David and I have the rare opportunity of visiting our city's orphanage on Saturdays. We love our Saturday afternoons with them and it has been so sweet to develop relationships with the kids. We love how they recognize us and how the nannies have come to trust us. This is a rare privilege and we don't take it lightly.
Last Saturday the nannies were all a buzz about a new five day old baby boy. They laid him down on a pallet of blankets on the floor where we were playing with the other kids. They just sat around and watched him. I LOVE babies, so I was in awe over this beautiful baby boy! The nannies told us he has a heart defect and would be sent to Changchun, a big city not too far away from ours, to have heart surgery the upcoming week. This precious little one was having heart surgery in five days, at just 10 days old. I asked over him and continued to this week, in full confidence we would see him healing a few weeks later.
This afternoon while at the orphanage we asked how the surgery went. That sweet boy didn't make it. We just kind of nodded as the nanny told us details and looked at each other. When we got home, let's just say there were waterworks. This baby boy died alone with no one to weep over him. No service. No lives interrupted. It breaks my heart to think that this precious boy was not known and that his death goes unnoticed. So I wanted to make it known. I wanted to share it with you. I know we don't have a huge blog following and this isn't anything big. But we are rejoicing to the Father over this little life. We are thanking Him for it. We are reminded how often this happens across the world, that a child created in His image is alone and not mourned when he or she passes too soon. It was only a matter of 11 days before this babe was back in the arms of Him. What a sweet truth. Rejoice over this beautiful little life with us, please. [I have a picture of this adorable baby but our internet won't let me load it...check back later.]
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