Please pass this on to anyone who will pray for Renee and this boy and his family!
Renee has an urgent prayer request for a little 7 month old twin named Katoyia. Katoyia's mother is from Rowanda and speaks not one word of english. She married a Ugandan man who died while she was pregnant with their twin boys leaving her alone with no means of support. After the boys were born, her milk dried up (probably due to lack of food and water for herself) and she tried to keep them alive by feeding them posho water (the water used to boil cornstarch into a sticky substance with no nutrition) It was at this point that the fathers mother heard that her daughter-in-law was still in the area with her twin grandsons. She found the family and took them to the local government hospital where Renee found them last Friday. It appeared that there was no hope for Katoyia so he was left alone on a table waiting for death. On Saturday Renee persuaded the hospital administrators to discharge the boys into her care and transported them to a small private clinic where he was put on an IV through the night. When Renee arrived on Sunday morning, the clinic was discharging them because their care was more than they could deal with.
Both of the boys along with their mother and grandmother are currently living at Renee's house. Katoyia requires a small feeding every 10 minutes 24 hours a day (his veins are too weak and they are not able to run an IV for hydration) and has been under Renee's constant care since Sunday. Last night (Wed) Katoyia took a turn for the worse and was transported back to the clinic this morning. Although he requires more medical attention than Renee can offer at her home, she feels that he still will not receive the treatment that he needs. His life is totally in God's hands and we are asking for your prayers to intercede for the life of this little boy. Please also pray for Renee as she is dealing with all of this with very little sleep since Saturday night.
For pictures of Katoyia and more information, go to Renee's blog at www.servinghischildreninuganda.blogspot.com
THANK YOU FOR YOUR PRAYERS!!!
Thursday, July 8, 2010
Saturday, June 19, 2010
Official promotional video for Serving His Children in Uganda!
Renee (founder and director of SHC) on the news. Part of our video is shown, as well as US a few times!
A local woman starts charity to help children in Uganda | WSLS 10
Renee (founder and director of SHC) on the news. Part of our video is shown, as well as US a few times!
A local woman starts charity to help children in Uganda | WSLS 10
Saturday, May 29, 2010
SHC Complete Video!
A video of what we were able to do in our two weeks at Serving His Children in Uganda! Full Screen and enjoy! Also, please check out SHC's website and see where you can get involved and share your blessings. www.servinghischildren.org
Serving His Children in Uganda (SHC) from McClain Baggett on Vimeo.
Wednesday, May 26, 2010
PRAISE THE LORD!
Please go to Renee's blog and read Sarah's amazing story of survival! She is one of the precious babies we were able to care for in Uganda whle we were there.
Sarah's Story
Sarah's Story
Thursday, May 20, 2010
STAO complete video
A video of our two weeks at Save the Aids Orphans Uganda! Full screen and Enjoy!
STAO from McClain Baggett on Vimeo.
Wednesday, May 5, 2010
Coming soon.....
Well, this blog is more of a teaser than anything else. We are in the Amsterdam airport for a 9 hour lay over so we had just a few minutes to fill everyone in on whats been going on.
First off, we enjoyed working with Renee and the staff at Serving His Children. WOW, God has done amazing through Renee and she continues to follow down the path He leads. We already miss her and the precious babies we lived with for two weeks. Please check out her blog if you have not already
Second, we want to let everyone know that we have taken an obscene amount of video and pictures. The reason they are not up yet is because the internet in Uganda is so slow. So, as soon as we get home we will be posting more pictures and video of our adventure. LOTS AND LOTS OF PICTURES AND VIDEO TO COME SOON!
Third, we can not thank you all enough for your continual support and prayers. We can not wait to get home and share our experiences and stories with you all. Join us in prayer for our friends in Uganda and what God's work for us is in the future. We truly feel God has sent us there for a reason and hope to start planning a new trip soon!
Don't forget to keep up with the blog so you can see all the pictures!
LOVE-Megan, Candace, and Clain
First off, we enjoyed working with Renee and the staff at Serving His Children. WOW, God has done amazing through Renee and she continues to follow down the path He leads. We already miss her and the precious babies we lived with for two weeks. Please check out her blog if you have not already
Second, we want to let everyone know that we have taken an obscene amount of video and pictures. The reason they are not up yet is because the internet in Uganda is so slow. So, as soon as we get home we will be posting more pictures and video of our adventure. LOTS AND LOTS OF PICTURES AND VIDEO TO COME SOON!
Third, we can not thank you all enough for your continual support and prayers. We can not wait to get home and share our experiences and stories with you all. Join us in prayer for our friends in Uganda and what God's work for us is in the future. We truly feel God has sent us there for a reason and hope to start planning a new trip soon!
Don't forget to keep up with the blog so you can see all the pictures!
LOVE-Megan, Candace, and Clain
Sunday, April 25, 2010
Our home in Masese
We've been with Renee (Serving His Children) for a few days now, and have been getting a good taste of motherhood! Renee has 5 babies staying here in her house that all have some form of malnutrition. Serving His Children is still in the begining stages of their Malnutrition Rehabilitation program, but has drastically changed lives already. Check out these survivors :) Renee's house/Serving His Children compound, where we are staying, is next to Lake victoria in the "slum" of Masese.
Our tentative schedule involving the babies each day is as follows: between 7 and 8am we feed them their Plumpy Nut, baths (if needed) and play time, more Plumpy Nut, nap time, usually more Plumpy Nut a while after naps, play time, Plumpy Nut, then baths and bed time around 7 or 8. That's not to mention the diaper and outfit changes mixed into all of this AND the fact that they don't always want their Plumpy Nut so it can take a WHILE to get them to eat! We are loving every minute of it.
Currently, the babies living and healing here at Renee's are: Alafat, whose mother is actually staying here with him until he's a little healthier. He has to have a specially made poridge every 3 hours. Kamia, who is 2 years old and cannot walk, but is doing well with standing! Shadia is about 11 days old and is fed every 2-3 hours around the clock. Her mother died giving birth and she was fed only water the first week of her life. little Sarah is a diva. She is about 15 months old and has made unbelievable progress since living here with Renee. Becaham is about 15 months old and weighed 6 pounds when he got here last month. We have already fallen in love with these precious children that the Lord is obviously fighting for. He isn't finished with them yet, and we are more than grateful to be a part of His special healing on them!
The feeding program twice a week here at Renee's, was Serving His Children's first project. We were able to help serve beans and rice on Thursday for our first feeding program experience. The children of Masese start lining up in front of Renee's house a couple of hours before the gate is opened around 1pm. They are led through the gate in small groups to go through the line and get their meal, which is usually rice, beans, and a piece of fruit. 110 lbs of rice, 110 lbs of beans, and about 1,000 children later.... everyone is happy :)
Yesterday we worshipped together at Africa gospel Church here in Masese. It is such a blessing to praise our Lord with so many like-minded people here in Uganda! Renee, Candace, Megan and I all walking to church, each carrying a few babies, was pretty hilarious as well. Today, we went for a check-up at the clinic for Becaham. He is doing VERY well and is now a 10 pound 15-month-old! We just got back from a boat ride across Lake Victoria to visit an island with the village of Kasima. A team is coming in July to work with Renee and SHC on this island to build a water tank for the community. Their previous tank broke and they are currently using the lake or bringing water from ACROSS the lake when necessary. So today we went to talk to the chairperson of the village and get an idea of the materials needed.
Our time here has been so eye-opening and, despite some really tough times, we are loving every minute! THANK YOU for your continued support because as we have been a little sick the last few days, we have felt the comfort of your prayers for us! We love you!!!
Our tentative schedule involving the babies each day is as follows: between 7 and 8am we feed them their Plumpy Nut, baths (if needed) and play time, more Plumpy Nut, nap time, usually more Plumpy Nut a while after naps, play time, Plumpy Nut, then baths and bed time around 7 or 8. That's not to mention the diaper and outfit changes mixed into all of this AND the fact that they don't always want their Plumpy Nut so it can take a WHILE to get them to eat! We are loving every minute of it.
Currently, the babies living and healing here at Renee's are: Alafat, whose mother is actually staying here with him until he's a little healthier. He has to have a specially made poridge every 3 hours. Kamia, who is 2 years old and cannot walk, but is doing well with standing! Shadia is about 11 days old and is fed every 2-3 hours around the clock. Her mother died giving birth and she was fed only water the first week of her life. little Sarah is a diva. She is about 15 months old and has made unbelievable progress since living here with Renee. Becaham is about 15 months old and weighed 6 pounds when he got here last month. We have already fallen in love with these precious children that the Lord is obviously fighting for. He isn't finished with them yet, and we are more than grateful to be a part of His special healing on them!
The feeding program twice a week here at Renee's, was Serving His Children's first project. We were able to help serve beans and rice on Thursday for our first feeding program experience. The children of Masese start lining up in front of Renee's house a couple of hours before the gate is opened around 1pm. They are led through the gate in small groups to go through the line and get their meal, which is usually rice, beans, and a piece of fruit. 110 lbs of rice, 110 lbs of beans, and about 1,000 children later.... everyone is happy :)
Yesterday we worshipped together at Africa gospel Church here in Masese. It is such a blessing to praise our Lord with so many like-minded people here in Uganda! Renee, Candace, Megan and I all walking to church, each carrying a few babies, was pretty hilarious as well. Today, we went for a check-up at the clinic for Becaham. He is doing VERY well and is now a 10 pound 15-month-old! We just got back from a boat ride across Lake Victoria to visit an island with the village of Kasima. A team is coming in July to work with Renee and SHC on this island to build a water tank for the community. Their previous tank broke and they are currently using the lake or bringing water from ACROSS the lake when necessary. So today we went to talk to the chairperson of the village and get an idea of the materials needed.
Our time here has been so eye-opening and, despite some really tough times, we are loving every minute! THANK YOU for your continued support because as we have been a little sick the last few days, we have felt the comfort of your prayers for us! We love you!!!
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