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She looks like the picture of health. Except for the scars along the entire length of her left forearm and left side of her body, it is hard to imagine she was lying on her death bed less than 12 months ago. She contracted malaria last year and had to be sent to a hospital for treatment in a city about three hours away.
After leaving an orphanage, children become wards of the government and we knew, in all likelihood, we would never see her again. We learned that while she was in the hospital being treated for malaria, she was forced to work in the kitchen. She was on the road to recovery, but while working she suffered third degree burns to her arms and the left side of her torso. The infection that set in almost killer her.
It is a miracle she survived malaria and overcame the infection, but the biggest miracle is that she has found her place back in the OIH orphanage. Praise the Lord! Our Miracle has a name: It is Mirlande. |