JUMAIDA IN HOSPITAL Jumaida was taken in last Tuesday for her follow up lab test to make sure all her malaria was gone. The malaria was gone, but the Dr. didn’t like her other lab results. Due to her lack of appetite after completing her malaria treatment, her blood sugar was down, and she just didn’t have much energy. The Dr. decided to admit her for
JUMAIDA SUFFERS SETBACK Monday this week, Jumaida’s body began to swell in all limbs plus her face. This usually means anemia, but her lab work showed a Hemoglobin of 9.9. The culprit proved to be a mild case of malaria causing a protein deficiency. She was placed on medication, and sent home with orders for a high protein diet of eggs, Hypo cereal, and several vitamins. Baby Jumaida
3 ORPHANS ADMITTED TO FOOD PROGRAM These 3 little girls, ages 4, 5, and 6, and their grandmother walked into our mission station on Tuesday this week. The girl’s mother had just passed away from a longtime illness. The father left them over 3 years ago just before the mother became ill. It was obvious the granny needed all the help she could get. We started
TRULY A LIFE SAVING RESCUE On Thursday, a father who’d lost his wife 3 weeks ago, brought his malnourished 6‑month-old son named Denisio (Dee-knees-ee-oh) for his 2nd weigh in for infant formula. After 7 days in his Father’s care, Denisio’s weight had dropped 200 grams from the previous week, which he couldn’t afford to lose since he is the size of a 4‑month-old. The milk in
BABY SOPHIA IS WITH JESUS Sophia fought hard, overcoming the diarrhea, but developed pneumonia on Saturday. Even with the best antibiotics available, her little body couldn’t fight off this killer illness. She went into severe respiratory distress on Monday afternoon, and passed away a few hours later. Thank you for your prayers for her, as she was such a sweet little girl. Our only comfort is knowing that she
BABY SOPHIA, FIRST BABY TO JOIN US IN 2026 Baby Sophia’s Grandmother presented this infant to us on Thursday morning weighing only 4kg/8.8 lbs. at 4 MONTHS of age. Director Anna and I immediately whisked the infant off to the hospital. She is very weak and in critical condition due to dehydration and diarrhea, as she barely consumed a small amount of formula. The hospital staff placed an
ERGILCIA HAS AN 8 HGB THIS WEEK! This is nothing short of a miracle! Last week she had a 7.6 Hgb, so God is showing mercy on this little one. Anemia is slow to respond and correct itself, so the hospital said to keep doing what we are doing and return in 30 days to check her Hgb.I am overjoyed to see even a little improvement in her
ERGILCIA NEEDS AN IMMEDIATE MIRACLE Ergilcia’s anemia continues after the malaria she suffered 2 months ago. Even with a high protein diet, iron supplements, and maximum folic acid for her age over the last 30 days, her hemoglobin count was only 7.6 yesterday. Normal is 12 to 14. Below 8 is critical, but no one wants to transfuse her again with blood, since it will be her 3rd transfusion. This
AN INFANT FOR CHRISTMAS, NOW ANOTHER FOR NEW YEAR’S! Baby Dimilson (Deh-mil-son), 8 months old, but only 6.3kg/14 lbs. was presented to us on December 29th. Dimilson’s mother passed away 15 days prior. The Aunt tried, but couldn’t handle 6‑month-old twins, plus Dimilson. She had been feeding him casava root, which will kill in infant if given long enough. Since he weighed 6.4 kg in
JESUS GAVE ME A NEW INFANT FOR CHRISTMAS! Xica’s diarrhea finally stopped on the 7th day, and she was allowed to come home on Christmas Day! The Grandmother admitted to the hospital staff that she had given the infant Mahaia (a mild alcoholic corn mash). That stuff is poison to an infant, so it is a miracle she lived to get to us. She is doing great