As the 2017 comes to a close and we think about all we have experienced this year, I am filled with gratitude for our many blessings. We have learned more and more about how blessed we are in the United States. For our letter this week, I want to share with you some of the Christmas projects a few of the missionaries carried out here in Manila.
These missionaries purchased supplies for and assembled 600 newborn kits (a blanket, a onesie, 4 disposable diapers, 3 real diapers and diaper clips) to take to 2 charity hospitals here in Manila. These are the hospitals where women go to deliver their babies when they don't have any money to pay.
One hospital, where they gave out over 300 kits and sang Christmas carols, has gowns for the women to wear and they have beds. Two to four women will share a bed. Their families bring them food to eat because the hospital doesn't provide meals. The second hospital, (1st picture this is the ward where mothers stay after delivery) where they gave about 200 kits and sang Christmas carols. This hospital only has gowns for the women to wear during delivery then they change into their clothes. They have to share beds or sit in a chair but they do give them meals there. The women seem happy and comfortable - they are grateful for the help they have and really don't know that it could be any different.
These missionaries also had received donations from a couple of families to buy Christmas toys for children in a care center called Mabuhi House (remaining pictures). It is a place where they do surgery on cleft palets, repair eye problems, correct club feet and fit for prosthetic legs. They were able to buy each child in the center a nice toy and buy a few toys to leave at the center. Elder Tucker was able to go with these missionaries to deliver the toys and help get some of the toys working.
We have been richly blessed to know these good missionaries who are aware of needs and know how to help. It is overwhelming to think of all that could be done here but comforting to realize that any kindness shown is not only fills a need but also deeply appreciated.
In Mosiah 18:28 it says,"And thus they should impart of their substance of their own free will and good desires towards God..." I felt a sweetness as I thought about these and other sacrifices made and services rendered all around us as well as at home this year. This letter is a tribute to all those who have brightened another's life and lifted another's burden this season. Thank you all for your thoughtfulness and your love to those in need around you. We can't all do everything but we can each do something to serve our Savior ad our fellow travelers in this life.
We love you.
May your new year be bright.
Love,
The Tuckers
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