Blessings & Concerns

The morning here at Haven of Hope came with some great news!  Nellie gave birth in the wee hours of the morning to a healthy, beautiful baby boy named Sean.  Even though he came 6 weeks early, the doctors say his lungs are fully developed and he is just fine.  Momma is also doing great.  They plan on being discharged tomorrow and settling in back at home.

Also today, I went with the social worker here at HOH to take 2 kids to the hospital for HIV check ups.  Three children at Haven are HIV+.  One of them, Peninah, is responding well to the drugs and only has to have check ups every 3 months.  The two other girls, Beatrice and Lucy, 9 and 8 years respectively, are not responding so well and as a result have to go once a month.  The examination showed that they have lost weight from their last visit.  They are both about 5 kgs less than ideal weight.  This raises some major concerns.  We met with the nutritionist about how to better feed them and also picked up some more drugs.

Please lift up some prayers for both of these situations.


I could not upload the pictures to the blog so look for them on facebook :)