Hello everyone! So this one I promise to be shorter. And you can hold me to it this time.
So this shift was a little less eventful... thankfully. We just got home from our second shift at the orphanage. I'm pretty tired today. Jen and I did our first over night shift. Which means we are supposed to just sit until a child needs us. So we twiddled our thumbs for 12 hours. Actually, not quite. It was supposed to be 12 hours but at 3am Jen and I decided to take the last 4 hours in shifts. There only needed to be one of us down there. So Jen took the first two hours while I had a nap and I was going to do 5-7am. Jen, however, for the past 2 shifts has had impeccable timing. Its not on purpose but it just keeps happening haha. She has not changed a diaper yet. I have changed several. So anyways, at 5am she comes up to wake me up and we switch. I walk down the stairs and the Mom (the other lady working with us on night shift) goes "Time to change all the Nappies!" So we got to wake up all the sleepy babies to see what wonderful creations they had left for us. This happened the day before as well. Jen was doing bath time with one of the moms and we switched halfway through. I walked in for a moment and she asked to switch. The thing is that they bath all the older kids first, so now they were all done. So Jen I got to bath all the little ones. Which means changing all of their nappies as well. Fun fun. Actually, it doesn't bother me anymore. But Jen will change a nappie before we leave!
But the kids are great. We have four new kids this shift. A family. There are 2 boys and 2 girls. And they all look the same. They all have this dirty blond hair with greenish eyes, but they are black. They are gorgeous children. The oldest one has become a pro at the kit kat clapping game. We play all the time now. This shift was a little more tiring then the last. The kids just seemed a little more hyper. Maybe thats because there are more kids now. Who knows. But its still sad to leave them at the end of the shift. However, I think they understand now that we're coming back again in a few days.
Otherwise, don't know what else to say. Just on our three days off so I'm sure I'll have an exciting story by the end of it. I'll keep you updated. Love you all, and miss you all. Thanks for your prayers.
So this shift was a little less eventful... thankfully. We just got home from our second shift at the orphanage. I'm pretty tired today. Jen and I did our first over night shift. Which means we are supposed to just sit until a child needs us. So we twiddled our thumbs for 12 hours. Actually, not quite. It was supposed to be 12 hours but at 3am Jen and I decided to take the last 4 hours in shifts. There only needed to be one of us down there. So Jen took the first two hours while I had a nap and I was going to do 5-7am. Jen, however, for the past 2 shifts has had impeccable timing. Its not on purpose but it just keeps happening haha. She has not changed a diaper yet. I have changed several. So anyways, at 5am she comes up to wake me up and we switch. I walk down the stairs and the Mom (the other lady working with us on night shift) goes "Time to change all the Nappies!" So we got to wake up all the sleepy babies to see what wonderful creations they had left for us. This happened the day before as well. Jen was doing bath time with one of the moms and we switched halfway through. I walked in for a moment and she asked to switch. The thing is that they bath all the older kids first, so now they were all done. So Jen I got to bath all the little ones. Which means changing all of their nappies as well. Fun fun. Actually, it doesn't bother me anymore. But Jen will change a nappie before we leave!
But the kids are great. We have four new kids this shift. A family. There are 2 boys and 2 girls. And they all look the same. They all have this dirty blond hair with greenish eyes, but they are black. They are gorgeous children. The oldest one has become a pro at the kit kat clapping game. We play all the time now. This shift was a little more tiring then the last. The kids just seemed a little more hyper. Maybe thats because there are more kids now. Who knows. But its still sad to leave them at the end of the shift. However, I think they understand now that we're coming back again in a few days.
Otherwise, don't know what else to say. Just on our three days off so I'm sure I'll have an exciting story by the end of it. I'll keep you updated. Love you all, and miss you all. Thanks for your prayers.
*This photo is of Lussan. The second yongest of the four kids that came in. Does anyone else think she looks like Brittany Willacy?
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