Upon our return to Puerto Galera we could feel a shift in the air. Not only had the tempature dropped a good 10 degrees (yes, it's now more like 85 instead of 95!)but the official tourist time is kicking in, so new businesses have sprouted along the streets, prices have increased and the volume of people have increased. We also learned that one of the prostitutes from the red light district we had been praying through had been brutally murdered by a group of tourists. It was so sobering to think that it might have been one of the young dancers that we visited with just a few weeks ago. I found a new sense of urgency in reaching out to these women. We will be praying there again tonight and we invite you to join us!
Yesterday Shawn and I trekked up into the tribes with Marie and Ellie and assisted with prenatal visits and did some medical checkups. I love being able to do breastfeeding classes and chatting with the new moms. It's amazing how much formula is pushed here. It might require 1/2 of the families monthly income to buy a jar of formula, so they end up watering it down, or worse, they give the baby sugar water. This of course leads to malnurishment. I am told that it is very powerful for them to see a "white woman" breastfeeding as most assume all rich foreigners give formula. Yesterday I had one woman say "I thought all Americans gave formula?" I was happy to shatter that rumor and maybe help these moms give their kids a little more nourishment!!
We are so happy to be back in Puerto and not travel for a few weeks. Ellie has a new hamock bed and we are trying to teach her to sleep through the night. Marie is the sweetest little girl and loving everything but the spiders! Both girls are well and I am so grateful for all your continued prayers for their health! Shawn's eye is much better and he is back to wearing contacts:)
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Is that the litle hammock that Ellie sleeps in? What an adventure!
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