Azuceny Graciela is four months old. She came to the milk program at ASELSI — the ministry we work with here in Guatemala — 4 months ago still weighing only 6 pounds. When Azuceny was born, the doctors did a C-section but found that baby Azuceny’s mother had cancerous tumors in her stomach. Things were …
New life in Guatemala
It’s a Boy! Haim Lawrence Shead Born March 15 at 3:53 p.m. local time here at our home in Chichicastenango with the assistance of a local midwife Stats: 6 lbs., 10 oz., almost 21 inches long. Haim & Chrisi are both doing great and resting well. We praise the Lord for a wonderful birth and …
Baby Hilda: Keeping Babies Healthy
Hilda was brought into the ASELSI clinic as a 23-day-old baby. Hilda has a cleft lip and palate. As I got to asking Hilda’s parents questions, I was very surprised to find out that they have another daughter who also had a cleft lip and palate. They told me that she was in the ASELSI …
Milk Program: Little Walter
Please pray for a little boy in the ASELSI Milk Program named Walter Alejandro. He is 1 year and 1 month old and only weighs 11 pounds and 12 ounces. He drinks watered down milk and other oatmeal type drinks throughout the day because his mom is trying to stretch the powered milk that ASELSI …
A Mourning Mother
Please pray for a mourning mom that I (Chrisi) talked to today at the ASELSI Milk Program. She gave birth a month ago to a 4 pound 11 ounce baby boy. He was born 1 month early. She stayed at the hospital for a couple days and then was sent home. He nursed well for …
Milk Program: Too weak to play
Angelina, is 1 year and 3 months old (shown here, held by her mom, at left). She only weighs 15 pounds — that’s the normal weight for babies less than half her age–and she was showing signs of malnutrition — weakness and docility. Chrisi recently met with Angelina and her mom, Josefina, at the ASELSI …
Not every mommy gets to hold her baby
In mid-January our friend, Juana, who helps Chrisi and is teaching Hudson to speak K’iche’ called us to tell us her 25-year-old cousin, Sebastiana, died after giving birth to her second child — a healthy baby boy. We were heartbroken at this loss that is more common that it should be here in the mountains …
Milk Program stories: 2 years, 17 pounds
At the ASELSI Milk Program, Chrisi works with many very malnourished babies and children every week. At the clinic, we help provide these young ones with formula or milk, vitamin fortified health drinks, cereals and a months supply of vitamins. We measure and weigh these children every month as well as assess them for any …
Milk Program: a desparate fight
We have a little boy named Rogelio Peliz in the ASELSI Milk program. He is 1 year and 8 months old and only weighs 14 pounds and a quarter. He has been in the 14 pound range now for 4 months. Despite our constant attempts to educate his mom on how many ounces of milk/vitamin …
Funnies from the Field
Guatemalans are very “helpful” when it comes to babies. With all the advice we get, Chrisi politely listens to their ideas but takes them with a large grain of salt. Here are some of the advice we’ve received: Don’t walk over a water hose while pregnant or the umbilical cord will wrap around your baby. …