You won’t find a more loved child anywhere in the world than
 Esmeralda. 

Many of you have been praying for this abandoned child who was left to die. This is an update to our post on December 10, 2009.

Review:

Esmeralda was conceived as the result of a brutal rape. Her pregnant mother tried to kill her by drinking a bottle of aspirin. Born blind with only one fourth of a brain, Esmeralda was given no hope. The doctors gave up on her, saying that she would be dead in less than one year ... and her mother abandoned her.

Last year, Esmeralda was in poor health. Taken off of life support, she was released by the doctors to go home to die. When we saw her in February, she was so frail and weak, we felt like she only had hours to live.

Update:

When the doctors removed all medicine and all life support, by a miracle, she did not die. This little girl, now 5 years old, became a fighter. She started to improve immediately, and Esmeralda is now recovering.

Today Casa Luz is her home again. The orphans, workers and volunteers are taking care of her with as much pampering as possible.

Continue to pray for Esmeralda … her fight is not yet over. Neither is her future.

If you would like to contribute toward Esmeralda's care, go to http://www.foodfororphans.org/ and make an online donation or call 719-591-7777 and talk to Gary.