Even more changes...

This week, John and Becky's family joined all of us at Adonai 6; Dewey and Debbie, their parents, (Dewey is a GV grad :) ) and Rachel, their 17 year old sister. It's nice to have them around, and they have temporarily adopted me into their family. Dewey has continued his fatherly role and pays for practically everything...ice cream outings, transportation and such. It's nice :)

We also had another volunteer join us, Harrison, who is from Atlanta. He is pretty chill and is a great addition to our little guest house team. He is really outdoorsy, has a massive ball of curly hair on his head, and rarely showers. Haha. He will be here for 4 weeks, and then is going to Jinja for 2 weeks to work with "Pennies for Pasha", an organization that provides pasha for orphans. Pasha is tastes and feels like play-doh, with less salt. It is not appetizing, but is filling
(apparently, I wouldn't know because I never eat enough of it.)

We also got 2 new babies, in addition to Daniel and Patience. One of them is a preemie, from the nearby hospital, who was found in a toilet. Her name is Nellie. Another was found abandoned in a building and is malnourished. His name, unfortunately, is Alfie. They say he is nine months old, but he appears to be much older than that. Once he is healthy, the baby home is planning to re-evaluate him and see if they can better identify his true age. Alfie is absolutely adorable. He is
extremely smiley and loves to giggle.
The picture above is of him.

Lucky, the baby I wrote about a couple of weeks ago, also left us this week. I don't know all the details, but I believe his mother is now allowed to have him in her custody. Watoto is going to stay in contact with her to be sure he is being properly taken care of. It was sad to see him go, but it's obviously good for a child to be with his mother.

All of these changes puts the count of babies at 101. We were discussing this over dinner last night...The Bulrushes was built to hold 60 babies with a maximum capacity at 75. Haha. I can't even imagine this place with only 60 babies!! It's not that they can't take as good of care of the babies when there is more than 75, it's just that their budget is meant for only 60 babies. So with 101, the money is definitely wearing thin and fast! But God will provide, and He has.

I also have two new roommates, Mary Ann and Evie. They have been here for 3 weeks and were living in a 4 bed room room down the hall. Adonai 6 has a group of 38 coming in this week, so they needed to do as much condensing as possible. Needless to say having 2 people in a 4 bed room is silly.

Prayer Requests: That I will have the strength and energy to give my all at work, that I wouldn't be missing the giraffe room while working with Daniel and Patience