In the 2 weeks 2 newborn babies arrived Stephen and Blessing,
they were both less than 1 day old when they arrived at Amecet and both lost
their mothers shortly after birth- now that not fair. This however meant that
for a week now I have had the privilege of holding feeding and changing newborn
babies, not something you get to do on an everyday basis. In a couple of months
hopefully these babies will go back to other family member who are willing to
love and care for them.
2 Tuesdays ago I took a trip into the middle of know where
to see a girl who used to live at Amecet. We had to make a 2 hr journey part of
which was along a dug up mud track and the cars wheels on the left were on
ground at least 50cm higher than the right! The journey was bumpy and
exhausting because there isn’t the development of proper roads, now that doesn’t
seem fair. However Naome who we visited is doing well she is enjoying school
and getting a good education and was super excited by our visit and the gifts
we were able to take her!
A week ago Catherine was adopted, she had been at Amecet for
a couple of months after she was almost killed due to the neglect and abuse of
her family, she was starved and poisoned. Now that sure isn’t fair. She now has a home with a family who love her
very very much it was a happy to see her go however I will miss her little
face!
I did my second night shift, it was busy lots of the
children had fevers or weren’t drinking well so by morning I was exhausted. Now
what’s not fair, the fact that I’m tired or that the children are sick? What is
exciting though is that I got the (somewhat scary) task of deciding to give a
child medicine and hearing the peace as they slept the rest of the night!
The girls here have been asking me lots about England
recently and what it’s like, they want to her all about the machines we have
that they believe we use for everything (well we almost do) and they love
hearing about family life and out houses. Then I compare what I left to what I’ve
come too, the fact that my bedroom is bigger than houses that I’ve seen, now
how is that fair?
And these past few days? Well I’ve been sick, I got malaria
and it sucked, I vomited and had a fever, I had injections that mad me feel I was
being stabbed again every step I took. I thought I was better and realised how
much I’d missed being with the kids, so I let Rose sleep on my hand (so clearly
I had to lie on the floor with her) and Rafael climbed all over my back- a bit
like a massage! And then mu stomach got worse and I ache and I’m back in bed.
Now this doesn’t seem fair!
But because I’ve been lying in bed I’ve had time to reflect
and think about it, and yes it does seem like life is unfair, the world is
unfair and it’s all just this big mess. But unfairness creates these wonderful
opportunities and lessons to learn. We view unfairness as negative but instead
grasp the opportunity to make a difference and see the joy that can result when
we step into try and make sense of even the tiniest part of that mess!
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