Off and on over the last few months my friend Lisa and I have been walking in the mornings. I usually get up a little after 6am and get ready and wait for the sun to start coming up which happens around 6:30am. This morning as I was putting on my shoes and texting to make sure we were still walking because it was sprinkling I heard what sounded like a lady yelling. At first I thought they were injured, but then I heard other voices so I thought it was just people yelling to each other. It was now time to leave so I went out the door and our watchman tells me that a lady across the street had just given birth and I needed to go and cut the cord. I just stood there for second while my brain comprehended what he had just said. I repeated it back to him just to make sure I heard him correctly. We went over to see what was going on and what supplies were needed. The mamma was sitting on a blanket in the yard with the baby laying wrapped in blankets next to her. I met my friend and told her what was going on and then ran back home to get some yarn and to the shop across the road to get a new razor blade. I woke my sister up to make sure I knew what I was doing and where to tie the cord properly. Then I ran back across the street to my neighbors. Thankfully an older Ugandan lady, who seemed to know what she was doing, was there when I got back. She was putting on gloves and I was really thankful that she was going to do it because I would have had to run back home to get gloves and didn't want to waste any more time. I told her where to tie the yarn and after she had it tied she didn't waste any time cutting the cord. My brain was going a mile a minute and later I realized I didn't even find out if she had a boy or a girl. I was so concerned that the mamma and the baby were ok I didn't even think about it until later. I am going to try to connect with them in the next day or so to see how they are doing. We told them they should take her to the hospital to make sure everything was fine though I am not sure they listened.
Lisa and I went on our walk then. Still both kind of in shock over what had just transpired. I thought about all the times I have gone for walks or runs and how crazy it was for this to happen. I was also really glad that today I had decided to get my butt out of bed and go for a walk even though it was sprinkling. I would have missed this really cool experience that I got to be a part of.
I do think I am good for a little while now and hope that my walks aren't always this exciting, but whatever God has planned I will be available to do His work. So please join me in praying for this mamma and her baby.
When I got home from my walk, Ellie told me that I should go back to bed and stay there for as long as I wanted. She had helped my sister to make breakfast in bed for me for the start on my month long celebration. Ellie made a picture for me and had her breakfast in my bed too. I think she may be a bit confused on which day my birthday actually is but she loves celebrating for any reason. I think this is going to be a great month!!
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