Yesterday I recieved a list of acceptable donations from the office of Global Volunteers. I went shopping! It was all I could do to leave things on the shelves. With Christmas happening during the time I am in Barlad, I find myself wanting to know the names of the babies. I want to know there will be a gift for each of them with their names on it, but I don't want 50 dolls or tubes of A&D ointment, thus I am attempting to coordinate the gift giving with the other 12 on my team. I am bringing only 3 changes of clothes (lightweight, easy to wash in a sink and drip dry) in order to fill the rest of my allowed suitcases with things for the babies. I ended up buying 3 soft dolls and one zip up fleece vest like you find at Old Navy. I controlled myself pretty well. The dollar store and Rescued Treasures helped to keep the cost down. I've started a pile on my extra bed and can't wait to watch it grow.
On another note, I want everyone to be as excited as I am about this. It's so frustrating to me to tell someone about this and you can tell they don't even connect with what your saying. When their eyes glaze over and they quit making eye contact you know you've lost them. I also know that I get a little over excited by things like this. I wish you could see the list of needs. You'd be amazed at what we take for granted. Can you imagine wanting desperately for oatmeal or medicine, or a book on fetal development? Can you imagine only being able to feed your baby one bottle of milk and rice in a day? Ok....overwhelmed. More soon.
