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Silence too loud

My Monday morning plan was to write to my friends and request them to join our family in raising air fare for Caleb Maina to go to India for treatment. I guess having gone through the planning, anxiety and finally surgery made me identify with this family. Nicoleta , Caleb's mum told us that she rarely interacts with people because her son really cries due to the discomfort he feels and people unknowingly offer all kids of suggestions on what to do. They have had to take their 4year old daughter(Maryanne) to her mum so that they can just deal with the baby. At times she has to lie that he has had a jab and hence why he is crying so much even as they travel, sometimes they have to stop somewhere allow him to cry then get on with their journey. The most hurtful thing they told us was that some people have asked whether they are cursed or their parents were cursed because of their son's condition..which reminded us of the story in the bible where people suggested that a certain blind man was so because his parents had sinned. Of course we told them that is false and thank God they are born again and are believing God to come through for them. I was shocked at how insensitive/ignorant people are. I pray that we can all learn to be sensitive in our own small ways.

Having this at the back of my mind I thought we would have a very positive response but the silence was too loud on facebook and on email. Am learning to wait on God and have said. if he is the one who has called me to this ministry then he will provide a way. It calls for grace and patience...and thankfully we have been able to raise something small and I thank those who have pledged to help. It  boosted my faith and encouraged me to press on.

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