Just Two Months

Remember the song “What a Difference a Day Makes”? What I remember is this. “What a difference a day makes, twenty four little hours. With the sun and the flowers, where there used to be rain.”

Remember Darlene and Jerrine, the twin babies we rescued back in September? (Sept. 9 blog) What I remember most about baby Darlene (unlike her better nourished sister) is the ribs protruding through her sagging skin.

Well take a look a Darlene now. She has lived at the Nursery for just 2 months. And now we are singing: “What a difference two months make, 61 little days. With the gurgles of praise, where there used to be pain.”

Two months is not two days. Rejuvenation is not resurrection. But just as God raised Christ from the dead on the third day, so God has breathed new life into Darlene in this second month.

This is why we are here. This is why; in spite of our doubts, in spite of our questions, and in spite of the hardships that may lie ahead for baby Darlene; this gift of new life is why the Mzuzu Crisis Nursery exists.

Upon admission (at 3 & 1/2 weeks old)  baby Darlene weighed just 4.6 pounds.

      Now she weighs 10.3 pounds.

Upon admission she drank just 1.5 oz of formula every 2 hours.

      Now she drinks 6 oz. of formula every 3 hours.

Upon admission she looked like a poster child for famine relief.

      Now she looks like a poster child for good nutrition.

YES! 

Through God’s amazing grace, this is what we to do here at the Mzuzu Crisis Nursery—practice resurrection.