed him picture of it and he said that he feels that the steroids will flare it up worst. I suggested that he was not treated for sexual transmitted deceases that might have been passed onto him from his mother.  He suggested that we treated him for 21 days with a special antibiotic and so far it seems to have cleared up his skin in all areas.  Our hope is that it will remain clear and that this will be a permanent solution to his constant skin problems.  If not we will continue to treat for excema and go on from there.  Please pray with us for God’s continued healing touch in this little boys life : )

Other Children:

All of our other children are doing great at the moment.  It is great to see them happy, healthy, and so much more settled and comfortable with themselves and the home then when they first came.  We love seeing their smiling faces and watching them play and help around the home.  To God be the glory forever and ever.