Tuesday, January 14, 2014

For Jonathan Sake Outreach Day 13-Prisca


Prisca has been coming to the outreach program for the last couple years. For the longest time she never smiled & was very serious during outreach but this past summer there was a switch. I am not sure if it was because she was more comfortable at outreach or what but I just love seeing her smile! Prisca has Spastic Cerebral Palsy which means her muscles are tight which make it hard for her to move her arms & legs. She has no cognitive impairments & is completely aware of what is going on around her. This summer she started grasping objects with her left hand and can grasp and release objects purposefully. She absolutely loves playing with toys with the required assistance to do so. 






Her favorite toys are the piggy bank, IPAD, and swing. This summer Prisca had knee immobilizers made and was fitted for ankle orthosis that has allowed her to walk with assistance of me pushing her feet forward with mine. During walking tasks is when I see her biggest smile emerge…actually as soon as I place her braces on, she knows what is coming and that smile emerges. 


I had the privilege of visiting Prisca at her home in PdP earlier this year. It was a Bittersweet moment… The BITTER part: Found out she lives in an orphanage & her mother abandoned her at the La Pointe hospital...After returning to the mission I found out that she was abandoned when she was little and the lady that brought her every week to outreach that I thought was her mother was actually one of the workers at the orphanage where she resides. Prisca is the only disabled child at this small orphanage. The SWEET part: watching her light up when we arrived, seeing the other kids interact with her, seeing this amazing small orphanage run completely by Haitians. I loved the fact we were able to bless this orphanage with a solar powered Christian 4VEH radio with MP3 version of the New Testament in Creole.









I am so thankful that this orphanage see the benefits and worth of taking the time & money to bring Prisca an hour each way to outreach 1x a week. I love that fact that she gets that 1:1 attention for 4 hours 1x a week!




 Please keep Prisca in your prayers…
~Pray that she knows how loved & special she is
~Pray that she will continue to gain strength & new skills
~ Pray for the orphanage workers to continue to see the benefit in bringing her to outreach


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