The stress and anxiety of 30 days lockdown and 14 days of quarantine experienced by many because of Corona virus are too far to be compared to carrying pregnancy for 9 months. However, this woman has been pregnant for 23 years now, yet still hopeful to deliver one day.
Today, I decided to visit the woman whom we discovered her state in 2010 during the community service program, 56km off Chongwe boma, Zambia. She became pregnant in 1997. Just like others, she expected to deliver a bouncing baby within a period of 9 months as the clinicians indicated on anti natal card. Unfortunately, she is now in her 23rd year of waiting. The husband ran away in the third year when all the leaves and roots of trees failed to work. Several hospital visitations have never been fruitful. Relatives and friends who were close and sympathetic in the early years are weary and have distanced from her. She remains bedridden all these years in a dilapidated shapeless house shown in the pictures.
When no one seems to care, Jesus cares. So I decided to give her a surprise visit today. It was a joyous moment and she affirmed her faith in Jesus that ONE day will be her ONE day. Because Jesus cares, we can try to care.
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