Mission Malaria

Linda at The Surgery receiving fluids to treat her malaria!

This is Hope! The girl I requested prayer for the last several weeks! She is making a lot of progress!

Crazy how you think everything is going ok...and whammmm everything changes! A lot of changes have taken place in the last week in about every area that they could here. As much as I enjoy change not everything has made me the happiest person. But God has been so faithful in loving me and telling me in so many ways that He is right beside me and that He will help me thru. He has brought much healing to my broken heart! Psalm 139 has been my comfort the last several weeks! What a comfort to know that God's hand is always there to reach out and hold on to.

For the last week and a half Linda and I have been living out at Suubi Babies Home until this last Thursday nite. We were in Kampala for 2 days and then got back out to Suubi around midnight Thursday nite and that is when it started to get a little crazy! Linda was up coughing a lot and her temp was really high. And then around 3AM we did a malaria tests after some phone calls and the test was positive. So a driver came and picked Linda and I up around 4AM and took us to The Surgery in Kampala and that is where we spent our whole Friday! They gave her lots of fluids and started giving her treatments! Not the easiest thing to see your friend laying on a bed all day long feeling miserable! But she was able to come back to the apartments around 6PM then and I had quickly went out to Suubi to pack all our belongings up and move back here.

Did not get to bed till midnight last nite! I now know that I can stay up for 40 hours straight! lol I did some laundry and ate some supper and then slept till 11AM this Saturday morning! Linda has been doing a little bit better however the doctor said that she will have fevers the next 2 days as her body keeps fighting off the malaria parasites! So just continue to pray that she can rest a lot and that she can keep drinking lots of fluids and keep those down!

Hard to believe April is right around the corner and I only have a little over a month left! I see big things happening in the month of April and pray that my focus can stay on things above!

For the children, Kara

Do I See April??

Rubi

Kids playing outside of Suubi Babies Home

Preemie baby-Kenneth

So it is getting close to a month since I have posted! Please do forgive me! I always have good intentions of blogging and then I just never do! :) The last several weeks have been different for me as far as my work schedule goes! Last week Linda and I worked a crazy 16 hour shift for 3 nights! You go into work at 4:30 pm and leave at 8 am the following morning! You try and nap here and there but it does get very tiring! The one nite was a little crazy! A girl by the name of Hope was hanging on by a string for awhile! Thank you all at home that were praying for her! Hope was able to pull thru however she still has some health issues! She is approx. 2 years old and is severely malnourished and was dehydrated as well! Another baby by the name of Kenneth is in our preemie room and he had some spells where he stopped breathing. I should mention that while we were on nite shift we were able to work in the preemie room and feed and hold these dear ones! It was so special...and just to think how fearfully and wonderfully we are made!

So now I am to this week and am currently living back out at the Suubi Babies Home for a period of 2 weeks before finishing my remaining time in Kampala at the Bulrushes! It is not always for me to live out here but trusting God to give me strength! Seems everytime I come out here I can me an emotional mess! But I know better days are ahead! Hard to believe I will be coming home in 41 days! Not sure where the time has gone but it has been an incredible journey and I know God still has great things for me in the next month!

Please continue to pray for Hope and Kenneth and should I say all the babies in general! I am so excited to see the journey God is going to take these amazing children on in their lives! It is such an honor to get to play such a small part in their lives! They have truly been a blessing to me and have taught soooo much!

Another prayer request I may add is that with God on my side that I can defeat Satan daily! I have really felt the presence of this greater force surrounding me the last week or so! It is very scary at times! Satan knows how to get you when you are weak! A friend of mine shared 1 John 4 with me and that was so encouraging to my heart!

Much love to all!
For the children, Kara