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Us at Immy's Daughter Gorett's Visitation Day 

Shabon and I walking home :)

This past weekend has been pretty busy for us. On Sunday we went to visitation day at Immy’s daughters school. She boards there, which means she lives there through the school term and when there are breaks in between terms she can come back home for a few days. Anyway we cooked on Saturday night and Sunday morning to bring food with us, because each family that comes to see their kids, bring food and they have like a picnic on the lawn. So after we were done cooking on Sunday we left for the school. So 8 of us hopped on bota-bota’s and went. We when got there she was so excited to see her family and all of us. Timbo and me had not met her yet because she has not been back to the village since we have been there. She welcomed us with open arms, even though she did not know we are coming, but I think she was pretty happy to know all these people cared enough for her to come and see her at school. It was a fun experience, to see higher-level education here. Because in the village all we have is a primary school, which is like elementary school. We hung out there all afternoon. The students at the school sang and danced for all the visitors.

Gorett and I

 When we got back to the village we decided we wanted to chill and watch a movie because it had been a long day and we got back late. But as I said before we like to plan but I think that is just God’s way of stretching our patience, because not many things go as we plan here. Arielle was called by Immy to come and see this mom and her son, because they were not feeling well. Arielle thought she could be quick and that she should be back in like 20 mins. Well she came back like 30 mins later. And she was scared and freaking out, because both of them were really in bad shape. She was looking for a number to the nurse in the village so she could come and check the two out to see if it was bad enough that we need to come to the hospital. We got all our things together just incase we had to go. And we went back to the clinic and we decided that is was bad enough we needed to go somewhere. Joshua came and picked up, Arielle and I and the mom and son. It was about 10:30 pm on Sunday night. We got to the clinic and they took them both in to assess them. The boy has sickle cell anemia and he was having a crisis that is what they call it when his systems of sickle cell flare up. So we thought they would give him fluid because he was dehydrated and pain medicine because sickle cell gives you a lot of pain in your bones and joints. They next day they found out that he had malaria and bacteria in his blood. So now he is being treated for all of these things, but he is not getting better as fast as he usually does, so please be praying for him he is only five. The mother got assessed also and they put her on fluid and pain medicine and she is doing ok, she will be able to go home today (Tuesday March 27). Please also be praying for her, she found out some not so good news today (Tuesday March 27) nothing life threatening for her but prayers are greatly needed for this family. Also her daughter has a herniated belly button and will be having surgery with in the next week, which is good for the daughter but a lot of stress for the mom and the family.

Him on his last day in the hospital :)

The mom and son went home on Thursday (march 30) and are doing better. They both still have some healing to do. The boy will fight his sickle cell for the rest of his life. This situation has been a growing and learning process for me. God keeps showing me that he is in control and that I need to have faith in him, no matter what the situation is.

"Now Faith is being sure of what we hope for and certain of what we do not see." -Hebrews 11:1