Getting Him Settled

On Monday morning we knew we had our work cut out for us. Dell and I were scheduled to return to Iowa on Wednesday morning. We arranged a meeting with the founders, who had traveled with us, and Marc Lubin, the gentleman that heads up the finances at MOH. At this point we wanted to sponsor Matthew and keep him at the mission. The problem was - the orphanage was full!!


We watched Matthew change right in front of our very eyes. Saturday he could not hold his head up, Sunday we got him food and antibiotics and fed him every couple hours. On Monday, he was holding his head up and crying when he wanted something. He wanted to stay at the Mission of Hope!!!!


Our meeting went very well - they all knew God wanted us to take care of this child. We sent Rachel - who runs the orphanage - into Port Au Prince to find a bed, and other supplies. We sent someone to the other orphanage where we removed Matthew from and asked the madame to allow us to keep Matthew at the orphanage. She knew he was sick and needed attention - she sent someone into the mountains to find the mother and bring her to MOH. On Tuesday Madame and the mother came to the MOH and signed forms to allow us to keep him there. We had rescued Matthew - the God we serve is so good!!

While all this was taking place we were spending the days with Matthew. Falling in love with this adorable little human being that for some reason God put into our path!! What was he thinking and what would the three children that we have at home think?? They had spent a week in Haiti with us in June and their lives had forever been changed along with ours.

Wednesday morning came, the picture above shows how strong he was by that a.m. - 3 days on food and being loved!!! Our bags were packed and we needed to head home - we knew Matthew would be safe and taken care of - but to say goodbye. We handed him to Rachel and prayed over him that God would protect him and watch over him. That he would provide love and food for him and keep him healthy. All of Matthew's test have come back that he is a healthy boy. He is growing and being loved upon by the mommies, the other children at the orphanage and volunteers that come to MOH to be God's hands and feet every day.

We are thanking God everyday for using us to rescue him and waiting to see what he has in store for our family and Matthew's life.