Sydney

Last Friday we had a new little girl come and join us for the weekend. It is a God story how we received her. It was during the hours of For Jonathan Sake and one of our Miriam Center workers approached Courtney and told her she had a child she feels Courtney needed to look at. When she first went over she thought…aw look at that cute little girl! In the next 15 minutes Courtney found out this cute little newborn baby was actually 6 months old and no a newborn at all. At further investigation we found out the baby may have a genetic disorder and club feet. Her father reported they are from far away and the mother is really sick and has been sense the baby was born and that they have 3 other children at home.

It was decided that we would keep Sydney till Monday and asked the father to bring back mom for us to have the doctor look at her. This allowed us to monitor Sydney and get much needed nutrition into her body. Many of us enjoyed loving on her and showering her with hugs and cuddle time. Courtney and I were not sure if the father would return or not but on Monday He did return with mom.

At the first sight of mom I new she was sick. Courtney was not on the compound so it was up to me to handle the situation. I ended up after talking to various people and being persistent getting her into the clinic to get looked at by the doctor. They waited 4 hours to but did get in and found out that the mother was anemic and malnourished.

Dad right away picked up his little girl and loved on her and mom cried as she held her. It was so wonderful to see these parents so in love with their precious gift from God. Prior to this we were debating on what to do, should we keep Sydney every weekend and send her home during the week to monitor her, should we just have the parents bring her one time a week and get food like the rest of For Jonathan’s Sake. Seeing there love for the child made our decision that yes…we would send her home providing them with double the food we normally do for a family with extra peanut butter and formula for the baby. We prayed with the family and just loved on them. I can’t wait to see them on Thursday and see how everyone is doing. Please pray for this family. Pray that they know how much they are loved by the God of this universe. Pray that Sydney will grow and come to know the Lord. That God will bless there family