Well, most of day 2 was spent putting together gift bags, goody bags and bags for the street children. We have put together about 500 gift and goody bags in the last 2 days.....and all of them will be distributed by this time tomorrow.
Day 3, today was emotional especially for Michele and I as we were able to visit the orphanage/rooms where our boys were taken care of/lived for the first parts of their lives. Several nannies who have been around for years remember our boys. We visited the Infant and Special Needs orphanage looking into the eyes of and loving on the sweetest babies/children, some just recently abandoned. One 2 year old little boy in particular was just left last month. The orphanage has come a long way since the new director took over in 2006. We did some shopping in the afternoon to meet some needs the orphanage had for hand sanitizer, bouncy seats and developmental mats. We are also praying for a connection to get 3 little boys (6, 7 &8)orthopedic shoes, so if anyone has a suggestion or "friend in the business", please let us know.
At 6pm tonight, we had a Christmas party at Seths orphanage with his friends. I think they were just as happy to see me as I was happy to see them. They passed around the pictures of Seth and talked about him for the first 30 minutes or so......then on to snacks and the gifts. These kids were so thankful for the many blessings you sent. The facial expressions were that of a 16 year old getting the car of his dreams.........only they were getting matchbox cars and tiny baby dolls. I will share more about the times/conditions of the orphanages later. We are exhausted tonight as it was a long, cold, day. Tomorrow we are off early to meet up with some street children.
Pictures are posted in the new "Pictures" section of the blog, just click on the beautiful girls face, go to My Photos and then click on the Mongolia Orphan Trip 2009.
Blessings and thanks for the prayers for our mothers hearts,
Stacy
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