On the 20th Feb this year I posted a blog entitled 'The Highs and One Low of an Acholi visit' (http://softhearthardfeet.blogspot.ug/2016/02/the-highs-and-one-low-of-acholi-visit.html if you want to read it again)
The 'low' was the visit I made to a dear friend, Catherine, and her husband Jonathan, and their 3 day old baby, and hearing about how they were struggling to feed the baby as they didn't have the money to buy baby milk that was guaranteed safe to drink, and yet because Catherine was HIV +ve she had been told she couldn't breast feed.
It was a heartbreaking situation - seeing the desperation on the faces of the lovely parents, as they had to cope with knowing that due to their poverty, each time they fed their baby, they might be giving him contaminated and potentially fatal milk.
Well today, I was able to go back, and visit Catherine and baby Ema again. Jonathan wasn't around, he was out trying to find work, but what a joyous time it was to meet up with Ema, now 6 months old, and thriving!
Thanks to some financial donations, we were able to give Catherine the money she needed to ensure that Ema had good quality milk made with safe water, and just look at the outcome!
What a wonderful answer to prayer! Praise the Lord indeed :-)
The 'low' was the visit I made to a dear friend, Catherine, and her husband Jonathan, and their 3 day old baby, and hearing about how they were struggling to feed the baby as they didn't have the money to buy baby milk that was guaranteed safe to drink, and yet because Catherine was HIV +ve she had been told she couldn't breast feed.
It was a heartbreaking situation - seeing the desperation on the faces of the lovely parents, as they had to cope with knowing that due to their poverty, each time they fed their baby, they might be giving him contaminated and potentially fatal milk.
Well today, I was able to go back, and visit Catherine and baby Ema again. Jonathan wasn't around, he was out trying to find work, but what a joyous time it was to meet up with Ema, now 6 months old, and thriving!
Thanks to some financial donations, we were able to give Catherine the money she needed to ensure that Ema had good quality milk made with safe water, and just look at the outcome!
What a wonderful answer to prayer! Praise the Lord indeed :-)
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| Baby Ema with Catherine his mum |
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| Baby Ema fascinated by the 'selfie' camera mode! |
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