Wednesday, December 15, 2010

Regina

Regina with Baby Thabon on Her Back



I just received this email from the Hills. Please pray...

"Regina passed away this week - the first in what we are hoping is not an epidemic of meningitis. There have been two more meningitis deaths since hers, and reports of others who are sick."

Regina's family compound was just up the hill from ours last year in Napep. She was a special young friend, a side-kick, a pleasant shadow to our daily lives. Her heart was soft. She loved to nurture - to mother. She was loved and will be dearly missed...

Please pray for the disease not to spread.



Two Little Girls - Pia and Regina


3 comments:

w said...

Oh Kim, I'm so sorry. Thank you for sharing your stories and calling on us pray. Just that inviting God in makes the impossible seem possible to me.

lori said...

Wow. How heart-wrenching. I'm sorry you lost a friend, Kim. This really saddens me. Regina looked like a beautiful soul with a bright smile.

Do you get the sense that the people there view such early deaths from disease as "normal?" People around the world have such different lives from one another, don't they?

Saying a prayer for your community.

The Herlings said...

Kim, you have become quite the photographer! Glad your parents made the trip to see you.