Government Hospital

Every Thursday morning Julia and I go to the children’s wing at the government hospital in Mbabane. When Gogo is with us we visit with the moms who are there with their babies. However, we spend most of our time there in the abandoned children’s room. Right now there are 4 children. Siphiwe a girl who they think is around 12, Mxolisi a 10 year old boy, Rebecca (Julia gave her her English name and it caught on with the nurses) who is 6 months, and Themhlanga who is a cute little baby girl less than a month old. Siphiwe likes to walk down the hall and go into the rooms to where the other children and their moms are. She “circulates” the magazines. I use quotation marks because the magazines usually end up back in the same rooms they started in. But she’s so cute walking around holding my hand and leading me into the different rooms. Everyone knows her. And everyone knows she likes to dance. The first time I held Themhlanga she was only 3 days old. She was so tiny but had a full head of hair. The nurse said she had been abandoned in a dumpster. How sad. There doesn’t seem to be anything abnormal about her, so we’re guessing that it was probably a teen mom. One of our friends here, Kristen, is a missionary with Children’s Cup based out of Baton Rouge. She is leaving for the US in just a couple weeks, but is trying to adopt Themhlanga. She knows that the chances of adopting a baby in such a short amount of time aren’t good, but she tells us that she is trusting in the Lord and that she will be fine no matter what the turn out. Also, Menzi was discharged a while ago. I’m glad he’s better but I still miss him.

Dancing with Siphiwe

Mxolisi

Rebecca