Cheri Kay in Haiti....where my life became meaningful.

A friend of mine has a small women's program here in Haiti that provides vitamins, some vaccines, a little food and education to local pregnant women. I help with this program when I can with especially some of the educational components of the program. One woman that we met over 2 months ago is 38 years old and has lost 4 babies. She has never given birth to a live baby. She and her husband so badly want a baby. When we met her she was about 28 weeks or so along in her pregnancy. She was retaining a lot of fluid and having trouble again. The woman that I live with began taking her to see an OB-GYN here in Haiti. She had high blood pressure and they followed her very very closely. On Thursday, May 17th baby David was born to this very exhausted, but healthy mommy!!!! We give so much praise to the Lord that He protected this Mom and her precious baby boy!!!!

It is amazing to me that she is 4 years old already! She seemed like such a baby when I met her! I am so proud of her and all of her accomplishments in her little life. She is now walking all by herself, running, and even beginning to jump! She is feeding herself and dressing herself! She can put her own shoes and socks on! She is learning sign language and understands almost 30 signs and uses almost 20 signs without cues! This may all sound like things that a 4 year old should be able to do, but when I met Ecrissa at 17 months of age, she was severely malnourished, neglected and in an orphanage with few caregivers. She showed severe developmental delays. I fell in love with her immediately, but had no idea what kinds of delays would persist throughout her life. I am so proud of her and her amazing spirit. I thank the Lord every day for her and her precious life. I am so lucky to be her mommy!