A New Baby in the House

When Luis and I were at the Social Welfare office last week, working on Aninha’s passport, we were told that they had an abandon baby that was in desperate need of a home. While I was in South Africa, Pieter and Rika decided that we would take the little girl in at the baby house.

Yesterday, I had the chance to go and visit the little girl at the central hospital. As I walked up the many flights of stairs of the Malnourishment Ward of the hospital, I was somewhat nervous about what I might see when I entered the room of children. Skin and Bones. The little room had six children lying in five beds and all of them had an IV-like valve in their arm or in their neck.

The little girl sat there with bones exposed through her skin, but she is beautiful. Her name is Thelma. We are not exactly sure when she will be able to come home with us, but our guesses are some time this next week. Pieter said that they probably would have sent her home with us yesterday, but she had diarrhea, which sat her back in her process of being re-hydrated.

As we sat there in the hospital room, I wanted to pick her up, hold her, and love her, but she looked so fragile that I was afraid to make an attempt. Brittany was the brave soul that finally made the attempt to pick her up. As she approached the bed with her hands held out to pick Thelma up from the bed, Thelma’s arms raised up to show that she longed to be held and loved.
It is exciting to be able to see a new life that is going to be changed and touched by the work that is done by the baby house. I am so glad that I am able to be a part of what is happening here in Mozambique.


Checkout the new All Nations Mozambique website @ www.allnationsmozambique.com. Pieter and I have been working to get a website up and running for the baby house, so that people can have a more regular update of what is happening in Mozambique.