Another Update

I am getting to write you again today and I once again am excited. I think it will be fairly easy for me to get out here once a day cause I am only working half days. Although after the first couple of weeks my updates might not be as long. To be honest, yesterday I was very discouraged with work. When we took the tour of the orphanage it was hard to even look at the babies. Babies are supposed to be chubby and rolly, and some of them are. But then there are the kids with knees bigger than the diameter of their thigh. For the kids that are in special care they have trouble even moving on their own so when their mouths hang open, flies will sit on their tongue.
These kids are so desperate for love and affection that it is almost sickening. They fight and are naughty because they get attention from that, even if it is being yelled at. If you are holding a child they will hit the other child until you stop to yell at them because then they know that they exist. So I went back again in the morning today. However, this time I didn't go into the school with the 5 year olds but stayed in the house with the babies-4 year olds. They are so adorable. Love to be tickled, and love to show their stomach. They will pretend to cry just so that you will go and pick them up. I am heartbroken for these kids. They would do funny things like get on the ground and roll around inside of a carpet and spit water at me just so that I would look at them. I wanted to have enough arms to hold them all but we all know that is not possible. So I will be with them because they need it so badly.
I met a boy named Kwame and Tampico. Kwame came yesterday to the orphanage and no one had even asked him his name yet. He sat on my lap for almost an hour and I just tickled him and loved on him because that is what he needs. It is so amazing but so difficult. On the bright side, yesterday I decided to venture out on my own into the city. I got the tro-tro all by myself to and from the home. It was a great confident feeling. I love everything about this country, even the things that are hard to look at.
Then last night we had "quiz" night for the volunteers. All the volunteers meet at the Projects Abroad Office and split up into teams and play a trivia game. My team got second, and I met a lot of other volunteers. There are now four girls named Claire that are working as volunteers haha. Our taxi ride home was breezy and we were going probably 70mph on a side road right along the ocean. We were back around 11pm and just hung out and tried to sleep again. Everything is great here; I am great. Oh I got some Ghanaians number right before I came here. It is hilarious being an American. Well that’s all for now. Prayer requests are the same except that one girl has been throwing up every night for the past three weeks and they are trying to figure out what is wrong with her so pray for that.