Tamara...a pittbull in lipstick...

I know that the saying "pittbull in lipstick" is not particularly a "nice" thing to say about someone. In this case, I mean it in the nicest way possible. We travel across the river to the Left Bank to visit Hospital #5. I call it Tamara's hospital. Tamara is a nurse of unusual strength and qualities. I have known her for several years and have come to admire her a great deal! She weeps when weeping works...she fights when fighting works...she demands when demanding works...she puts on a guilt trip like every mother would be proud to see! She is my pittbull in lipstick! She is the one who cares for my babies when no one else does. She is the one who stands toe to toe with the hospital and government officials and weeps and demands what those babies need and deserve to have! Where would they be without Tamara? I hate to even think about it. Over the years she has cajoled, whined, yelled, begged, and wept to get the babies in Hospital #5 basic, and I do mean BASIC, necessities. Windows that don't leak cold air in the rooms, a place to bath the babies, hot water heater, utensils to sterilize the pacifiers and nipples from the bottles, diapers, baby wipes, baby clothes, basic aspirin for reduction of fevers, (they had to tie them to marble topped tables to reduce fevers when nothing was available), antibiotics for infections, and basic I.V. moniters (they only have one) designed for the little ones. She is amazing! Much like Radar and Max Klinger on M.A.S.H. at getting the supplies that she needs! I want to thank everyone of you, where ever you live, for your contributions to help this lady help the babies. From Mesquite, TX and surrounding areas (Meadow View) to Bentonville, AR to congregations in Kentucky and Alabama. Thank you. I SEE the difference your love and support is making! Keep praying for the work here...we are here for such a short time...and please pray for Tamara and people like her who live at ground zero. The ones who do this every day...you can not imagine the toll this takes on your heart! Pray that this good, kind lady will find a walk in faith to go along with her huge heart. She is doing a work that Christians every where are commanded to do. Take care of widows and orpans! For she is the pitt bull who takes care of the babies that others would throw away...those abandoned and unloved by biological parents...those whose needs are so great that their parents can not care for them...those little ones lost in the system...the ones that no one knows what to do with. Tamara...thank you for loving and caring for my babies...may God keep you in His care as you care for those who can not care for themselves. till another adventure begins...