Andrea is the 15 year old sister of Fabi, Mauricio, & Angel and she is currently living in an orphanage outside of San Pedro Sula, El Refugio. Until a month ago 'our 3' had not seen their sister in over 3 years and today was a great reunion for them. We celebrated Mauricio's twelfth birthday (and Rosa's eleventh) and we gained permission from Andrea's orphanage to take her with us. It was awesome to watch them bond again, particularly the two girls. Throughout the day as we talked with Andrea we learned that she had a abdominal surgery a year ago at the 'free' hospital here and has been having a great deal of trouble and pain since then. She is on medication, but doesn't appear to be getting any better and we suspect a botched operation in a hospital that routinely doesn't have needles for injections or IV's.
The Lord impressed it upon us that we need to try to help Andrea get relief from her constant pain and after that who knows........ When we took her back to her orphanage after the party we asked the caretaker to ask the director for permission to obtain her medical files and a record of the meds she is currently taking. We also ask for permission to take her to the doctor who operated on Joyce and get his opinion on what this on-going problem is. If permission is granted we will try to contact the doctor tomorrow and move forward from there.
We feel strongly that God brought this girl and her medical problem to us so we could help her; and obviously, the family reunion is a very good thing. Please pray for God to continue to speak clearly through this as we take the next steps.
Thank you for your prayers........Joyce, Will, the Kids, & Bob
The picture below is of: First row: Angel, 2nd Row: Fabiola & Mauricio, 3rd Row: Andrea
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