12-16-08 The Nest

Today, the sixteenth of December, I went to an orphanage called The Nest to donate sweaters and bring treats for them. There are about forty children staying there. They come from families whose parents are in prison or abandoned them. They have children who are one years old to teenagers. When we arrived, they greeted us with a welcome song. The person in charge of it gave us a tour of the orphanage. We first saw the boy's dorm. It had bunks with tons of stuffed animals on them. When we were there, we met a thirteen year old boy named Bernard. Next we saw the girls dorm. The beds where bunk beds, but unlike the boys beds, it was one big long bed with mattresses right next to each other. Next we saw the nursury where all the babies sleep. The thing that I thought was funny was that they slept in "bunk cribs". We saw the kitchen next. They cooked the food in huge pots. It is about ten times bigger than the largest pot that you have in your house. We finally saw the courtyard. They had a cat, dog, goose, rooster ad some hens. We saw their playground and garden. In the garden they grew potatoes and spinach. THen we finished the tour. Then we went inside to meet the kids. They sang a Christmas song and we taught them "Every Move I Make" WE passed out cookies then had to say goodbye. I thought that the place was pretty nice.

By Eliot