Prayers for Orphans

Well this month in Ukraine we had the chance every saturday to visit an orphanage. At first I was excited about it but the closer it got till we went the first day the more I was sad. I don’t know why i get this way but I think it has to do with the fact that I know I’m going to leave and I don’t want to get to attached to the kids.

So when we first arrived it felt a little weird but i wasn’t sure why yet. They kids came and went and didn’t really pay much attention to us. We played some games with them but still not much interaction between us. Well then we had the Bible lesson with the younger kids and then they started opening up. Then we started a craft with them and they seemed to really like that. Well we found out that the older kids don’t really want to be around the younger kids so we had to go do the lesson with them. So Poppy(the one teaching the lesson) and myself went and did the lesson and craft with them. They seem to enjoy it but there was one boy who opened up alot more and that seemed to make my day alot better

Well we went back down stairs to where the others were at and it was like a war zone. The kids had finally opened up to us and were playing with us and having lots of fun. It was sad that we had to leave after that since they had just started opening up to us but we knew we would be back the next week.

Well when we showed up the next saturday the kids were waiting on us. Since the weather was nice we took a walk in the park behind the orphanage. The kids really enjoyed this and they seem to really just want to get out and do things. They showed us around and we took some team pictures. It was just so amazing to see the kids in that scene verses in the orphanage. It was my turn to do the lesson and i was really nervous but it went really well and the kids loved it. Who knew that kids would love doing the trust fall and getting prizes, lol. We had so much fun that day and didn’t want to leave but we had too.

The last saturday we  got there and surprised the kids because some of us took a taxi and showed up in a different spot from where they were waiting. We hung up before the lesson and I got to play some soccer with the boys(which they have a way of making you feel old). They really loved beating us but it made me happy seeing them happy. After this we did the Bible lesson and that we really well. Next we had the hard part of telling the kids that it was our last day there and one of the girls came and gave me a hung while i was telling them this and it took everything in me to not cry.

I want to end this blog by requesting prayer for this kids because many of them are getting to the age to where they probably wont be adopted and they really need to be. Please be in prayer for the kids future and their relationship with Christ.