Baby Pick-Up

I had an awesome time picking up the babies!! I went with a girl here named Annaliese. We left Monday at 9:30AM from Jinja and arrived in Mbarara at 6:00 that night. On the way we stopped at the equator, took a couple pictures and got some chips and guacamole and a chai smoothie (tastes nothing like the chai we have!). We stayed at a missionary's home which was really awesome. The mom and dad are named Scott and Emily and they have six kids, the two youngest are adopted from here. The kids are so well behaved and stinking adorable. We talked for a while before eating dinner. She made us spaghetti and bread which was absolutely delicious. Afterwards, they always have the guests tell a story about themsleves so I told them about me getting stuck in the couch. They thought it was awesome. After the story, they made brownies, which were absolutely amazing, and coffee for us and they actually had french vanilla creamer! It was so great! We stayed up talking for a little while longer than went to bed. In the morning, they made us tortillas, eggs, and gravy. It was going to be biscuits and gravy but their stove wasn't working so we had tortillas instead. I was so happy to have that food! I can' wait to get back and have my moms home cooked meals every night (or anyone elses for that matter)!!! After breakfast Annaliese, Emily and I went to the Mbarara Hospital to find the Social Worker who would help us with getting the babies. When we arrived, she wasn't there yet but a guy in the office told us that there was a mom who was brought to the hospital on Sunday unconscience with her baby boy by random people. She went into a coma Monday night and died Tuesday morning so there was another baby that we were able to take if we could. Before we heard about this baby, I was going to be able to name one baby and Annaliese was going to be able to name the other baby but when we found out about this one, she remembered that I had a second name so we ended up naming one Eric and one Christopher and the other one is named Caleb. I was so excited! The youngest baby (Eric) is 6 weeks and was born premature and abandoned by his mother. Tiniest little baby that I've ever seen in my entire life! I honestly have no clue how it's still alive! The second youngest baby(Caleb) is two months, he was also abandoned by his mother and has a skin problem. We think it's just because he hasn't been bathed but we'll see. The oldest is Christopher! Stinking happiest baby ever! He's so adorbable and loves to laugh. He's seven months old and has a scar from a burn right about his left ear. So once we picked up the babies, we had to go to court to get documents signed and stamped by the magistrate. Easiest process I think I'll ever see to be able to take a baby. After, we went back to the hospital to get a birth certificate for one of the babies. Once we finished, we went back to the house, grabbed our stuff, and headed to the supermarket to get baby formula, diapers and an extra bottle before leaving to go back to Jinja. When we were just standing around at the hospital waiting for documents and things to get done, random Ugandan women would come up to us and say "thank you so much for what you are doing, you are such a blessing to these babies and to us, God bless you!" It was awesome to see how happy they were to see us pick up a few babies! So we drove 8 hours back to Jinja today with three babies. They were all perfect angels in the car and barely ever cried. It was so great. If I could I would go pick up babies everyday it was such a blessing and awesome experience!!!