The Crisis Nursery is Open!

 

On Monday, August 28^th, Mphatso, (m-pot-so) age 5 months, came to stay with us.  His mother died 3 months ago and he has been cared for primarily by his 12 and 10 yr. old sisters.  He weighs only 9 lbs. and is developmentally about 2 months old but he is a cutie.  His family took him to the hospital as he was sick with a cold.  After talking to the hospital staff, his father admitted that he was unable to care for him any longer.  They called us to see if we would take him and we were more than happy to.  Even though he is small he is really pretty healthy except for a cough.  He has definitely gotten used to all the attention around here and he lets us know when he wants to be held.  As of yet, we have no caretakers hired but are hoping to start training a woman on Monday to be the nighttime caretaker.

When I started this blog we only had one child, but by Wednesday, we had received a call about another.  A little girl about 17 months old had been left at a day care by her prostitute mother a couple of months ago.  The old lady that ran the daycare had no money for extra mouths and she was showing the signs of malnutrition.  After an afternoon with two very nice police women and the doctors and nurses at the local hospital getting a checkup, little Bridget came home with us.  She is a classic orphan, lifeless and without expression.  We hope that we see in her the wonderful transformation that the Love of Christ can make.