13 minutes for one story.....
That means that I have 13 minutes left of internet time, and because I haven't posted anything in a while, I should at least share one story ;)
I've been at Sanyu Babies Home for about 2 weeks and I've cuddled with a mass amount of children. And I could describe in lots of words what I see, but it just wouldn't do it justice. There have been 5 babies 'abandoned' in the past couple weeks and they are beautiful and adorable and 'well fed' it seems....which makes me wonder why they were left in the first place. It's one thing if you can't take care of your child and you abandon them because you can't nourish them, but when you leave a baby on the side of the road that is well fed with ears pierced....it's then that I wonder.....I just don't get it sometimes. Why some of these kids are left. And then again, I'll never know the full story either.....argh!
Anyhow, the actual story: One of my favorite children in the home is this boy named Raymond, and here's why! After we get all 50+ of the children fed and changed (aka their 'nappies' ;) we pop them in their cribs and draw the mosquito netting around the crib. WELL, I put this one boy Raymond in his crib and drew the net and then noticed about 5 minutes later that he'd climbed out.....so I put him back in there and drew the net.....and heard him laughing.....and then realized 5 minutes later that he climbed out again! Well, this time he slowly walked over to me and I picked him up and he rested his head on my shoulder....and I'm thinking, 'alright, he's tuckered himself out now'....he started to doze on my shoulder! So I ever so gently placed him back in the crib and his head flopped to the side....and then he quickly looked up at me and this adorable little grin spread across his cheeks and he started laughing!
The kid was faking it! He pretended he was tired....and at that point he climbed back out of the crib and started running around with some of the other children (who also weren't sleeping).
And there's the story....I'm off to another babies home as of saturday and then will be in MPIGI as of June 2nd.....I'm excited ;)
Hope everyone is well :)
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ReplyDeleteLoved that post Cheryl...you are so blessed!
ReplyDeleteI LOVE Raymond!! Eden and him sound like two peas in a pod, spunky, sweet, adorable! That post is sooo cute and also makes me wish that we were on our way there soon! One day I pray!
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