African Chinese food...

Today I spent about 5-6 hours at the Baby Center, playing with the kids and trying to learn the names, which is kind of a hard task. We brought along all the clothes/toys/bottles that I had brought from home and the caregivers spent a couple hours dressing the kids in the new clothes after their baths. They looked even cuter! Since Cason and Colleen's car is still broken down, and we werent' able to find a car/ride out to the Baby Center tomorrow (about a 20 min drive) we'll just have a bit of a relaxing day and start working on the beginning stages of revamping the Baby Center's website. My jetlag hasn't reared its ugly head yet, i'm just waiting for it to though... It's already 1245 on Thursday night- maybe should get some sleep, and I AM feeling tired, which i think is a good thing, cause it means im somewhat on their time schedule. I'm trying to think of other interesting things that have happened in the last 24 hours... heres a random list- i was kinda excited to use the mosquito net last night, but after having tucked it all in around the bed and forgot the light was on, i untucked it and tied it back up.. way too much of a hassle- and only 1 skeeter bite this morning. I had chinese food for supper, and it was awesome- so were the fresh mango/passionfruit smoothies colleen made for lunch.. so much for losing 10 pounds here- the food has been awesome so far! If i remembered what it all was called i would tell you. But i dont =). Last night i fell asleep to the nakuru dog choir.. it sounded like 1000 of them, but tonight its not sounding like quite that many... and lastly, before i head to bed- i actually got sunburnt today.. in about 45 minutes. Btween my pasty whiteness and being 10 miles from the equator, it didnt take long at all. One of the caregivers was so fascinated that my skin "did that" when i pulled up my sleeves and had a horrendous line.. she thought something was wrong with me =) Crazy thing is, some of the babies were out in the sun as long as i was, and were totally content and fine- in the long sleeves and sweatshirts that they dress them in.. its so strange, but it works for them. Im continually impressed at the Baby center, and how the kids are loved and taken care of- sure its not like having parents, but the kids are for the most part very happy and well fed and bathed. Its been very eye opening to see how they get along just fine with so much less than we think we need at home, or without things that in the states are just thought to be necessary to raise a child. Things like bouncy seats, and baby wipes, and bottles- they feed some just out of cups when they get their morning porridge- theres no baby monitors or diaper rash cream, or millions of toys (they have toys, just not a ridiculous amount, and from what i've seen in only 1 day is that it forces them to have amazing imaginations). I think i have a lot to learn from these kids. Please just pray that I'm able to get out of my comfort zone and learn to know and befriend the caregivers and missionaries and that my purpose here becomes clear. I know there is one, and I think its bigger than just "playing" with babies all day. Theres a mosquito buzzing annoyingly in my ear, so let me finish up- heres a few pictures from today. To see more click on the link right before this post to see my updated facebook album.

Meet Phyllis

and Joshua

 

Lydia

Grace sleeping in her new clothes

And a couple of the toddlers- i think Momo and Owiti. I dont know their names as well yet. They were very proud of their nice clothes and told me "asanthe sana" (thank you) quite a few times... this would be when i learned how to say your welcome back, in swahili- "karibu!"

 Practicing their welcome song