Today is a special day at Treasures of Africa Children's Home. Today is Justice's 3rd birthday. I remember the day Justice(whose nickname here is JuJuBe after the American candy) came to our orphanage. He came straight from the hospital and he was almost 4 months old. His mother had died shortly after giving birth to him. She had AIDS and we soon found out that Justice was infected with HIV as well. This was heartbreaking news. If an infant who has HIV is not treated, they usually die within the first year or two of life. So it was important to begin taking him to the local hospital to their HIV clinic to be monitored and treated. Now Justice is doing very well. Although he is small for his age, he is rarely sick and is very active and energetic. It has been a delight to watch him these last 3 years. He is so cute and so funny. He has a little dance that i call "the JuJu dance". He bounces up and down while swinging his right arm back and forth. He is just adorable and a delight to us all. It is a special victory to see a child with HIV celebrate another birthday. We are praising the Lord for this and continuing to pray and believe God for a miracle for JuJu. Please keep beleiving with us!
Jodie
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