Adolescence is often an awkward and self-conscious time. 

Fortuné was born premature with underdeveloped lungs. He received oxygen through a tube in his nose.  

Janviera’s children studied by the kerosene lamp. Carole was the only girl of five children and loved to help her mother. 

One Friday afternoon, an elderly woman showed up at the Mercy Ship in Benin with her newborn grandson in her arms. 

When the Mercy Ship arrived in Benin, West Africa, it was just in time. 

When Maurel was 2 years old, Rene, his concerned mother, took him to a local hospital because of his bowed legs. 

Alimatou’s facial tumor grew bigger every day. Because of this, her husband took the children and abandoned her. 

Veronique had labored with her first child for five days. 

In the middle of the night Perlagie couldn’t sleep. 

When Richard was a baby, his parents sought help for his cleft lip.