One month ago today, we found Savannah-Hope. We weren't looking for her, but God lead us right to her. As soon as I saw her I took her into my arms. I was shocked by her small size. She was 4 months old but only 4 1/2 pounds. She was so tiny, but swollen. I burst into tears as soon as I had her in my arms. She doesn't look as small or sick in these pictures as she really was.
You can see how sick the birthmother, Chrissie is. Her belly was so full of fluid and the rest of her was just a skeleton. They had just drained out all the fluid a week before we were there, and it was huge again when we saw her. I look back and think about showing up unannounced to visit someone I had seen the year before and then while I was there she agreed to give us her child. We were just there to visit and bring supplies. I am so thankful she said yes. I don't know how much longer Savannah-Hope could have survived. She had has never had milk. She was living on small spoon fulls of porridge, when they had porridge. Chrissie told me that she cried all night long because she was so hungry. They had no way to feed her. Leaving Savannah-Hope that day was so hard. We knew when we left that we would be coming back in three days, just didn't know if she would still be there waiting for us.
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I love the show!!!! I am so blessed that God led you to that village to find her!!
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