When I first saw this poor father from the mountains coming to our Mobile Clinic, he had a baby in his arms. This child had malnutrition so badly, that his arms and legs were swollen so badly that the skin was ripping open. The child looked like he was about a year and a half or two, but I was shocked when the father said he was “seven!” It couldn’t be! But, that was what I was told and indeed, this little boy had suffered many years of severe malnutrition, and his Birth Certificate said that he was seven!

We took him and brought him from far in the mountains to our Children’s Home. Mackenson was so bad off that he was in the hospital for a long time. After a while, he was much better, and we sent him to school. When he was in about the fourth grade, he had a stroke and was thrown on the floor.

Since that day, he has been crippled in his hand and arm and he walks with a limp. He is quite intelligent, though. He is now in Junior High and making good grades. His love is the Bible and he wants to be a teacher, and he especially likes geography! He will go far in his life!

Sherry