Kiddos (and Melicia) gone home!

Auguslene’s lowest weight was 18lbs and she went home weighing 21.5lbs Julien’s lowest weight was 33lbs and he went home weighing 41lbs. Guiveline dropped 3lbs of water weight and weighed 20lbs at her lowest. When she went home she weighed 29.5lbs. Melicia came to us weighing 58lbs. She left weighing

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Happy Birthday henley!

Henley had a Birthday on Aug 27th.  We ordered B-day presents and they were going to come in the Monday before his B-day.  But it did not happen.  The present have still not made it and will arrive within the next few weeks.  Enoch and I made a quick trip

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Quick birth

This lovely lady went into labor one evening.  She labored all night and decided early that morning she needed to come to the clinic.  She lived to far away to walk so she got on a moto to come.  On the way here her water broke. She made it just

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Update on the babies in the tent

Previous post about the babies in the tent  here, here, here , here In May/June of 2011 we had 6 new babies in the tent.  They were all small little ones and 5 of their mothers had died in child birth.  The two boys on the right hand side have

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Expecting great things…

The cholera house numbers have been down for several weeks now.  We are excited and thankful for that.  We know at any time the number can jump back up and we are preparing for that by stocking up on supplies and continuing our plans for the new cholera hospital.  In

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The prayers of a father

I posted about Williona and Williony here. Their mom and dad left their house yesterday to come visit the kids today.  On the way down the mountain paths their other child got sick with cholera.  They found a center near to where they were at.  The mom stayed with her

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