{"id":3726,"date":"2020-01-11T01:45:31","date_gmt":"2020-01-11T07:45:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/hopeold.tadtime.dev\/?p=3726"},"modified":"2021-03-08T13:06:09","modified_gmt":"2021-03-08T19:06:09","slug":"saturday-january-11th","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hopeministries.co\/saturday-january-11th\/","title":{"rendered":"Saturday, January 11th"},"content":{"rendered":"

We have not been doing posts because Don McLeer is on the team and he is a videographer who is doing a documentary on Hope Ministries.\u00a0 <\/span>He has posted some pictures and vides on Hope Ministries and my personal facebook page if you want to watch them.\u00a0 <\/span>He is doing a great job.<\/span><\/p>\n

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The team is awesome and are working hard doing a great job.\u00a0 <\/span>All of the team except Mark and I are out on Safari.\u00a0 <\/span>They are enjoying God\u2019s beauty of Africa.\u00a0 <\/span>Mark and I have been spending long days in surgery, but have helped a lot of people.\u00a0 <\/span>Had some very difficult cases, but Mark is a great surgeon and helped them all.\u00a0 <\/span>Mark is an awesome teacher and has taught the residents so much and also the students on our team.\u00a0 <\/span>I am so thankful for all he does for Hope Ministries.<\/span><\/p>\n

I know many of you that have followed us on this journey remember the stories of Ester, who is had spina bifida as a baby and had surgery.\u00a0 <\/span>She is the most beautiful little girl and I love her so much.\u00a0 <\/span>She has no feeling in her lower extremities and has presented at my outreach clinics with large infected open sores on the bottom of both heels.\u00a0 <\/span>I have admitted her to the hospital for debridement and treatment of the wounds, in an effort to try and prevent amputation of both legs.\u00a0 <\/span>Hope Ministries has bought her a wheelchair, walker, braces over the years and sadly enough she crawled into my outreach clinic last week and was in the worst shape I have ever seen her.\u00a0 <\/span>She has large open wounds on both of her feet and a very large open pressure sore on her bottom.\u00a0 <\/span>So very sad!\u00a0 <\/span>I had to take a walk and pray about what to do with poor Ester and the tears kept coming.\u00a0 <\/span>I have been praying daily and asking for God\u2019s guidance on what to do.<\/span><\/p>\n

Her mom left her at her grandmothers after her surgery as a baby, because she could not care for her.\u00a0 <\/span>The grandmother is also care taking for two other grandkids from another daughter.\u00a0 <\/span>She works so hard to care for these children, but can\u2019t even afford to feed them.\u00a0 <\/span>I have helped with with transportation and food costs over the years.\u00a0 <\/span>I again paid for transportation for grandma to bring Ester to see Mark at our clinic last Monday. <\/span><\/p>\n

After a lot of prayers, I contacted Tom at Feathertale Children\u2019s Home to see if we could admit Ester there so they could care for her and he accepted with a gracious heart.\u00a0 <\/span>We discussed what process I would have to go through to get this done.\u00a0 <\/span>I then talked to the social worker at the hospital and she evaluated the situation.\u00a0 <\/span>She then talked to the grandma about putting Ester into care at this children\u2019s home.\u00a0 <\/span>My heart was breaking knowing I was the one that was suggesting this to happen.\u00a0 <\/span>Grandma accepted it very well and seemed very relieved.\u00a0 <\/span>We then talked to Ester about this and she gave me the biggest smile ever and all I could do was hug her and cry.<\/span><\/p>\n

She was admitted to the hospital and put on IV and antibiotics.\u00a0 <\/span>Then we did daily wound care and dressing changes.\u00a0 <\/span>I visited her on the ward yesterday and she gave me this big smile that just warms my heart.\u00a0 <\/span>As I was leaving I gave her a big hug and told her how much I loved her and that I would see her at this home each time I come because I always go to help them medically. <\/span><\/p>\n

I pray God that I have done the right thing for Ester and that all goes well.\u00a0 <\/span>Please pray for this beautiful little girl that has stolen my heart. This home has an on-staff nurse and PT that should be very helpful.\u00a0 <\/span>Also I think she is going to enjoy the socialization with the other kids.\u00a0 <\/span>We are praying with the proper care that the wounds will heel and we will not need to amputate.<\/span><\/p>\n

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We will be flying to Mwanza tomorrow to work all week at Bugando Hospital.\u00a0 <\/span>Please continue to pray for the team.\u00a0 <\/span>Also I cannot thank all you donors enough for your support, because you have helped so many people who have nothing and had not hope.\u00a0 <\/span>You have provided them hope for the future.\u00a0 <\/span>God bless you.<\/span><\/p>\n

Gayle<\/span><\/p>\n

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