My team and I do some form of ministry together as a team
every Saturday morning. This Saturday
morning we spent a few hours at the hospital in Mbabane and I spent my time in the abandoned
baby ward. In this ward are all the
children that have been abandoned by their mothers after birth. They range in age from one year to 10 years
old or older. Most of the younger ones
are fairly healthy except for one little boy who looks very sick and is
extremely skinny. The older children all
have physical and/or mental disabilities.
The children stay in the hospital until they are adopted or are taken in
by an orphanage. I spent the whole time
playing with one little girl named Bongiwe who is about 3 years old. At first she was a little shy, did not smile,
and didn’t really know what to think of me.
She started warming up to me and by the time I left she was pretty much
clinging to me. I had so much fun
spending my morning with her. She has
such a great personality for a little girl.
Bongiwe started talking to me non-stop which was so cute, but since she
was talking SiSwati I had no idea what she was saying. It hurts me to think that this amazing and
sweet girl could be stuck in this hospital for years. I am thankful that she has a place to sleep
and someone to feed and clothe her, but I hate that it has to be in a small
room in a hospital. She cannot run
around outside and explore like so many other children. Praise the Lord she is still loved by
God. Her mother and father may have
abandoned her and it may seem like she will be living in the hospital forever,
but she is still known and loved by the Lord so much. I pray that God will reveal Himself to her in
the coming years and she will live a life that brings Him glory.