The Nest visit 11/10

I went to the nest to help feeding the kids and take some pictures. I think I’m going to do my “photo book project” on two kids named Isaac and Maggie. They are really tiny, about 3 months and because kids will not get adopted until they're 6 months at the earliest, I will have some time to get good photos.

The nest had 8 kids in the hospital due to some respiratory problems, so the staff needs a lot of help (parts of the staff needs to stay at the hospital with the babies). I decided to come back this weekend to help with the feeding. It was quite chaotic, with about 20 babies to feed at once, but I also got some time to play with them. They bigger babies, (about 1 year) are extremely contact seeking and as soon as I sat down they came to me. They wanted me to play with them, sit on my lap and be hugged and they would not let go! Fortunately it was “nap-time” so I helped the staff put them in their cribs.

When we were about to leave, the staff told me they didn’t have water. They asked us to take some laundry home. Of course we took a huge load home (my mother promised to do the laundry as long as I help with the folding.) 

I’m hugely impressed by the hard work the staff puts in. Imagine 30 babies and the water comes and goes...... And still the babies are so well taken care of. I feel very encouraged by that a few hours working in the orphanage actually makes a big difference, but at the same time I feel blessed that I have a family that cares for me and that I really have nothing to complain about! To work at the Nest is really a humbling experience!