Chicken Spaghetti!

Today we were back to our regular schedule for therapy at the Havens. This morning I again worked with Maureen. This time since it was so cold we stayed on the porch and played and talked. Maureen is very fun to work with. She talks and loves to interact with you. She is doing well, but I always get to work with her because she is a trouble maker if she sits in on a language group. : ) Got to love the trouble makers.

At Haven 1 this morning I worked with Cathy. Cathy always looks like she is in a state of timidity. Her eyes get really wide and her hands kind of shake. She is a fun baby, she is usually very content with just about anything you do with her, which is nice compared to those squirmy babies! Today I found out that she loves bouncing on the exercise ball. We bounced for a while, and then I got her to put weight on her feet while she held the ball. She really enjoyed it.

For lunch today we had the very famous chicken spaghetti! It was very good and many of us had second servings of it. Mrs. Sue also made this delicious milk tart. In America, we would call it a milk pie. In Africa, if you use the term "pie" the expectation is that it will be containing some sort of meat. If it doesn't contain meat, then it is called a tart. Interesting! I also found out from the girls that you are suppose to start peeling citrus fruit by the top...not the side...who knew? I'm not really that convinced this is truth. Moving on.

In the afternoon I spent most of my time holding Rita and Emmanuel. Rita's eyes are doing much better, I didn't see drops today and the redness and irritation is gone. I fed her for a little bit, and then spent the rest of the time trying to get her to fall asleep. Once Rita fell asleep I picked up Emmanuel (the smaller). He is doing much better as well. He had great eye contact and tracking today. And he would smile and vocalize a little for me. At Haven 2 I spent more time with Maureen. Of course Twapegwa found me for a little while. The Haven 2 kids seem to be doing better and better everyday.

Christopher, a baby that I have previously mentioned on this blog is doing better now. We are still keeping an eye on him, but he is doing much better! Thank you for your prayers, God is good. I do ask that you start praying for Joel and Irene. Irene is a tiny baby in Haven 1 and is sick, and Joel is a baby in Haven 3 that might have some issues with his liver being swollen. We are not quite sure about his condition, but we want to keep him in our prayers as well.

Tonight Kara and Dixie wrote a song to help cheer up Chelsea and Shaylin because of their eye conditions are still not completely healed. It was received very well. The entire group was laughing by the end of it. Today our new supervisor Carol and her daughter Laurel arrived here today. I look forward to getting to know them better as they start in on therapy tomorrow.

Thank you for all your prayers and support!

Ben