Thursday, we were told some volunteers wanted to take the older kids home with them for the Lantern Festival. We agreed. Then, on a whim, I decided to buy bunk beds to prepare for some au pairs coming from out of town for training. They will live and work with us until they go abroad.
I couldn't leave the preemie, so asked one worker to come to the office and care for him while I bought the beds. Just as I hung up the phone, there was a knock at the door. It was Jeff and Ruth, a young engaged couple who often visit and bring goodies for the kids.
Jeff is a great translator, so I didn't even let him take off his shoes. We got our coats and went to buy 3 sets of bunk beds. The girls did great packing up things and rearranging furniture, in order to prepare for the big change.
The older I get, the more I appreciate the strength of youth. In the early days of Swallow's Nest, I would have done all of it myself, not anymore. I'm blessed with some great helpers.
I couldn't leave the preemie, so asked one worker to come to the office and care for him while I bought the beds. Just as I hung up the phone, there was a knock at the door. It was Jeff and Ruth, a young engaged couple who often visit and bring goodies for the kids.
Jeff is a great translator, so I didn't even let him take off his shoes. We got our coats and went to buy 3 sets of bunk beds. The girls did great packing up things and rearranging furniture, in order to prepare for the big change.
The older I get, the more I appreciate the strength of youth. In the early days of Swallow's Nest, I would have done all of it myself, not anymore. I'm blessed with some great helpers.
