When Bryan and I went to the Netherlands, we met up with
several adoptive families. One family had us share with friends of theirs from
church and also some of their family. One of her family members pulled me aside
at the end of the night and talked to me about the health of the children at
Beautiful Gate. She talked with me about the possibility of donating some Herbalife
shakes to help with the health of our children.
After returning from furlough, we continued communicating
through emails and she sent some Herbalife shakes for us to share with the
Beautiful Gate children. For several months before this, doctors were
complaining that some of our children were malnourished and were very concerned
about their diet. There are many kids who come to Beautiful Gate in different
severities of malnourishment and sometimes it takes months to see results in their
weight gain. Our nurse was looking into their dietary needs at the same time I
was communicating with our friend from the Netherlands .
It has been 3 months since we started using Herbalife shakes
with our Beautiful Gate children and the results have been impressive. Each
child over the age of 6 months has a little bit of the shake (it is full of
vitamins, minerals and some protein) mixed in with their morning cup of milk.
In January we had 21 children who were being monitored for being somewhere
along the malnourishment spectrum and at the end of April we had 10! Wow, what
a difference.
We thank God that He knows the needs of the Beautiful Gate
children and that He supplies what we need without us even knowing what to ask.
I would never have looked into Herbalife, knowing that our care center could
not afford something like that, but God supplied a wonderful woman who had the resources
we needed and a heart that reached out to orphans. There is something powerful
about watching God work and seeing how He brings together whatever we stand in
need of in order to give the best possible care we can to His precious little
ones here at Beautiful Gate.
Wonderful! Oh how I miss those little ones ;-)
ReplyDeleteGood result! I do wonder: is this product modified to meet the nutritional needs of a child instead of an adult (for whom it was developed?)
ReplyDeleteWe have been talking with Herbalife representatives and are using a dose specifically intended for children. Thanks for checking though. They do actually sell specific shakes for children but it is cheaper to modify the amount for kids when using the regular shake amounts.
DeleteThis is awesome...how God provides in every way!
ReplyDeleteKaren B