Home Visit from the Church Ladies

On Saturday I had visit from several of the ladies from church. Whenever someone has a baby, they come to the house to visit and pray for the new mom and baby. They had wanted to come see me for a while, but decided to wait until Julia was more stable. Since Julia has been so fragile, we have not taken her many places and therefore I haven't seen the ladies from church since before Julia was born, almost eight weeks ago. It was really nice to see them. We visited for a while, just chatting. I told them some of the details from the delivery and we enjoyed cake together. Then at the end, they presented me with a gift for Julia, a cute pink outfit, and a gift for me, fabric. Giving fabric is a very common tradition when celebrating something (a new baby, wedding etc.) The fabric is big enough so I can make a dress for myself and have matching shirts made for George and Eli as well as a dress for Julia. It was especially touching because I know those ladies are very poor and must have really sacrificed to buy me those gifts. Before they left, we sang a couple songs and ended with prayer. It was a joyful gathering and made me feel very loved and honored to go to their church.