http://specialhopenetwork.com Just another WordPress weblog Fri, 30 Jul 2010 20:19:22 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Thank you to those of you who have been praying for our tiny, tiny baby with CP, Brighton. He weighed in today at 4.5 Kg, so he has gained one kg since we've been providing formula two weeks ago. He looks a little fuller in the face, though ... http://specialhopenetwork.com/825/brighton-is-growing Joseph is 18, has intellectual disabilities, and has virtually nothing by the world's standards. He has a Mom who loves him, a 5 ft x 7 ft home, yet no schooling, no books, no therapies, no wheelchair, no way to do anything for himself, and yet, was so happy. ... http://specialhopenetwork.com/817/joseph We have a 13 year old girl named Loveness who has an intellectual disability, and one side of her body is affected by muscle weakness/tightness since she had meningitis at 6 months of age. This is a cause we frequently hear, yet, it is hard to believe she hasn't ... http://specialhopenetwork.com/809/looking-for-a-special-donor This is a formal thank you note, since Zambian mail is completely unreliable, to thank each person that donated items, packed boxes, moved boxes, repacked boxes, bought items, had bake sales, yard sales, or helped in ANY way to get our shipping container sent two days ago. Thank you also ... http://specialhopenetwork.com/801/thank-you-charlottesville-friends We had an odd theme today, July 20th, a regular old Tuesday in the life of those of us at Special Hope. Remember as I tell you this story, that the basic meal for all Zambians for ALL meals is Nshima, a cornmeal porridge, that is eaten thicker than ... http://specialhopenetwork.com/787/nshima-and-nothing-but-nshima This is a quick, short post to let you who've been praying know that Brighton, the baby who wasn't thriving, and who we spent the day with last Friday, is eating! I called to check on him yesterday afternoon, and his Mom, Jennipher said he had had three full ... http://specialhopenetwork.com/785/brighton-is-satisfied a father of a child who has significant special needs, both intellectual disability as well as one entire side of her body affected physically, divulged to us that he has this child! Can you believe it took that many visits for him to tell us about his daughter? ... http://specialhopenetwork.com/776/after-6-visits-to-our-carpentry-site If I tried to write everything about our day, it would be a small novel, so I will do my best to try to convey the main points, and paint pictures for you of the parts I couldn't take pictures of. We started our day with a 9 am ... http://specialhopenetwork.com/764/an-unbelievable-boy-named-brighton Finally after two months, untold hours of waiting, filling out documents, refilling out documents, waiting some more, being promised at least 10 times that we were going to get it THAT day, going to office after office, and then going to more offices, being on a first name basis with ... http://specialhopenetwork.com/751/ta-daaahhhhh-drumroll-please For those of you who are reading the Enews and Updates, you are getting an almost daily account of what we've been doing.  This has been a roller coaster of an 8 weeks, with many days feeling very normal and not terribly different than what I (Holly) would be doing in ... http://specialhopenetwork.com/729/ramblings-on-the-past-week