baby Sarah

This year our home has felt a little like a nursery at times.  In January my househelp Margret had a baby girl, Megan who she now brings to work with her each day.  Joshua adores Megan and while it does make the house very busy I have felt it is important for mum and baby to be together as long as they need to be breastfed.

So many babies do not make it to their fifth Birthday in Uganda and often because of poor healthcare and hygiene.  If babies are left in the care of someone else they are usually fed cows milk as formula is too expensive.

Because Margret was trying to care for her baby and work at the same time, I hired Harima to also work part time.  In June I had a surprise when Harima announced that she was 7 months pregnant!  Harima had a difficult few months as her husband left her when he heard the news.  She is not a Christian but I have had a few opportunities to pray with her and we were all excited when her new baby girl arrived on 24th August.

In Uganda a baby is often named after someone the parents honour or respect.  I was therefore very touched when Harima named her baby girl after me, Sarah.

I am writing to ask you to remember me in prayer over the coming weeks.   I believe I am one of two qualified Speech and Language Therapists here in Kampala.  I have limited my work to Rainbow school because of family and MAF commitments. However, every now and then the Lord leads someone else my way.

This was the case last week when a missionary family working in a remote area of north eastern Uganda called me asking for help.  They were concerned about their daughters speech development and had been praying that God would lead them to a Speech Therapist in Uganda if possible.  They drove five hours to Kampala in order for me to assess their three year old girl - the NHS is not so bad after all!!!

This little girl has quite severe difficulties.  Please pray for me as I teach her parents to understand her specific needs and carry out therapy with her (5 hours is a little far for weekly therapy appointments). Remember her parents as they try to absorb a lot of new information and learn to carry out therapy.  Pray that this little girl would do extremely well and make really good progress.

Also thank the Lord that he puts us each in specific places at just the right time so that His name can be glorified.