An Earthquake??????

Well, just when I thought this trip could not have anymore excitement, we did. Great night sleep, good breakfast, off the to Babies Home. Just planned to spend some time with Charity and Moses. Had a great session with Charity, she is sitting better, getting into and out of her chair and on and off the bed and up and down the steps with better skills. Doing a great job of following commands even in English but I always have great help to assist with translation. On to Moses, the brace I brought for him fits fine but his shoes are too tight with it. No problem, I am going shoes shopping later ( I love to shoe shop in Hoime) and it was a good thing. The brace did improve his gait but he only wore it for 15 minutes and I turned around to find another child attempting to put it on and Moses so proud because he was sharing. Anything is a toy here. As we were waiting for the kids to finish their chores so we could head our for town, I heard a rumbling sound which I thought was an airplane and the a vibration on the ground and sure enough, it was an earthquake. The kids knew what it was and took off running out of the buildings as did the staff so I knew they were not teasing. That is a first for me in Africa or any other place. Now it was time for shoe shopping. This was in a real shoe store and we found 2 pair for Jennifer and a pair for Moses. She did well and picked good ones. Next we were off to get 3 girls ears “stabbed”, that is what it is called. Sure enough, you walk up to a small store, asked to have ears pierced and they pull our the gun, the earrings and pop pop it is done. No cleaning or marking necessary and for the grand total of 4000 shillings which is less then $2 it is done. At that price, I even bought her another pair of earrings. Now to the Taxi Stand which is the market. There is a wonderful array of fabric, 4000 or 5000 shillings for “a piece”. Do not ask me how much and the cut is straight because he used a 10 inch knife to cut it. Mother here at Babies Home sold me another piece of fabric and off to the tailor we went. She took our measurements and I will have 2 skirts and a top for 28000 shillings, or $14 . I cannot wait to see how they turn out. Back for a great lunch of rice, beans, cabbage, jack-fruit ( much better this time as the one I had last year was too ripe) fresh avocados, pineapple and mango. Soo good. Ended the afternoon with passing out the sports bras and walking with 16 girls to the swimming pool. The sports bras were a big hit and worked great as a bathing suit. The shorts fit too. 4 of the girls had never been in water before, that includes a bath tub so it was an experience. The weather is very balmy and the water cooler then last year so we had some teeth chattering but we played for an hour and then sunned to warm up and enjoyed cokes and marshmallows. I have never seen such happy girls. Well, now it is time for dinner and I want to get this off to Face book, e-mail and the Blog I continue to be blessed with the people on this wonderful team, the great staff at the Babies Home and the wonderful kids. My lap has been full most of the day and there are lots of babies to hold, young kids to laugh with and older kids to talk too. It is a great time because of your constant prayers to please keep them coming.