Update of the Week

 

Wherein ye greatly rejoice, though now for a season, if need be, ye are in heaviness through manifold temptations: That the trial of your faith, being much more precious than of gold that perisheth, though it be tried with fire, might be found unto praise and honour and glory at the appearing of Jesus Christ.

1 Peter 1:6-7

This week we have definitely been tried with fire.  It started off with our plan to spend the day (Monday) at the beach.  The kids were all excited, scrambling to get things together for the trip while I checked on the nursery.  Gift had been having diarrhea but no other symptoms through the weekend.  On Monday morning it was obvious that he was sick and I couldn't put off a trip to the doctor as he as getting dehydrated.   We took him to the hospital which is where you can see a doctor and they admitted him due to being dehydrated.  They couldn't locate a vein to put in an IV so the plan was to administer oral hydration liquids.  Now I had to return home, disappoint my children and coordinate another stay in the hospital. 

To make up for not going to the beach we decided to go on a picnic.  As we were trying to find a picnic spot we received a call from DSWO that there were twins that needed a home.  Our attempts at a picnic failed so we quickly ate our lunch and headed home to assess the situation.  We had two extra beds only because Gift was in the hospital so we agreed to take them.  They are Adam and Eva, 7 months old, and desperately in need of food; beautiful babies but very skinny.  We all saw God's hand in canceling our trip because the needs of these babies were greater than our need for pleasure.

On my return trip to the hospital that afternoon I found that no hydration liquids had been given and he had been given Panadol (Tylenol) but nothing else throughout the day.  The following morning I had him discharged as we could give liquids to him at home.  Andy and I spent the rest of that morning looking for a house to rent for the nursery but with very little success.  They showed us a house that was almost complete but the owner needed money to finish which is the way life is here in Malawi.  If we could just give them 6 months rent the closets and kitchen cabinets would be put in within a week.  "If" we gave them the money it might be finished in a month of two.  We said we'd think about it.  Our search goes on….

To be continued…

Lisa