A Day in the Life of...Aggie!

A day in the life of Agnes! Here's what she did last weekend...

Agnes LOVES all things musical and really enjoys listening to ringtones on my cell phone. She can seriously sit in my room for about an hour doing nothing but this...

No, she's not speaking Swahili...she's just babbling. But I know what she's saying - "please change the song!"

"Let me just take this call outside..." I don't think so Agnes! Hand it over!

And now a little bit of swinging and sunshine!

One of her baby smiles. Sometimes she looks so grown up, but here - she is just a baby!

No reason to get off the swing for biscuits. One in the mouth and one in each hand...

 Getting her hair done....

Where's Aggie?...

....there she is!

All finished!

Time for a little clapping and singing! With a handful of keys and a sippy cup close by...

 Since the fashion show on Talent day at the village, the older girls have been dressing Aggie up in various styles to practice her moves....here she is wearing 4 t-shirts: one underneath, one as a dress, another layered on top of that, and one on her head as traditional African headwear.....

Here's where I'm supposed to post a picture of her sleeping, right?? If she ever falls asleep, I'll take a picture and post it. Ha! She actually sleeps really well, but almost every night, I can hear her all the way across the house for a solid hour - talking and singing and sometimes just yelling mom! mom! mom!...But I can't help but love this girl! She's a blessing straight from God.

New baby!

 Meet Elisha Kipkalya! This little one is about 1 month old, and was found abandoned in a maize field. He has now found a loving home at Open Arms and has settled well in the baby home with his 5 brothers and sisters! 

 Sweet baby! These were taken on his first day at the village! There will be more soon!

Mosquito Nets

The kids were recently given some very nice new mosquito nets as part of a government outreach. Here are some of them showing off their new nets!

Deborah

Grace

Mary

Ronny

Ian

John

Feeding Program

Here are more pictures from the Open Arms Feeding program in Kambi Teso slum. It's so humbling to watch these kids eat. They stand in line, get their food, eat every bean and every grain of rice, then return their dishes to the truck, without spilling one bite of food. The older kids feed their younger brothers and sisters, even just spooning broth into the ones too small to chew. 

This picture gives you some idea of how small the kids are - most of them aren't even as tall as the tires on the truck.

Felix!

I was about to take a picture of this little girl, and this adorable boy ran and slid on his stomach to get in the picture. So cute!