Monday, October 13, 2008

Another Week, Another Heart Throb

This week has been crazy busy and I haven`t been able to sleep either. That being said, I felt exhausted and so I didn`t want to go to the center this week because it is emotionally wearying. However, after talking with my wonderful sister Jackie on Saturday night, she was able to talk some sense into me and remind me why I go. So I went!

These past two weeks without a translator have probably been the best and yet worst times I have had here. My language is now at a point were I can chat with the girls about simple things. Unfortunately I understand more than I want to. There is one girl who keeps calling me mom and hugging me and then she tries to manipulate me into buying her ice cream. Another girl, who I have come to love over the past couple weeks, is leaving... I don`t know if that means she gets to go home or be moved to a more permanent place. I hope for her sake that she gets to go home. The older girls do not like being there. One girl just spent all yesterday afternoon sitting and saying she wants to go home.

Yesterday the girls felt like singing and dancing and so they sat in a circle and each took turns dancing. I watched 6 and 7 years move in ways that 6 and 7 year old`s should never move. It brings up the whole issue of childhood and innocence... or lack there of.

Anyways, I pray that just by being there and loving the girls that I can be a positive influence in their lives and that I can show them the love of Jesus.

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