Another meeting in another area of town today. I got to sit and meet with some more of God’s precious little ones and hear there stories and their struggles. 

First we met Collins a sweet nine year old boy with a nonstop smile on his face. When he was five years old he was playing and was struck by a motorcycle. The mirror struck him on the side of the head causing lasting damage to his brain. Now he can’t walk and his father was telling us about just how difficult it is raising him without the money to provide the care he needs. 

Collins

Collins and his mama ready to head home

Then we talked to little six year old Noel. She can’t sit on her own, but her mother told us that once she is comfortable with you she will start saying a few words. She is a shy little one that will take a while to warm up, but also is in the same position as Collins where her mother can’t provide the care she needs. 

Noel

Noel and her mama

Then we met little nine month old Helen. Her mother, Katherine, is seventeen years old and lives with her aunt while struggling to raise a child alone. Katherine can’t hold up her head on her own or sit, but her muscles aren’t stiff like they are when the child has cerebral palsy. Katherine took her to the hospital for physical therapy, but other than that  she has never seen a doctor because this village where they live is far from town. 

Helen

We also met this family with some real troubles. It demonstrated to me how much more desperate the situation can get when a child with disabilities, especially the girls, grows old and still has no one to look after them. This grandmother is stuck trying to care for her daughter and the two children she had after men had taken advantage of her. They are struggling to survive because the daughter is unable to work and the grandmother can’t work because she has to look after the kids. 

These are just more stories of the real problems that these families are facing, but I take comfort in the fact that God knows each of their struggles and will meet their needs in his perfect timing.