On a warm day in Oct. as I was finishing up piles of laundry I looked up to see a poor looking woman with a tiny blanketed form walking in our driveway! I immediately sensed a certain, familiar nesting feeling sweep over me! Taking a peek underneath the blanket at the skinny hunched form pretty much confirmed my feeling that this was another one that needed to come to “Mama” for a little while. After sending them to the clinic it was confirmed that 18 month old Leon was suffering from marasmus malnutrition, typhoid, malaria and severe anemia. Poor, poor, little honey! He was so sick, and skinny weighing only 12 pounds!!
His dear mother was sure that a vampire had started sucking her baby’s blood and that’s what was making him so skinny! She was very bonded to him and so worried about leaving him. She gave us detailed instructions about keeping out the vampires at night so we took the opportunity to explain that this is God’s house and he is the one who protects us and our little ones!!
I felt so sorry for Leon. He was so shy that for the first week he could barely make eye contact! He always balled up his hands and rubbed and rubbed his eyes!! So unbelievably darling!!
He always LOVED to wear this Boston Red Sox hat!!
Once he was done with his big pile of meds I started him on good vitamins and plenty of good food! And just like that he started gaining strength and putting on ounces at first and then pounds!!! So glorious to see sleepless nights and anxious moments turn into healthy, full skin and happy smiles!
Little Leon was seriously the sweetest baby I’ve ever cared for!!
I’m so thankful that little Leon got to go back to his loving mother and family! He comes to see me sometimes and he is doing very, very, well! I hope and pray that him and his family would put their trust in Jesus as their Savior and protector!
2 comments:
A beautiful true story. Leon's Mother trusted you after all else failed. God healed and restored and he went back to his Mother who loves him dearly.
He is adorable!
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