Marianela
Juan Josue
Marianela, Vicky, Andrea, Mateo, and Juan Jose
Andrea
In the 2 months I've been here I've been searching for a way to serve outside of what I do at school and with my small group that fits my heart. Last night I finally found it. I went with another teacher, Peg, to her home... we'd invited 5 toddlers and their tia (aunt, in Spanish, but she's not related) from the orphanage For His Children over for supper. The orphanage is right above Peg's house. The five little ones came walking down the hill with their tia. Before the food was ready, the six of us were sitting around the plastic tables and they started playing with the middle circle thing, so I put my hand under the table and kept popping it out with my finger. They loved it and laughed and laughed. The trick came back to haunt me later when they started dropping their silverware and spaghetti down the openings. They ate a surprising amount of food, considering how young they are (the youngest was one and the oldest is almost four). I took Marianela to the bathroom about five times, I think she just liked the individual attention on the walk there and back. Among other fruits, we gave them strawberries, which I think are really rare for them to eat, because they just loved them and wanted more and more frutillas (strawberries). After he was done eating fruit, Juan Josue picked up his plate and started licking off the leftovers... a man after my own heart. After supper we played in the living room for awhile and sang some songs together. They are so precious.
In the 2 months I've been here I've been searching for a way to serve outside of what I do at school and with my small group that fits my heart. Last night I finally found it. I went with another teacher, Peg, to her home... we'd invited 5 toddlers and their tia (aunt, in Spanish, but she's not related) from the orphanage For His Children over for supper. The orphanage is right above Peg's house. The five little ones came walking down the hill with their tia. Before the food was ready, the six of us were sitting around the plastic tables and they started playing with the middle circle thing, so I put my hand under the table and kept popping it out with my finger. They loved it and laughed and laughed. The trick came back to haunt me later when they started dropping their silverware and spaghetti down the openings. They ate a surprising amount of food, considering how young they are (the youngest was one and the oldest is almost four). I took Marianela to the bathroom about five times, I think she just liked the individual attention on the walk there and back. Among other fruits, we gave them strawberries, which I think are really rare for them to eat, because they just loved them and wanted more and more frutillas (strawberries). After he was done eating fruit, Juan Josue picked up his plate and started licking off the leftovers... a man after my own heart. After supper we played in the living room for awhile and sang some songs together. They are so precious.
