Probably the most precious time so far was eating dinner with the Filipino midwives last night...fish soup with rice. Marie was pretty facinated by the eyeballs and saw all the Filipino kids eating it but didn't get too many bites down.(thus my reasoning for bringing protien bars:)
The midwives here have been through a lot over the past 3 months with the closing, reopening, closing and then moving of the clinic. It was good just to be able to hug them, love on their kids, and enjoy there stories. 3 babies were born the first night we were here in some homes around the clinics by the Filipino midwives! (we heard the doorbell ring a million times that night but in our jet lagged stuper didn't realize what it was about.)
We took yesterday to aquaint ourselves with the transportation system, get a cell phone, buy some water and such. We had been told that the most danger to our kids was the traffic, so (after much debate with their daddy!)we decided to buy Marie a "harness" (kid leash). I had tried to explain to her that she'd need to wear a harness when we were in really busy places, we were expecting some resistance by the opinionated 2 1/2 year old! So you can imagine our delight and surprise yesterday as she enthusiastically put the harness on and pranced around saying "look Ellie! Look! I have a blue harness! Your harness is white. Mine is blue!" (Ellie has been in a pelvic harness for her hips for the past 3 months) What a blessing to have her so eager to cooperate with one of my greatest concerns. God is sneaky and soooo very good!
We slept a good 7 1/2 hours last night and are feeling good. Ellie has added rice cereal to her menu and is loving it. Marie is equally facinated with helping to prepare it and encouraging her to gulp it down! Precious moments I will treasure forever.
Today we are hoping to join the midwives on a trip to welfareville, a stark contrast to the shopping centers we visited yesterday. We are greatful for all your prayers, especially regarding protection for our little ones! :)
If you would like to call us, our cell phone # is 63-915-621-6436. Incloming calls are free to us and it's a 12 hour difference (from EST). We are not sure what our coverage will be once we start traveling, but we'll have it with us.
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