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 Baby
Samuel came to the orphanage courtesy of the police when he was one
day old. He was found discarded at a trash site, obviously battered
and still attached to the placenta. Upon closer scrutiny it was
discovered that he had been strangled and was bruised all over his body
and face. We arrived the morning after he was brought to St.
Paul's. He could not cry and had not eaten anything. He was short
of breath, weak and dehydrated. Really except for breathing he
showed little sign of being alive and barely moved arms or legs. We
were able to take him for medical care though it consisted mainly of
a shot of penicillin. In America he would have been put in ICU and
placed on respiratory assistance. Andy and I feared he would not
live through the night and called back to the prayer cells to ask
for prayer for him. The teams responded and when we went in the
next day he was improved, then better each day. As of two days ago
he was a growing 8 week old, happy and healthy. St. Paul's has four
infants that have been rescued from similar types of abadonment. |
 Moses was found
in the trash on the outskirts of Nairobi and brought to one of our orphanages.
Surprisingly, he was in good shape but was only 2 days old and needed immediate care. Today, more than two years later, he
is a happy active little boy. |
Tabitha's parents both died of aids, her mother just about 18 months
ago. Tabitha was too much for her parents so they locked her in a
closet and fed her occasionally through a small hole in the door.
When she was four, after her mother was found dead she was brought
to St. Paul's. She still has not spoken, but sometimes she looks
up, connects and smiles and we all melt. Miraculously, Tabitha does
not have
HIV.
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Naomi is 6. She was born with bilateral club feet and when her sick
and single mother could no longer care for her she was brought to
St. Paul's. A physician on St. Paul's board of directors arranged
for her care and she has just completed a corrective surgery on the
second foot. She is shy and embarrassed about her casts and crutches
but she will soon be walking normally for the first time.
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