What day is it??!!

Okay, I honestly keep forgetting what day it is...I am going to attempt to recount my week as best I can, but I am sure I'll forget some things.
Tuesday began with an adoption ceremony at 10:30am. The night before, BG's social worker told me that she wants me to start doing the adoption ceremonies in case she is unable to attend due to being on leave or at a meeting, etc. I was unprepared for this request and told her that I will watch her a few more times and then I will give it a try. For those of you who know me, I am not a public speaker nor am I comfortable even in small group settings, so I will be getting stretched again. After the ceremony, I walked around with the new family and talked with them for a bit. We also had a 3 week old baby dropped off. He was found on the side of the road somewhere. It was special to see how happy his house mother was to hold him and welcome him to her family.

Wednesday Bryan with the nurse and social worker went to the hospital to see a new child who might be coming to BG. She has a lot of special needs that will require extra care. It looks like she will be coming, maybe next week. The doctors were very concerned that she find a place to go as growing up in the hospital is not much of a quality of life for her and her parents have stopped coming to visit.
I was out playing with the BG kids and we had unexpected visitors, who happen to attend our church. Bryan and Laury were busy so I gave them a tour and took in some donations they brought. It was a nice visit as they had never been to BG and hearing their perspective was encouraging. I also spent a lot more time in the baby houses and with the play group since we are not having school this week.

Thursday was just busy! We had 6, yes 6 kids brought in from social welfare and it was crazy. 4 of them were tiny babies less than a month, we also got a 1 year old and a 7 year old. The house mothers were shouting and trilling with excitement as each kid came and they were all hoping to get one of the tiny babies ;) During this excitement I also got to give a tour to the new parents of the first little boy who came to BG after Bryan and I moved here. We watched him grow over the last year and now he is with his mom and dad and it was very special. We also had our friend, Nthabasang over for dinner (volunteer from the Netherlands) so my in laws could pepper her with questions before they travel there on their way back to the US.

Today we had the adoption ceremony for 2 more children and I had my pastor stop by unexpectedly so it was a very busy morning and I had no choice but to do a little talking at the ceremony as Bryan was gone at a court hearing. I showed one of the families the houses that their son was raised in and then hurried home to check on my kids. Tonight we will also be having another adoptive family over for dinner and we are excited to see how they are bonding.

God brought my Mother and Father in law here at the perfect time as this has been the busiest week I think we have had a BG and it was hard to keep track of my kids during all these visits, tours, and adoptions! Bryan and I keep looking at each other and asking which day it is and what we have going on because it has been busy! I guess the rest and relax post was not really true, hahaha. It is busy but it is a blessing to be a part of it all here at BG.
Sorry I did not get a post out sooner for those who check often!
Anita