I don’t get tired of seeing adorable new babies. How can you not melt when you see them
stretch with their little fist of tiny fingers.
To ooh and aww as they pucker their lips. They sleep peacefully next to
their mother. Yes for us it is a joy to welcome these new ones with a gift for
their mother. Today Xenia told me how she was talking to a lady on the bus who
said 40 years ago she was given some socks and a hat when in the hospital. She
said he would never forget it. That it was so very special to her. While I
compare how possibly this ministry may have the same effect on these mothers I
am more hopeful that what they will take to heart is the message of love from
our father And that one day 40 years
from now someone may give a story of how
they came to know Christ through a simple gift given to them while in the
hospital. But as we smile and enter the rooms we came across one who sat alone.
There was no smile, no joy, a very curt “don’t give me one” left us to wonder
if she was simply rejecting our gift or if there was more. I left Hazel and Xenia to inquire her
situation to be told exactly what I feared. She had lost her little baby. How
heartbreaking. This very young mother sat in a room full of mothers with their
babies forced to bear her pain no baby in her hands. I can’t imagine the torture. Please pray for this mother. That is all that can be done. She will have to be there 24 hours before
being discharged. I have more to write but I will save it for another post. I
wanted to bring light to this situation so you will be in prayer for her and
all the other mothers here that deal with not only the loss of their baby, but
the difficult task of having to spend recovery time surrounded by the babies of
others.
About Me
- Chubby Cheeks Chi Chi
- Sharing Christ’s love with mothers who give birth in the social Hospital of Heredia, Costa Rica by giving “new mother care packages”. Packages consist of baby and mother necessities needed during the hospital stay. Packages will be hand delivered to the mothers at the hospital as supplies and donations are received. Basic kits include, knitted hat and or receiving blanket, diapers, washcloth, baby soap, water bottle and christian literature. We rely upon U.S. based knitting circles to help with the making of hats for the newborns and take donations both of supplies and monitarily from churches and individuals who wish to be of support this ministry.