Leg Fittings

Cason wanted a picture with Mr. Mubun and his new leg :)

Can you say too many prosthetics around my house this week? Caedmon is walking around pretending to be lame and saving his money to buy a new leg, Cambree is putting fake eyeballs in her eyes, and here is Cason with a new toy :)

This is Boyce, one of the only two below knee amputees (he was bitten by a snake). Chris originally told us she could do 6 below knee amputees and 4 above knee amputees. Instead she had 7 above knee and only 2 below knee!

These are the crutches Boyce was using.

Giving Blu a smile after learning to walk with his new leg!

Posing with Dr. Chris :)

This is 15 year old Hampande. He had a tumor and his leg was removed in March of this year. Here he is at New Day waiting for his leg to be done!

Making some adjustments...

He's walking!

This is 36 year old Mooya, a mother of three. She was also bitten by a snake. Her husband is SO supportive and was so excited for her to get her leg!

This is much harder than it looks, and much harder than these people expected!

Blu has been great at translating for the patients and giving them pep talks!

This is Raphael. He is either severely malnourished or sick. He was the one patient Chris had said beforehand that she couldn't do, due to the size of his leg. However, even though we didn't call him to come back, he showed up. When Blu told him we couldn't help him, he asked Dr. Chris to come out and tell him herself. She took one look at him and said, "Ok I'll try!" Yesterday he was at the clinic at 8am ready to be fitted! He was SO excited. :)

His skinny legs are heartbreaking!

He was SO grateful to Dr. Chris :)

I have tons more to blog! Eye fittings are today, more leg fittings, plus John has taken some amazing pictures of the moon, people, etc.! But right now I am off to teach this morning, women's Bible study this afternoon, cooking supper for everyone tonight, and off to Lusaka early tomorrow morning to take team and Wes & Laurie to the airport! Busy at New Day! :)

More Pictures!

Hope made our storage container pretty - the flowers spell out New Day! :)

We took the kids on a mini field trip to visit with Hope, John, & Chris! They were fascinated by all of it! I tried to explain to curious Muchoni how a prosthetic eye fits into your eye socket!

This was the first eye patient John made an eye for. She is a nun who lost her left eye as a child when a spark of fire got into it. She had two prosthetic eyes with her, but she didn't wear them because neither was a proper fit. She was very pleased with her new eye!

Jordan took some pics of some of our staffers. I love this pic of Hildah!

John & Axer :)

Chris built a leg for Mubun!! Remember when he was baptized by Kalenga last year?? Here Chris, Blu, & Wes help him take his first steps!

We love the library murals! Hope did different scenes from some of the kids' favorite books: Chicka Chicka Boom Boom, A Fly Went By, The 3 Bears, The 3 Little Pigs, I Love You Stinky Face, A Big Ball of String, Daniel in the Lions' Den, Curious George, Little House on the Prairie, etc.!

Margaret, Axer, & Gertrude :)

LOVE this pic of Phillip :)

Happy Birthday to my Bluboy :)

Blu turned 31 years old today!! Sometimes it seems like just yesterday that he was turning 17 and I bought him personalized floor mats for his truck! And then other times...that feels like forever ago! I am thankful every day for my Bluboy! Here are some pics from his day! Money from Blake & Dawni & family!

A pullup bar (we are doing P90x!) from Papa Ron & Mama Dee

An electric razor from Blu's parents - he's needed one forever!

Blu got TWO watches for his birthday! His exact words to me were "Tell everyone who asks that I need a watch - I need two or three watches!" :) BLu has been known to break a watch or two... ;)

Blu takes time out of his party to talk to Kelitah about her decision to accept Jesus as her Savior!

Blu sitting at his birthday party - the New Day kids were SO excited!

We asked Blu to make it easy for them and not run from the water, so he just plopped himself onto the dirt and let the water flow!

This is my favorite pic! The staff (who might have had some direction from an unnamed person who likes to write blogs.....) surprised him on Wednesday night when he came out of the dining hall with some water from the freezer!

Wednesday Night Prayer & Praise

We love our Wednesday night prayer & praise time! It is a blast to sing and dance with the kids, and then to hear their tender prayer requests and listen to them pray! Last night was INCREDIBLE as we found out that SIX of our New Day kids prayed to receive Christ yesterday! Francis, Ben, Muchoni, Cynthia, Sisi, and Kelitah all approached their two house mothers and said they were ready to ask Jesus into their hearts! What a great reminder that THIS is what it's all about! :) Blu & I sing with little Laurie and Caedmon

Cambree gets a ride from Kelitah!

Hope & John get some love from the kids!

Gotta love Joseph's smile :)

Margaret singing a praise song

Let the week begin!

Eye and leg patients wait to board the New Day bus to head to the hospital!

Chris works on baby Luckson

This boy is SO cute and brave! :)

John works with an eye patient

Blu uses the down time with the patients to share Christ

He keeps it simple by drawing a gospel presentation in the dirt

Hope working on the library mural!

18 kids + 18 brushes + oil-based black paint = NIGHTMARE!!!! But I do love this pic of Axer!

My face says it all...

Caedmon worked hard - anybody know how to get oil-based paint out of hair?!

(photo credit to Jordan Overturf) Francis

(photo credit to Jordan Overturf) My favorite picture of Cynthia!

(photo credit to Jordan Overturf)

Texas Team!

Hope & Jordan are back, and they brought John & Chris with them! Hope will be painting murals in our library and on our storage container. She will also be helping the kids paint the playground and doing a painting in Mulenga & Kalenga's house! Jordan is busy journaling the trip for his newspaper back home. John will be sculpting and fitting people with prosthetic eyeballs, while Chris will be busy making prosthetic legs! What a fun week of ministry this will be! Brother cuddles before the team arrives

We were SOOOOO spoiled by this team!!! It took me 3 hours to find places for all of this!! :)

The kids are enjoying time with my mom & dad's good friend John!

The prosthetic leg workshop on the Matthew House front porch!

Hope has plenty of helpers!

Hope starts work on the container!

Poor Blu got stung on his forehead in his quest to clear the containers of bees for Hope to paint!

Website Changes!

Check out our website changes! At the top you can click on "staff" or "new day kids" to read bios and see pics of all of the staff and kids at New Day! www.newdayorphanage.org Blu worked hard on this and did a great job! :)

Vehicle Fundraiser Update!

We now have just over $20,000 in our new vehicle fundraising account! Thank you to the churches and individuals who have given in the last couple of weeks!! Only $12,000 to go!