Time to say goodbye:(

Monday

Today was the last day to spend at the baby center. We needed to finish up a few things (the many leftovers for one!) and spend as much time with the babies as possible. We decided to take them for a walk down to the farm. We asked for 7 babies since there were 7 of us going. But of course, about 16 babies came out with there shoes on ready to go. We couldn't say no to those sweet little faces so we decided we could manage. What a long and exhausting walk even though it was just a short distance to the farm. We had several kids lose shoes, want to be carried as well as those who wanted to take off even though there were large trucks coming down the road! Somehow we managed and the kids loved seeing the Mbele? (cows) and cuckoo's (chickens) although several were afraid and just wanted to sit on someone's lap. We wondered if it might be a good idea to bring a cow down to the baby center for when the kids didn't want to sit down! We also visited the water project. The gardens are beautiful! What an awesome thing to see how much the water is going to bless so many other areas of the baby center. We also got to witness many Kenyans coming to buy water at the gate. This will provide much needed funds to continue the work of caring for the orphaned and abandoned babies of Kenya. In the afternoon we went to Priscilla's (baby center nurse's) home to celebrate David joining their family. He already seemed to fit right in as if he had never been an orphan! He especially liked the soccer ball that Greenlee's got him and the shoes the NLF team gave him. After eating a delicious supper of chicken packets (made by Ben), we spent the evening packing and getting ready to leave. Right before bed, we went down to give the babies one last hug and kiss. They were so wound up, it made it a little easier to say goodbye. Yet each of us were sad to walk out the door.