Gotcha Day part 1

This morning Dr Hong brought 2 of the babies to the hotel. One had been in an orphanage and one in foster care. The baby from foster care was younger than the others today and was not happy about her change of scenery. It took Dr Hong awhile to help the parents get her settled. The families that arrived last night had not gotten their luggage yet, so we lent them what they needed for immediate use. We ended up leaving for the orphanage an hour late (approx 10:15AM) with the other 2 families. It takes around 90 minutes to get to Bavi. Lots of rice paddies, oxen, etc on the way there. When we got to the orphanage there were approx 12 caretakers there. The older children were not there as they were at school. The babies are in 4 small rooms, approx 10 babies to a room, 2 or 3 to a crib.