God's Newborn

Thank you to those of you who have prayed - baby Adano, or Daniel, passed away today, after being very sick for the past few days, and went to be with Jesus. The events surrounding his last few days of life have been extremely emotionally strenuous. I won't write everything here, but if you would like to know more of the story, please send me a personal email and I will be happy to share. Essentially, based on her actions, his mother didn't really want him. When she let Susanne take him on Sunday, he was seriously malnourished, and kept dropping weight - today, he weighed only 1 kg, but what a precious, precious boy. Rachel and Susanne called him "our little missionary". I'll always remember his smell, his soft, soft hair and tiny everything. Except for his eyes and feet; they were both pretty big :) He was in a lot of pain for the past day and a half judging by his cries and how he couldn't seem to keep anything we fed him down, but for the last hour or two, held close to Rachel's chest, he was at peace.

It is so, so hard to see him go, but we know and believe that God gave him his short life for a purpose, and I'm so thankful to have met, held, cried, sang, and prayed over him.

Miriam, the Andersens' 7-year-old daughter, said it so perfectly, as only a child can: God has a newborn baby today.

Adan at 18 days old.
Adan Yeso - July 5-24, 2013, and on now forever!!