Waiting Day 02
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It’s finally stopped snowing! So there is give or take 2 feet of snow on the ground. The roads are still pretty messy. In fact, the roads to the baby house are still covered in snow, so we had to take a different route in. When we got to the baby house, Gabriel was so happy to see us. I think he gave us a look that said, “where were you guys yesterday?!?” We made it up to him this with lots of dancing and a baby food snack.
During our lunch break, Gen and I ran to the market to pick up some food and Gabriel’s baby porridge. We picked up a Kazakh hot dog, which basically is a hotdog wrapped in a croissant like bread and ground beef also wrapped in a similar way. Both of these were excellent, and all for $2.25 U.S.
When we returned this afternoon and found a new member to our group at the orphanage. A single mother from Belgium has just arrived and today was her first day of bonding with her new baby boy. Gabriel was so excited to see us as he was brought in. So I took him over to play on the piano for a bit and then he enjoyed some dancing time with Gen and our translator. When it was time for us to leave, Gabriel hesitated to go with his caretaker. He looked back at us with a sad face as he was brought back to his room.
Paka!
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