Aaryn feeding Angel her first real bottle of formula in four months.
Today Aaryn, a few students and I reunited with a woman named Gloria.
First I want to give just a brief history of Gloria and her family.
Last semester Aaryn and a few other participants found Gloria carrying
her baby like she was an old sweatshirt into a bar. The girls stopped
her and asked if they could take her home and talk with her. The baby
was only two months old and looked like a new born premature baby.
Gloria was only feeding the child flour water and was spending the
little money she earned on alcohol. The girls spent many days trying to
teach Gloria how to be a proper mother and tried to bring some hope to
her life. We left last semester unaware what would happen to the baby
(Angel) and to Gloria.
Yesterday a new group of students were doing house visits and ran into Gloria. Aaryn had told the group about the woman so they knew right away who she was. As we headed over to see her again we prayed that the situation was better than we could imagine. Gloria was still in the same state as we left her. The baby now 7 months old only looked like a newborn. We put her in 0-3 month clothes and they fit. After talking with Gloria we found out that she only received about $52.00 a month. She says this is not enough to pay for formula and food for her and her other child (who is 3 and also malnourished).
Not sure what to do, we asked if we could take both children home with us for an hour and bathe them. We then immediately took the baby to friendÕs house. Nelly is a woman about my age who runs a program called 7th Heaven. Nelly takes in abandoned children and children that need temporary housing. One look at the baby and NellyÕs heart broke. Nelly asked to speak with Gloria and see if there was something she could do. Gloria was a little scared to come with us to NellyÕs. She thought we were taking her to a social worker, who would take the baby away. Once we assured her Nelly was just a friend she willingly came. Gloria and Nelly got along great. IÕm excited to say that Gloria has given Nelly permission to take in Angel for a while and bring her back to health. Please join with us as we pray that God will work a miracle in both Gloria and the Angels life. Gloria needs the hope of our savior and we believe that God brought us to her for that reason.
Yesterday a new group of students were doing house visits and ran into Gloria. Aaryn had told the group about the woman so they knew right away who she was. As we headed over to see her again we prayed that the situation was better than we could imagine. Gloria was still in the same state as we left her. The baby now 7 months old only looked like a newborn. We put her in 0-3 month clothes and they fit. After talking with Gloria we found out that she only received about $52.00 a month. She says this is not enough to pay for formula and food for her and her other child (who is 3 and also malnourished).
Not sure what to do, we asked if we could take both children home with us for an hour and bathe them. We then immediately took the baby to friendÕs house. Nelly is a woman about my age who runs a program called 7th Heaven. Nelly takes in abandoned children and children that need temporary housing. One look at the baby and NellyÕs heart broke. Nelly asked to speak with Gloria and see if there was something she could do. Gloria was a little scared to come with us to NellyÕs. She thought we were taking her to a social worker, who would take the baby away. Once we assured her Nelly was just a friend she willingly came. Gloria and Nelly got along great. IÕm excited to say that Gloria has given Nelly permission to take in Angel for a while and bring her back to health. Please join with us as we pray that God will work a miracle in both Gloria and the Angels life. Gloria needs the hope of our savior and we believe that God brought us to her for that reason.
