Tuesday was another full day....

Tuesday we were up early and headed for Johannesburg.  We met with the executive director at Refilwe.  We gathered some very useful information and the executive director was able to explain that Refilwe is helping to break the cycle of poverty by setting up homes with a mom and dad to care for children that have been abandoned from their mom or dad.

Our heads were spinning by the time we left and we had one more stop to go.

Our second stop was at TLC, which was located in Johannesburg as well.  WOW, this place was housing 75 children.  We saw the nursery, which was referred to as the "nest" and the picture below is one of the many babies that were snuggled in bassinets all over the room. 

Her name was Charlotte and she was such a cutie!!

This was a bit bigger scale then what we expected, but still good to stop by and say hi, and of course hold the itty bitty babies for awhile.  The director was able to give us some very useful information in regards to how bad the crisis really is in Africa (worse then we thought).  The numbers can be overwhelming, and it can make anyone sick to their stomach. 

We are continuing on our journey tomorrow to Swaziland.  We will be traveling with Hope's Chest tomorrow but don't know our exact plans.  Rob, myself, Tate and Austin are looking forward to Friday when we get to meet our sponsored child.  I am unsure if we will have internet access while we are in Swaziland but if we do I will be sure to have Jim snap some more pictures.

Pray that we don't have any issues crossing the border tomorrow, and that we continue to let the Lord lead us on this adventure.