babies sleeping on cardboard

The three of us Harkins!

I just got back from a little walk to the drugstore, getting some pediasure for Elijah (who is sick again). Since it was 9:30 pm, the street people were getting ready to turn in for the night. Lots of people carrying cardboard, small families laying down on the sidewalks or in the corner of a building front. We picked up a few grocery items to give them on the way home. My heart just broke to see the babies and little kids laying down on their cardboard.

I thought about sweet Elijah, and how I sometimes get frustrated because of all the noise from the street and how it wakes him up. The babies I saw tonight were laying on a small cement square, on their backs with their legs hanging off the edge. Less than six feet from the noisy street, with not a wall or a roof or even a blanket to lie on.

I am so convicted about my ungratefulness at times! So broken for the people all around me who exist on nothing, who give birth and raise their families on a street corner.

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Elijah's seizures have improved again...the doctor notched up his medication after the blood test last week.

On different note, we're struggling to keep him hydrated, because he's been throwing up for two days and isn't eating. We've been feeding him with a syringe since last night, and he's vomited a lot of that as well. So we're asking for your prayers again. Today is a day I wish I were in the States, and could access good medical care in a heartbeat if I needed to! Even with those thoughts, I realize that Elijah is in God's hands. As we've seen time and again, He knows exactly how to take care of all of us.

Thanks for your prayers!