Many people here are encouraging us to learn the Chitumbuka
language; several of the ladies at Church always greet us in the local
language. Trinity Kamanga, in
particular, makes us practise our pronunciation and gives us feedback . On Sunday she invited us to see her new born
grandson, Martin at her home. Martin was
born premature and in the hospital he had stopped breathing and the family was told
nothing more could be done for him.
Trinity requested permission to try mouth to mouth resuscitation on baby
Martin because she had been trained in First Aid. Trinity remembered her training and prayed to
God…alas, baby Martin started breathing!
Trinity told us that sadly many babies do not survive.
Martin was just a few pounds when he was born but he is
growing stronger each day. He has lovely
fine, black curly hair. In the photo he
is wearing the blue baby clothes from Scotland.
Martin's cousins came to visit and they were very happy to have their photo taken with Martin.
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