Update on Noah



Miriam and Sherry



March 9, 2011

I want to give you an update on Noah.

You know that when we first took Noah, I just wasn’t sure how it was going to turn out… He was so sick, full of worms, scabies, ringworm, diarrhea, starving, won’t speak and such a sad face.

If I were tell you that it has been easy, I would be lying. Little Noah has required so much time and attention.

Twice a day, we have to bathe him and apply antibiotic ointment to his entire body. Then we have to apply scabies medicine to his entire body. We have to wash his sheets and clothes everyday to keep the scabies from reinfecting him. He has constant diarrhea as the dead worms are coming out of his body. Most of the time it goes all over him, us and his bed so everything has to be cleaned again. As soon as you get everything cleaned, you look down and you have to do it all over again…

We had his lab work done and everything came back negative… Yea!

These past 2 weeks working with Noah has so humbled me. If I look from far away, he is just another child that needs help; as there are so many. But when you look close, you see a little scared boy, sick, malnourished and wanting the same thing that my boys wanted when they were sick. To be held and loved.



Miriam and Noah

It’s easy if when you think of “those poor kids in Haiti” and you just group them all together. But if you look closer, I mean really close; you will see that these kids are just like our kids at home. They have feelings, they get scared, sick and lonely. They cry, but the difference over here in Haiti is that if someone doesn’t take the time to look closer, then what will happen to these children? Taking a closer look, may put a strain and extra work on you. But what if we don’t? What if we just look the other way?



Sherry and Noah



I’ve learned a lot this past 2 weeks.



I was sitting under the Mango Tree this past Sunday as we were having Church there. I looked up a few seats and there with a big smile on his face was Noah. I got up and went straight for him. He smiled at me. Put his hand on my lap, clapped to the songs, put his hand back on my lap… he trusted me. I kept holding him next to me during Church. My heart was just overflowing with this little guy that has come so far in such a short time.

What a beautiful smile. What a sweet personality. I almost missed out on this as I didn’t want to look closer, because I knew if I did, I would have to do what was in my heart.

I'm so glad my mom was there to make that decision. Now maybe the next time I won’t hesitate to do what’s in my heart. Will it be work, yes, will it be a lot of work, yes, and will it be worth it…just look at that smile…no doubt…yes!

My mom arrived in Haiti tonight and we went over to the Children’s Home and I said, you have got to see Noah! She gave him big hugs and he just smiled so big… what a great moment…

Yes, he still has diarrhea and needs ointment rubbed all over him everyday as his body heals…do we have a room and bed for him yet…no…but just as New Life has done for the last 103 kids, we will find a bed, we will make room. Noah is part of our family now. Families make sacrifices for each other. I can say that its ok… it’s what we do… and what we will continue to do just as my mom has done for the past 34 years. Instead of looking at the circumstances, she looks at the child… isn’t that the way it should be?

Dan and Sherry Frederick Moesly xxoo



There is nothing impossible for God