Lunchtime!
Nikita and Dasha enjoy the ground meat and mashed potatoes. And juice in cups. Not bottles.
I get to help with the meals when I visit the orphans at the hospital. Typically, when a child is admitted to the hospital here, a parent (usually the mother) also stays. Oftentimes sharing a bed. The mom handles all of the care that is not specifically medical...feeding, dressing, bathing, playing. When orphans are admitted, there is obviously no parent to take care of these things. And the small staff cannot possibly attend to their medical duties PLUS give extra attention to the orphans.
It is our great privilege and joy to be able to be involved in mealtime as well as playing with these cuties. A Ukrainian organization has hired a woman to spend time with these children five days a week. I love to be there when she has been around -- the room is sparkling clean. Bright colored sheets are on each of the beds. The children are in fresh clean clothes, not to mention clean diapers. She loves when we come as well because it gives her time to do some "extra" things...I have no idea how she keeps up with 5 or 6 children at a time! But we are thankful for her.
Please remember these children in your prayers. And pray also for the staff...overworked and underpaid (at least in OUR way of thinking).
