Eyeshadow, nailpolish, and lipstick. These are things the girls who live here at Cicrin orphanage are not permitted to wear. Upon asking, we were granted special permission from the director Helen, to have a “Girls Night.”
The 15 girls had been told there was a special surprise for them. After finishing supper, Team 5 Alive and the 15 girls headed up to the house where they sleep,( about 4 to a room). They had gotten their hands on a CD player from somewhere else on the property and a country music CD. Squeals of delight erupted as we cranked up the music, and pulled out cookies and make up from bags we had been hiding from them. We danced and laughed. We did all the things little girls should experience at a fun party. My team and I began applying make-up to the most beautiful little faces, and one by one they lined up for their turn. What a delight it was to tell each little girl how beautiful she was, and giggle with them after each layer of hot pink and lime green eyeshadow was applied. It wasn’t long before the 10 year olds began putting make-up on the 3 year olds. Girls began posing to have their glamour shots taken by us. The teenagers gave team 5 Alive a makeover that we won’t soon forget. As we left the girls house to walk the 2 minutes down to our room, we felt fulfilled. This had been a successful night of fun, that we had planned and carried out. It had been more than we expected.
Our glamorous make over!
Cindy and Julietta doing nail polish!
This is Cindy, didnt I do a good job with the eyeshadow??
Christian doing Dulce´s eye liner, Looks dangerous, eh?
I felt it appropriate to write about this particular night of “ministry” because I had an “Ah-ha” moment this week regarding my beauty in God. It is difficult to articulate when something so big is going down in my life so please bare with me as I attempt to explain something God is doing in my life….
To be continued…
