It’s been a pretty awesome week this week and so I thought I
would share a few of the best moments with you...
Let’s start with the most important. I found dream white
chocolate with biscuit in. For ages in the UK you couldn't find it anywhere so
when I came here I was most excited to find dream white chocolate. Imagine my excitement
then when this week I discovered this new creation! Of course I had to buy a
bar or two!
I absolutely love to go to the orphanage and this week I
managed to go 5 evenings in a row. We get back from Rehema about half 4 and
then I go and spend an hour and a half playing with them, bathing them and then
getting them into their pyjamas! It is the best way to end the day, especially
when Alexi and I have Swahili banter. Now, whenever one of us says kwa nini
(why) in response to a statement the other responds’ kwa sababu’ (because) then
‘kwa sababu nini’ (because what) and we
go round in circles until one of us gives in! That is as much banter as you can
have with a Swahili speaking 4 year old and a white person slowly learning swahili!
Bathing them is great fun, especially with the older ones. They finish their
food and then come over to me, some undressing whilst walking and others
walking with their little arms in the air needing some help! Alexi can be a
little monster in the bath tub and turned the dial so that the water shot out
of the shower head and onto me. His laugh though is so cute that I can’t help
but laugh! They love bath time so much and so it is great to be able to give
them that little bit of fun, even though I get a few looks from the mamas who
just want to get them into bed and even if it gets them a little bit hyper when
they should be calming down! When they are all changed into their pyjamas and i’m
cuddling them and putting them into their own beds, i could almost forget their
horrible pasts, they are just like any other child being tucked into their beds
and for that split second i forget they are living in the orphanage.
Some of you may find this next highlight a bit of a weird
one. I absolutely love cleaning, tidying and sorting and this week before Rehema
reopened after our two week holiday we needed to do just that. It was so much
fun! It is such a satisfying feeling when you see what you have achieved. It
was a great start to the week and it was such a good atmosphere cleaning with
the women. I especially loved Flora and I cleaning together in the workshop,
although I really hated all the spiders! We are very like minded when it comes to
cleaning which was fab! Being back at Rehema has been really good and busy and
it has been lovely to see all the women again.
Great end to the week...holding a baby that was just 15
hours old! One of the Rehema women had a baby this morning and this afternoon
after work I went with some of the women to have a cuddle! It is such an
adorable baby. So tiny! I had a moment of panic (much to their amusement) as
she was handed to me, as I have never held a baby that young before but her
cute facial expressions, tiny tiny hands and feet and watching her sleep in my
arms was something special and I thank God for this precious new life.
It’s something like 4 months 9 days until I fly home. I
seriously cannot believe how fast this year is going!
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