BLESSING OTHERS

Good news! The container that was sent late last year finally arrived and cleared customs February 12, 2009. The bad news was that it was the same day we left to go back home for our son’s wedding. A great big thank you goes out to Rob & Tina, Shaun, Elio, Giuseppe and all the others who sorted through the boxes and delivered a load to be stored in our garage until we returned. So now that we are back, we have been busy sorting and distributing the donations to bless others.

Jim and Sue Coates have been working in villa Ascension for approximately 5 years and know the people and their needs intimately through their mother and baby program, feeding the elderly and distributing food 3 times weekly to those families in desperate need. Therefore, they were given the task to oversee the distribution of the baby items and blankets that were sent by many generous donors. Many people were blessed with the gift of a warm blanket. Thank you ladies for your gifts of love…knitted, crocheted or quilted. .. .they are greatly appreciated by all!

Sue is busy organizing the clothes and other baby items to make layettes which will be given out to the new moms after the blessed event of new life. The babies are weighed weekly to ensure a healthy start while the moms receive health and nutrition classes.Under special circumstances sometimes it is necessary for them to take a child home to nurse back to health.

Martha is a water baby who needed some special care and TLC. Six months later and many visits to a pediatrician, a shunt was surgically implanted in her head to drain the fluid from the brain and she is now thriving thanks to their loving care. Hopefully Martha will be able to return home with her mother soon.

Thank you Jim & Sue for your nurturing love and commitment. You are an inspiration to all!

To see more on their work visit www.dominicanministry.com .