Day two filled with Joy.....

It looks like I have become the official blogger (this is Jay writing) since Becky takes the larger share of bedtime duty (seems fair).

Our second day with little Joy went well.  She slept through the night (praise The Lord) but was a little heater next to Becky so the A/C got cranked up a couple notches overnight.

Breakfast consisted of eggs, rice, juice, and her current favorite -- banana.  We were smart enough to grab one extra banana to save for later, but not smart enough to grab two (tomorrow for sure).

We spent some time at a little play area just behind the hotel and got a lot of great pictures of Joy's wonderful smile (she's already missing a front tooth at age three so there must be story to go along with that (something else to ask her foster mom next time we talk).

We took a chance and went out shopping to some markets with Joy, uncle Jim, and our friend Malinda.  This seemed to be a fun time for Joy and she was particularly pleased to get a new little toy (a drum that you spin back and forth to make little balls strike the surface and make noise) -- 5 cedis (roughly $2.50) well spent.  We were also able to get some souvenirs for our other children so we can send them home with Jim when he leaves tomorrow (we will be sad to see him go) along with some dirty clothes that I don't think we will be needing.

All your prayers must have helped because the sad times for Joy were shorter today and we (mostly Becky) were able to get her down to sleep with much less wailing than last night (whew! Beck was worried we would get kicked out of the hotel for having a child crying loudly for her Mommy - seems kind of suspicious).

As for tomorrow, who knows what The Lord has in store.  For one thing, since the teaching part of the trip is over for me I don't think I will have to be up as early in the morning (which probably means I will be awake even earlier - maybe a nice jog would be a good start for the day).  There will likely be some time spent in the pool (we don't think Joy has been swimming before) - can we count that as giving her a bath too?

Blessings to you all and that you for the ways you bless us.   To God be the glory in all this!

-Jay and Becky (also on behalf of our sleeping bundle of Joy)