Maely arrived in Seattle a few days ago and we were so happy to see her again. Her cast was removed a little over a week ago and she only has to wear a brace for 6-8 hours per day for the next month or so. She will go back to the doctor in mid January and perhaps find out then how much longer before she is released from the Doctors care. She is getting around very well and its getting harder and harder to keep up with her! Here she is meeting some of the locals!
She has adapted quickly to the 30 degree temperature temperature drop between Los Angeles and got to see snow yesterday for the first time in her life. Here she is enjoying one of her favorite past times...devouring a double scoop strawberry ice cream on a waffle cone!
We will take her up into the mountains so she can get a chance to play in the snow before she returns to LA. Tonight we were looking at videos of the last time Pat and I were in her village. She was very excited to see familiar faces but she also pointed out many of the children that used to make fun of her because of her deformity. Many of the people who have been touched by Maely's life are concerned about how she will be treated when she returns to the village. The King's Storehouse will be setting up an Agricultural Cooperative in her village to provide farmers in her village with loans to maintain their coffee crops until they can begin producing a marketable harvest. We intend to make it clear that this aid is being made available to them because God has chosen to bless them on behalf of this little girl whom they had shunned, ridiculed and rejected. Maely's journey will end back in her village where it all began and we can only trust that God has prepared the peoples hearts to welcome her back.
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