Last night was bible study at Crossroads Fellowship from 6-8pm. Afterwards, we went out for dinner with the Bechtels to an Italian restaurant. It was nice to eat something different than the buffet that we eat for breakfast and supper everyday. It was nice to get to know them a little better too. The adorable baby (Michelle) whose pic is above is 2 months old and the Bechtels are praying about possibly adopting her. The really good news yesterday was that Michelle tested negative for HIV. We think they retest her again in 6 months, and if she tests negative again, she’s in the clear. Yay, God!
Today we were back at Tumaini again. It was not a good sign when we passsed their van chock full of children (21 to be exact) going the other direction on our way to the orphanage. They were taking those kids for some routine HIV testing at the Free Hospital. It was a slow day at the orphanage, since they didn’t come back again until after 1. There were lots of volunteers there today, and so for the morning, the ratio of volunteers to children was 11 to 3. We were happy when the kids came back!
If running an orphanage is in anyone’s future, we do feel like we’ve learned a few things over the past week and a half about what we’d do. It’s been interesting to observe and learn about why they do things the way they do. Of course, some things we still don’t understand why they do them the way they do, but we have only been here a week and a half. I’m sure we have much more to learn.