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One aisle of the hospital storeroom, before the shipping container got unloaded. \u00a0Looks like Old Mother Hubbard’s cupboards, doesn’t it?!\"\"T<\/span><\/a>his is after the unloading, now for unpacking and sorting. \u00a0Most of the contents of these boxes are clothes, blankets, and sweaters, destined for the baby packs and the malnourished kid’s packs. \u00a0Even in the tropics, newborns and malnourished kids need blankets and sweaters to help them keep their bodies at a normal temperature. \u00a0Kids with kwashiorkor (serious malnutrition, which we see with regularity at our mission hospital’s nutrition center) often have their body temperature drop a degree or more below normal, even if the outside temperature is 90 in the shade!
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I’ve already unpacked quite a few boxes, and tomorrow is the start of a 3 week trip away, but these stacks will be patiently awaiting my return!<\/p>\n

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One aisle of the hospital storeroom, before the shipping container got unloaded. \u00a0Looks like Old Mother Hubbard’s cupboards, doesn’t it?!This is after the unloading, now for unpacking and sorting. \u00a0Most of the contents of these boxes are clothes, blankets, and … Continue reading →<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":9,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[336,42],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-4444","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-fun","category-ministry"],"yoast_head":"\nWhooeee, sweetspot! - Danforths' Days<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"http:\/\/blogs.covchurch.org\/danforth\/2017\/05\/17\/whooeee-sweetspot\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Whooeee, sweetspot! 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