I know it is hard to pay attention to dire needs when they are so far removed from our daily reality. How does my $50 help anything? It is impossible to understand exactly what it means that there are fuel shortages there. We see pictures of barefoot people trudging along muddy roads, so why do they need fuel?
The following is a short prayer request from one of the doctors we got to briefly serve with when we visited Burundi 3 years ago. There is a connection here for me, as Eika and I did kangaroo care (skin-to-skin contact) for preemie newborns, before they had incubators. We dropper-fed a set of 2-lb twins, because they had no feeding tubes, and they were too small and weak to suck. Out of the 6 newborns we helped with, 2 died by the end of the week. We won't forget those faces.
From Dr. Alyssa Pfister: Please pray for fuel in Burundi. It's difficult to get supplies for the hospital without it and our already limited electricity situation is made worse by not having diesel for the generator. This little baby is one of many who is having trouble keeping warm without enough power for the incubators. And her mama can't do kangaroo care because of illness. Pray for hope and a quick solution in what seems like a hopeless situation. (Picture of fuel lines in Buja courtesy of Simon Guillebaud)
Dr.
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