One year old baby

Berto arrived Sunday afternoon shortly after we arrived home from church. A pastor from a neighbouring church had called during church to ask if we could help a little baby. Melinda and I went down to look at him, and saw that he was covered with sores, probably scabies, and had scurvy. When Melinda scrubbed his feet, they were very black with dirt and covered with sores. We could also tell immediatly that there was some kind of brain injury affecting Berto. His eyes flutter constantly back and forth, and he is very small and thin, weighing in at 9lb 4oz at one year of age. Melinda gave him a bath and washed his hair and removed globs of dirt. He looked much better after his bath, and today is looking even better. He's being tube fed every 4 hours and tolerating it well. He tries to look at you when you say his name. He has a long way to go, so please pray for him.


Berto's feet before being washed.


His nails were embedded in his hands.






Shaving his head to remove the rest of the dirt.