When we got to the orphanage the
children were not there because they were at school taking exams. While they were gone, we packed care bags for
them with the supplies that we brought.
When we were done, Mike and Sylvia took us on a tour of the
facilities and land. While they were
showing us everything I saw two women behind the fence (out of their property
and into the village). I tried to take
their picture and they wanted to hide their face and began to walk away. Denise and I tried to talk to them to get
them to come back and they would not say
a word. Then I yelled to them across the
fence “You are beautiful!!” Both of them
yelled back “thank you” and then proceeded to let all of us take pictures of them.
I wonder if they are told that they
are beautiful??? That they are God’s
masterpiece and that HE is crazy about them!!!!
We got to visit the kids in the
village today before we got to play with the kids at Eden’s Orphanage. I loved their BIG white grins, the way they
laughed when we tickled them, and their playfulness.
After this, we walked back to the
Orphanage as the kids were returning from school and we got to play with them,
do VBS, and love on them.
One of the girls sat in my lap during
our Bible story and held both of my hands so tightly. When we got up she wrapped her arms around me
and wanted to be so close. Her name is
Sara and she is a precious child of God.
Each child has 2 small cubes to put
all of their stuff in. The cubes were
not even filled 1/8 full.
I am so thankful for the small
amount of laundry that I have to do every day.
This is what these women do all day every day!!! I want to frame this and hang this in my
laundry room!
The kids in Africa are so joyful for
what they have to play with. It was a
joy to see them tie a rope on a pole to play jump rope, to see kids rolling
tires down the street for fun, to be completely content not having any toys,
but making do with what they can. It was
a blessing to see how they are so welcoming and attentive to others, wanting to
share and play with everyone. It is so
hard to swallow. They don’t need “stuff”
to make them happy, they don’t need more stuff to have fun. ALL of their clothes were torn with
stains. And they consider themselves
blessed. Silvia was talking about how
they have to try to keep the village kids out of the building because they
steal for the kids since the orphans have more than the village kids.
How many times do we buy stuff that
we don’t need, but just want. This has
been more of a sobering day, seeing not just pictures in a book about these
precious children, but touching them, holding them, laughing with them, singing
praises with them!
Thank YOU, Jesus for this
opportunity! Thank You that You formed
each of these children and You know them by name. YOU will not forget them, for You are our
Almighty, sovereign Father! Thank You
for being in control… there is no way I could do this without You! Lord, continue to break my heart for what breaks
Yours. Speak TRUTH into me as I continue
to fight off lies that I know are not from You!
Thank You for a sweet husband that writes sweet notes and hides them in
my suitcase for me to find on my trip!
Thank You for my family!
(8/6/2012 5:15pm central time; 8/7/2012 1:40am Kenya time)
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