WHAT A DAY!!
If you haven’t noticed by now, we are not allowed to post
pictures of any of the childrenL As we are bonding & building
relationships with these precious kids – it is TOUGH! We want to share with you the faces of the
children we are falling in love with but if we do we could end up in jail for
12 months – not a risk worth takingL
Today we began our day at BG – our team of 14 split up to
visit with the schoolers, toddlers & infants. I had the pleasure of going to the infant
room today. It is soooo easy to fall in
love with these little guys – so so precious!! I had little Kimberly – she is
about 10 months old but was born premature.
She is delayed developmentally and I kind of suspect Cerebral Palsy –
she has a side that is very stiff but I’m not an expert & it’s not my job
to diagnose her – just love on her and that is exactly what I did and it was a
blessing to me to be able to do that. So
tiny… While at BG, we’ve been trying to
visit with the Aunties too – they really work hard and love these kids too –
the home and children are spotless. They
put on a stern look but once you start visiting with them they really lighten
up and start to smile a bitJ
We got to visit “The Father’s House” today – what a blessing
that home will be for the children of Jamaica – please pray that God will
provide the money very soon for this home so it can open! We had time to worship & pray over the
house today.
After 5 hours at BG, we came home to clean up to get ready
for the party that we were throwing for the MH girls (and it is a girls bday
too) an even better reason to celebrate!
We were delighted to treat them to dinner, dessert (bday cake with the
candles etc.. – most children don’t get
a celebration like this here in the children’s home) a little bit of
entertainment/devotional, worship songs, a couple of games & they could
choose to swim or a movie (6 out of the 8 swam). WE ALL had a great time! It was wonderful to get to know the girls
better – they really loosened up and had a great time. It was a great feeling to just watch them
laugh and have a truly good time with nothing to worry about!
I don’t think anything too “deep” happened today but keep us
all in your prayers as we minister to these 3 homes. We are heading to BG in the morning to take
the children to the beach! And then to Granville Girls home.
Oh – one more thing that I was thinking about the other day…
as we drove to the Granville Girls home
(I think yesterday –it’s all becoming a blur) - was how poor this
country really is. There are many many
homes that are left abandoned or unfinished, the roads are AWEFUL (it feels
like we are 4 wheeling whenever we go somewhere) there are people out on the
streets selling ANYTHING that they can to earn a dollar – it is poor. We drove
by all of the “all inclusive” resorts on the way to the home and it got me
thinking if anyone that ever goes to those places ever ventures out of the
walls to really experience the real Jamaica??
So, I challenge you the next time that you come to Jamaica to get out
and experience the country!! I’ve heard
so much about how wonderful it is in Jamaica and now that I’m here - I’m trying to find out why it’s so
wonderful? The beach is pretty but this country needs some serious prayer – not
only for the children but for the people.
The churches here can’t even reach out to the orphans in their own
country because they are needing to reach out & feed their own church
family L
And - I could go on…– maybe next time…
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