We cannot believe we have been here for over 2 months now! The time is flying by and we are getting more and more acclimated into the culture. We have started getting more involved now that we have somewhat scheduled and normal lives. Cason has been playing soccer more often and is working on finding ways to witness to the guys and I have been trying to find ways of incorporating Christian education into the lives of the orphans.
We have received four new babies at the Baby Center in the last two weeks! We are so excited to welcome Elias (6 months), Dorcas (2 months), Enoch (2 months), and Grace (2 weeks). I have loved cuddling these new babies, working with them and discovering their personalities.
Elias has some pretty major health problems and could use a lot of prayer. His blood tests he had some leftover antibodies from his mother, so he has to get an IV in the top of his head every 6 hours - sounds so painful! We are praying hard that with good care everything will clear up as he gets older. He is such a sweetheart!
Grace is jaundiced and has been in the incubator with special UV lights the last few days to help her condition.
Enoch is severally anemic and they are hoping with a proper diet he will improve quickly. He also has a large hernia where his umbilical cord was cut, which is very painful for him.
Dorcas is over two months old and only weighs about 5 lbs or less.
She is slowly gaining weight but is having a lot of trouble keeping her milk down because her stomach isn’t used to eating so much. I am already in love with the new babies and can’t wait to see how them blossom in a loving, healthy place like the Baby Center. Please pray that all of them continue to get healthy and adjust to their new environment!
We’ll post more later about our weekend… we had 26 Kenyan youth sleepover at our house on Friday night!
Love,
Colleen
PS – Here are some photo albums from lately:
Last week we had Cason’s co-workers and their families over for dinner… to reverse roles a bit, we served American food (pizza) so they were the ones wondering how to eat it!
We also had Joshua, Andrew, and Ida over to our house last week to play… the caregivers said it was Joshua and Ida’s first time out of the Baby Center!
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