Time to Play

In the new Vanity Fair AFRICA edition Madonna was qouted saying, "I asked one of the children in Malawi If you've got the world listening to you, if there's one thing that you would say to them, what would you say?" The child responded, "'Please just help us forget that we are orphans.'" This seems to be the theme of my time here in Africa. Just to love on the kids here and help them forget...

I love the sound of the kids laughter. Their entire faces light up...and in that moment you see the purest form of hope, and joy. If Jesus were alive to day I am sure that He would spend his free time here in this baby house. I know that He is alreay here...he does spend time here. I see him laughing with them, dancing with Aninha and Jessica as they shake their hips, He says chao with Dudu, and runs and skips with Luis. The Lord takes such joy in these little ones.

I am learning that play is universal...all kids everywhere play. They might not have PlaySchool toys, but they play anyway. Yesturday I saw two girls playing some jumping game with a warn piece of string, there were boys tossing a plastic bag full of sand as their ball, and five kids running down the street after kites of plastic and sticks. I love that the Lord created us to play and I plan to do more of it.