I am in Africa! I arrived yesterday night and have almost completed my first full day at the orphanage. The babies are beautiful and so much fun! Already the Lord is giving me direction here and opening doors.
I awoke this morning to the pitter patter of little feet and hands on the tiled floor. It was like they were all making thier own music. Everything is very chill here. The babies have a schedule and everyone chips in to et the job done. There are two people my age from Texas and another three volunteers from Kansass, needless to say I am finding great campanionship and I do not feel lonely. All four of us girl volunteers sleep in a room together and try to ward off the killer mosquitos....I have never seen them this big in the states. I am very comfotable and already feel like my room is my room.
Today we took four of the Babies to the village clinic to be weighed. The babies have to be weighed officially so that the orphanage can get funding from the govt. I cannot explain the brokenness that I saw at the clinic. I would have loved to spend an entire afternoon there hearing the peoples stories and loving on them, but we were in and out soooooo quickly. Three of our two year old boys have AIDs so pray for them (ricardo, luesch, and edrusee). Today we also went to a hospital in the city where a little one year old named Thelma is being treeted for malnurishment. She is so beautyful! but you can see every bone in her body. Thelma will be coming home to the orphanage with us as soon as she is released...we are hoping within the next week or so.
Answer to prayer: I am going to be starting an ART program at the orphanage! I will be working out all the details...writting curiculum by sunday and presenting it to Pieter and Rika. I will also be training two Mozambiqan women once I have a program formed. I can't believe that I get to do this! God is sooo good! Please pray for this project. I also am hoping to spend at least one day a week outside of the orphanage working with the village grandmothers...so pray for that as well.
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God is good! Glad you arrived safely and have got companions for your time there. Isn't God great that He knows our needs? How amazing to immediately feel at home like that- it really makes a difference, doesn't it? Can't wait to hear how your time continues and how the ART program develops! Praying for ya sister! xx
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