Fat, Fat Babies and Flying Food (day 5)

Today we went to the Crisis Ministry Center with a group of 6 people. The Crisis center takes in babies from newborn to 2 years that have been abandoned or whose families do not have the ability to care for them at this important developmental stage. At the age of two many are returned to their families or if families are not around they can be adopted. It is too bad that you have to live in Malawi for 18 months before adopting a baby. We took large purses called teaching bags to the Crisis Center and I know I was not the only one wondering how many babies would fit in each bag:) They were so cute. There is a total of 30 babies there now. I was in charge of a little 2 year old boy named Gift. People call him Hippo because he is extremely chubby. He was a talkative little fellow and even waved “hi” to the camera. Because of his chattiness I think he would have given me away if I tried to smuggle him out of the house and into the Land Rover. So I will have to come up with another plan. A woman from the states who is working as a nurse here in Malawi is trying to adopt him. Maybe I can get Jared to have a job over here so we can also take a few home. Kidding (well maybe). It was hard to leave the babies behind and I hope we can visit them again.