Wacky Days/Nights in Otutulu

Where do we begin....Tuesday in the wee early morning hours the giggles began.  As mentioned in our previous blog, the women are caring for 2 little baby boys whom need a lot of attention, love and care.  It was Barb and Kim's night to do the night shift with the little squirts and did we have a night of fun.  Not only did we have to wake up every 2 hours to feed it was the critters that added to our evening.  First it was a fairly large roach that started up high on the wall then ended up crawling on Barb's back followed by "the giant monster roach" that appeared on our wall scaring us silly.  We figured out that it must have crawled over the flashlight casting a very large shadow on the wall.  Then a few hours later we heard banging behind the armoire in our room.  It was already mentioned to us there is a bit of a rat problem around our apartment and was ready to take action if necessary.  Our traps had not come out yet but after hearing the many bangs the traps are now placed out ready to catch these pests. So far, 2 roaches made it their resting place.

After waking up we had a full day ahead of us.  We witnessed a medical case that was hard to see.  A father and mother brought a baby girl, 5 months old, Faith, who has Hydrocephylus (spelling?).  Prayers need to be lifted for Faith and her parents as she only has a few months to live.  It was off to school to do art class with the 1st, 2nd and 3rd graders.  The kids enjoyed crayon rubbings, songs and marshmallows. What excitement these children had in doing this project and our time spent together.  We were taught "Head, Shoulder, Knees and Toes" in their language, Igala.  It was fun for us to enjoy this time with them, too.  The afternoon brought time playing with the kids outside with baloons.  Oh did the kids light up when we came out with them.  What a joyous time we had playing and watching how much fun a simple baloon brought each of them.  Many pictures captured this moment for you all to see. 

These children are all so amazing and happy for us to be here.   Once we leave our apartment it is as if we introduced ourselves real loud for them all to come running.  They just know we have come outside because they are waiting for us to join them in play.  We are incredibly blessed to be here with these children meeting them, loving on them and attempting to learn names.  So many names to try to remember.  Thank goodness for cameras.

We all send you a big "hello" and our love. 

Posted by Kim