Casa de Amor III: Thanks!

A big thanks to CDA III for their hard work the past few weeks!

The month of March at their house...

2 year old with unexplainable fever, in lots of pain, already health compromised so that was scary (multiple trips to doctor, multiple exams)

a few days later, a 2 year old and 1 year old break out in chicken pox (begin treatment)

a few days later, their son breaks out in nasty rash

next day, their daughter has some kind of virus

same day, the "father" to the dozen kids in their home twists his knee and is limping

other family members down with various illnesses...

a few days later, the 8 month old baby appears to have chicken pox (the doctors and I are still stumped if she actually had it or just mosquito bites, or both)

6 year old is pushed off slide as we are leaving church, diagnosed as a minor break after multiple trips to doctors, currently trying to get swelling down so he can be casted

couple days later...4 year old with tooth abcess

next day...another 4 year old with apparent urinary tract infection (but results don't warrant medication...what could it be?)

Wow, I didn't realize it was so much till I started to write it all out, and this is just what I know of/can remember. Really leaves us looking forward to tomorrow...!!

But seriously, will someone commit to holding CDA III up in prayer? They are accomplishing amazing things in these kids lives as they grow and develop and do things professionals wouldn't have thought possible, and the enemy is not happy about it!

On top of all going on there, today we carried on with our formally planned all-day Baby Home Staff meeting, and they were the gracious hosts as always.

It was a wonderful place to meet, "away" from the constant activity and noise of the Baby Home, although I told several people to come out there to meet with me instead, and received/made multiple phone calls....but I think the rest were able to relax and focus on the topics at hand.

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A BIG thanks also to Joe and Denise Holman for coming out...in my parent's former Bolivian car =)...to encourage and pray for the staff as we began our day! Several times afterwards the caregivers were marveling over what Denise shared, particularly the numbers: teaches 7 grades at once, responsible for 1080 meals/month, 8 1/2 years of life pregnant, has changed 44,000 diapers, etc.

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Another prayer request: after initial evaluations by CDA staff, it looks like Child V (our Monday arrival) is at the level of a one month old baby. Since she's already 6 and we now know she has had many, many seizures, and was born very prematurely at home with no medical attention (and she didn't cry for at least an hour after birth), there seems to be very little hope for her recovery (medically speaking). She can literally only lie on her back, usually in a fetal position, making a few grunting/groaning sounds. Her situation is still in limbo as we have not officially accepted her yet, partially because her mother is making some hard decisions right now.

Thanks!

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I'm very excited about tomorrow. I'm busy dawn till dusk with all sorts of things, but the day starts off with a new baby arriving!! Details when I have a chance......