We began this Mother's Day by attending a local church where one of our poa serves in ministry. We actually arrived, with 9 of the new kiddos, about an hour late. This was intentional since we wouldn't understand the language and had the babies with us. We then had the opportunity to listen to a member of our group, a grandpa who came along to help, share with the congregation. It was, as always, a fun experience listening to something shared and translated.
After the sharing and offering we worshipped with the members of the church. And oh how wonderful that was. They really know how to worship. The music was awesome, the enthusiasm contagious, their praise was felt in that building and God was glorified. One of the best moments of the trip.
In the afternoon we first went to do some shopping. There was a great little market with many stalls, lots of similar items but always a little different. We looked around a bit but had to get some items. We so love the little baskets, the necklaces, dolls and paintings, everything handmade of course and beautiful.
Halfway through the shopping expedition we were provided a taxi since we were the only ones to visit at Home of Hope that day. We enjoyed the experience and quickly we were back with Isaac for our afternoon visit. This day was a bit different. We were able to feed Isaac some food, I think they either had dinner a bit early or we were able to stay a little past. But it was great to see what he was used to eating and learn more about his daily life. We were excited, and surprised, to learn he was eating normal table food. We had assumed, like some of the other children, that he was mostly only having formula and maybe had only slightly been introduced to baby food. They handed us a bowl with bits of chicken, rice and vegetables. He ate it up well. He also was awake during this visit and even played a little with some toys we had brought and looked at the pictures of the big kids. He loved the little album of the other kids so much.
It was a great day, of course we were anxious for Monday when the offices would be open and we could make more progress towards having Isaac with us.
All the moms received these beautiful flowers from one of our pos:
Stayed awake for our visit:
Over spring break this year we went to a local museum in Boise to see the 100th anniversary for Girl Scouts exhibit. On our walk through the museum we were so excited to see these donated Rwandan baskets from a local resident who is from Rwanda, just like some we bought during our shopping:
Sheri
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