Saturday, April 10, 2010

A day full of surprises

Today was full of surprises - not all of them were good. Our team leader Frank was sick with some sort of stomach bug so he stayed behind. That was definitely bad. Kara wasn't feeling too hot either - she has a cold of some sort. We did some serious praying after breakfast for physical health, protection and healing for Frank and Kara. After an amazing day out with the school kids from the orphanage - this evening, Sammie got sick with a stomach bug. Please keep the team in your prayers - there is definitely a spiritual battle going on. Pray for health and healing for Frank, Sammie and Kara and that none of the rest of us will get sick in any way. So appreciate you prayer warriors backing home keeping us and the kids in prayer. 

Kara was able to join us for the day with the kids and ended up feeing pretty good most of the day so that was a blessing. We checked on Frank this evening and he said he is feeling better and fully expects to join us tomorrow. I pray that he and Sammie will be 100% by morning! 

The sun was shining today and we were able to take the kids on an outing to a local park - we had so much fun. The kids loved it. It was quite a bit of a hike to walk there - the younger kids took the van but the older kids walked with us. It was an adventure to say the least. We walked through what Lily called Old Chifeng - it was hopping. Traffic was crazy and a bit scary to try and cross the roads - pedestrians DO NOT have the right away here. I took a video of this road crossing adventure. I will put it on facebook when I get back - it'll be very amusing. 

There were 17 kids who went with us today - these are the kids who have been in school the other days we've been there so it was our first day with them. They were so precious! The park turned out to be a lot more like a zoo - with monkeys and big birds and stuff. We saw a few animals and then the kids got distracted by a street vendor who had these art things where it has a black outline and the kids sit down at little tables and fill in the spaces with colors from a tube of paint - once they are done, they take it to a guy who sticks it basically in a toaster oven and heats it up - it dries like a rubber and will peel off to stick on a window. Pretty neat. I'm attaching a photo of one of the kids holding his up - they were so careful and detailed doing these - they were adorable to watch. We played some games after this in the park - and we got them these spinny wind mill things that they loved. After the park, we took all the kids to KFC - they loved that! It was so awesome to see them treated like they are important - cause they are! We bought their lunch with the donation money and KFC found out they were orphans and gave them all the bday gift bag for parties and put crowns (sort of like Burger King back home) on all their heads. I couldn't help but think about how they are all princes and princesses - daughters and sons of the most high King. KFC is more expensive than the places we have been going that give you WAY more food - total opposite of home where fast food is cheap. Here it is not. So it was a big deal for the kids to get to go there - they do not get to do that much. They were so happy and fun to watch. There was this one little boy who is 6 who is absolutely adorable. He is very small and we found out only has two digits on each foot - but he is able to walk pretty well and he is just full of life and joy. Adorable. He is the one in the picture holding the wind mill and in the photo sitting across the table from me at KFC. It was a fabulous day with the kids. They loved it. We loved it. It went so well and I truly believe they felt special and loved! Praise the Lord!

We did not get to see the little ones or special needs kids today. The little girl who had the IV put in her head yesterday - I do not know her name so I decided for now to call her Jordan since it is a name I've always had in mind for a daughter. The last photo attached is a photo of her from yesterday after having her head shaved (she's the one on the left) - thanks to Marsha I was able to get my pictures to load. Isn't she so beautiful? I so want to bring her home. 

Tomorrow, depending on weather - we may have another outing with the kids. Either way, we will get to spend the day with them - they are such a joy! I'm hoping also to see Jordan tomorrow. I may have to peak my head in there even if we don't get to go in there and play. 

Thank you for praying for our team and these precious, beautiful children. 



Hotmail is redefining busy with tools for the New Busy. Get more from your inbox. See how.

No comments: