Today is the day we head for Livingstone! This morning we did our morning sessions at the Havens. I worked with Maureen during the first part of the morning. I took her out the the play ground, and we played on EVERYTHING! I would pick the ADHD child to work with. We played on the merry-go-round, we played on the teeter-todder. We went down the slides, we played in the dirt, we put stuff in a can. We were everywhere. Eventually it was tea time and I brought her back to the porch, and then headed to Haven 1 where I worked with Rita, Emanuel (the small one) and Irene.
I worked with Rita first. I found her crying in her bed with a bottle, so I decided to feed her. She was fussy the whole time, and never got comfortable. I noticed that her eyes looked irritated, when I put her back in her crib, found out that she had pink eye drops! AHHH, Can't get away from it, but no worries. I'm immune. Then I picked up Emanuel and fed him until he fell asleep. He seemed to be doing better today when I worked with him. He was tracking me for a while, and more interactive than usual. After he fell asleep I picked up Irene. I don't work with Irene very often, but I know that she has some feeding issues. She was fine for me, she was sleepy and was feeding slowly, but she did well. When Kara's therapy group came in I handed off Irene to them and went back to grab another baby. Emmanuel (the big one) was awake and needed to be fed, so I fed him until it was time to leave for lunch.
For lunch today we fixed sandwiches and then ate them on the bus on the way to Livingstone. I ate my sandwich, and then slept most of the way there. When we arrived at the hotel we received our room keys and money for dinner, and then we were set free to get dinner. Kara, Mel, Darah, Cat, and I took a 30 min walk to ShopRite where we bought some chocolate, and then we ate at this nice sea food place called Ocean Basket. Their menu was full of puns and misspellings. It was a nice place, and the food was great too. We all ended up sharing our meals and split it up evenly at the end. It cost around 11 dollars for each of us to eat some delicious sea food...in Zambia.
We walked back to our hotel where we prepared ourselves for the Moon Bow. Three times a year there is a full moon in the correct position where the moon is so bright that you can see a rainbow in the mist of Victoria Falls. When we first got there we took lots of pictures of the falls, and then we prepared ourselves to get WET and COLD! A large group of us decided to walk down to get a closer/wetter look at the falls. Its basically like walking in a constant rain storm! The falls are so powerful! I was amazed again this year at God's wonderful creation. God is good. The experience of seeing the moon bow while be drenched by the great Victoria Falls was an experience that will never grow old.
After being completely soaked some of the group went to the shops, but Courtney and Chelsea decided to stay with me and see watch the falls a little bit longer. I took them to two or three neat spots that I remembered from last year, and we got some great pictures there too. On the bus ride home I sat next to Carla since it was our last evening together. When we got back to the hotel I took a nice warm shower and then hung out with Carla and Seth the rest of the evening. It was nice to chat with her and learn just a little bit more from her before she left. She will be missed by all of us. But I look forward to visiting her when she moves to Arkansas this summer for her new job.
Tomorrow she will be heading to the airport to fly back to America. Dr. Tullos and Ian will drive her to the airport and then wait there in Livingstone for our new supervisor to arrive. Ellie Hamby is also arriving here in Zambia on Thursday! So please be praying for all these different parties and their safety.
Thank you for all your prayers and support!
Ben
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