It gets cold here.

We had some friends that sent some money to help a few of our moms and kids. They made a special request to buy a mattress for Claudia. You would not believe the condition of the mattresses that people here use. They are often mildewed, moldy, babies have urinated on them, bed bugs, they are very unhealthy and I am sure that the conditions of the beds have a lot to do with the respiratory problems and the high number of children with asthma problems here.

Well we went shopping for new mattresses for Claudia, I shopped around and got the best price that we could and then had them tied on the top of the car. We were able to deliver them to Claudia yesterday. She was very excited. Thanks to Bryan and Aldo for carrying them down to her house.

As many of you know Claudia is very young and she has a few mental problems. She has been taking care of her 3 year old brother, plus her 1 ½ year old and a 7 month old baby. Her family took the three year old little boy to live with them. I am not sure why now after a year living with Claudia they decided to take him. She is still able to see him, but I know she misses him.

The little guy (1 ½ year old) had a really high fever. I had fever medication with us and gave it to him. He hadn’t drunk anything in a day or so. I sat with him and gave him some of the medication, he didn’t want it and Claudia didn’t want to give it to him but I insisted that she give it to him even if he didn’t want it. He was hot and teary eyes and as soon as we got the new bed made up he got on a nice clean bed. He had been laying on a mattress made of newspaper. I sent Katrina and Bryan for Juice. As soon as she walked in with the juice he jumped up and toddled over to the little kitchen area and grabbed a cup and came over begging for juice. I spent the afternoon taking care of him. By the time I left he was feeling a little better and had drank a bottle of juice. I left a couple of additional bags of juice and took her phone number to check on him later.

I am so glad that he had a nice new clean bed to sleep on with new sheets and a warm blanket.

(I did call Claudia and we took the little guy to the clinic this morning and he got an injection and a follow up appointment for tomorrow)

We were also able to purchase warm blankets for a couple of other people.

It is a wonderful feeling to know that they are warm tonight and this was made possible because of people who saw a need and decided to do something about it.

I thank God daily for people who have a tender heart for the poor and the will to make a difference.