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20 Years of Hope: Tobias

Posted on March 8, 2023

Tobias was born in 2018 with a medical condition called anal atresia. With this condition, the anal opening is either blocked or missing altogether, making it terribly difficult (or even impossible) to expel any food that is taken in. Sadly, this led to Tobias’ abandonment and early life in an orphanage setting. Although anal atresia […]

20 Years of Hope: Elyse

Posted on March 2, 2023

Back in 2006, when our work in China was only a few years old, an orphanage in central China reached out to us for help. They had recently received a baby born with a myelomeningocele, a severe form of spina bifida in which the spinal cord and nerves develop outside of the body. In ideal […]

Catherine: Waiting for Heart Surgery

Posted on February 24, 2023

This lovely five-year-old is Catherine. She lives with her parents and her baby sister in Uganda. Catherine appeared to be a completely healthy child until she developed a terrible cough last year at age four. After receiving treatment at a local hospital, she was referred to the Uganda Heart Institute for further evaluation. Sadly, little […]

Joey: Waiting for Heart Surgery

Posted on February 22, 2023

When he was born, Baby Joey appeared to be healthy, and his parents and older siblings were excited to welcome him to the world. However, at two months of age, he became very ill with pneumonia. Sadly, Joey developed an abnormal heartbeat and never seemed to fully recover. At four months old, Joey was referred […]

Baby Joanna: Waiting for Heart Surgery

Posted on February 20, 2023

Baby Joanna is the youngest of three little ones in her family. Shortly after her birth, Joanna’s parents noticed that she struggled to breathe and had difficulty nursing. Initially, her parents’ concerns were dismissed by local health officials. Finally, at two months old, the doctors at a local hospital referred Joanna to the Uganda Heart Institute. Further testing there revealed […]

20 Years of Hope: Sampson

Posted on February 16, 2023

In the fall of 2016, we were first introduced to a solemn little boy who lived along the border region of Cambodia and Thailand. At just two years of age, Sampson had already lived through more sorrow than any toddler should have to experience. His father died when he was just a baby, leaving him […]

20 Years of Hope: Sallie

Posted on February 8, 2023

In December 2019, a young couple in Uganda was overjoyed to successfully deliver twin babies, a precious boy and girl. Very quickly, however, it became apparent that their infant daughter Sallie was not well. She became increasingly listless and struggled to feed. At nine months of age, Sallie weighed just 8.8 pounds, while her twin […]

20 Years of Hope: Mya

Posted on February 1, 2023

In January 2018, LWB was contacted by an orphanage that had just received a newborn baby in critical condition. Baby Mya was severely dehydrated and struggling to breathe. We immediately rushed her to a top children’s hospital where she was diagnosed with a condition known as Esophageal Atresia (EA). EA is a rare congenital birth […]

20 Years of Hope: Harley and James

Posted on January 25, 2023

All this year, as we celebrate 20 Years of Hope — LWB’s 20th anniversary — we will be sharing updates on some of the wonderful children this community has impacted over the last two decades. Today, we look back on a very special set of twins who touched our hearts completely. In the fall of […]

Welcoming the Year of the Rabbit

Posted on January 21, 2023

The Year of the Rabbit has arrived! Some of the older residents of our China Healing Home welcomed the lunar new year by putting on festive and furry rabbit-themed coats and celebrating in a local park. Their shenanigans are sure to bring a smile! Kolby got into the spirit of the new year by pretending […]

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