4 Days of Life, Love and Loss

January 25 2011 – Tuesday in the labor ward

CPR baby # 1. APGAR 0-8

• Day 1- The day was crazy busy and by lunch time there were already four dead babies on the table. All of us realized that we were being spiritually attacked in our weakest areas. For me that area was insomnia and so I was working on only one hour of sleep despite how tired I was from the lack of sleep the few nights before as well. But God filled me with so much energy I almost forgot about my lack of sleep, until I was back home and had a good siesta!
  
  

January 26 2011 – Wednesday in the labor ward

• Day 2- We started the day with intercession for life in the labor ward, and got it! I resuscitated two  babies between delivering a crazy one on my own. But all babies lived including one that came out with an APGAR score of 0. One of the doctors argued with us saying that it was imposable for a baby to come back from the dead, but she saw the birth herself and she came to admit it was nothing short of a miracle. 
  
  
• There was also a large group of inexperienced midwife students who swarmed around each and every piece of action, eager to learn, if someone would speak to them. This was an opportunity for us to speak into the lives of someone desiring just to be acknowledged. No sooner had we decided that we would teach these girls how to be God-fearing midwives, that one of the students did a hand over hand delivery with one of them. We were able to share with these students how our practice is judged by God and not man, that we follow the model of the Hebrew midwives and they should too. We shared with them that because the Hebrew midwives feared God, they delivered Moses, who then delivered a nation. By the end of one day they were joyfully praying over their patients, asking for helmets of salvation (Baby hats) for the babies and looking each woman in the eye to explain procedures. We do believe this is how Tanzania will be transformed. Thanks God.*
  
  

January 27 2011 – Thursday in the labor ward

• Day 3 - Every baby that was born came out with an APGAR of 9/10!
  
  

CPR baby #2 from APGAR 1-7

• Each day we suit up in our blue unis, equip ourselves with our tools and set out to work together to see God’s kingdom come through midwifery. Some days we see miracles and other days we go home asking God tough questions. Any day though, regardless of the outcome, it is our goal to work together and joyfully yank down God’s kingdom to earth. This week our leader was pulled aside by the head of the labor ward who then introduced her to a woman who oversees the government hospitals in the region. She (The government worker) told our leader “Your students are different, they look so nice in their uniforms, they are so prepared, they are working together. We want to raise the standards of care here in these hospitals and you are helping us to do that. Thank you.” We don’t do what we do to get recognition from man, but seek to serve God. This timely encouragement affirmed our desires to see the best care given to each woman through Biblical unity…that is what Jesus would do!*
  
  

January 28 2011 – Friday in the labor ward

• Day 4 - Was the busiest day of the whole week and it is going to take a much much longer time to write up. So for the full story you can referrer to the next blog. But for a summery we delivered seven babies, and four of them were within twenty minuets of each other.
  
  

*Inserts from our leader, Bek's, testimony.