This week’s kid of the week is…. Jaypee!
I would love to start by telling you that the spelling of his name is a mistake; unfortunately, instead of naming the poor kid J.P. he was given the spelling Jaypee… kinda silly if you ask me! But silly is actually quite fitting, because if I had to choose one word to describe this boy, silly would be it! Coming in a close second would be crazy. Jaypee is a bit of a terror at the children’s home. I rarely ever see Jaypee walk anywhere; he prefers to run and scream instead!
Jaypee came to be a part of the NFFCH about two years ago. Before that, he lived at another children’s home with his three older siblings (Aira, Gerald, and Jessica). He has been at an orphanage since he was only a couple months old, and has had the same main caregiver the whole time, Nanay Yoly (Nanay means “mom”). And that’s exactly who she is to Jaypee; he completely views her as his mother… and he just so happens to be a momma’s boy!
Jaypee is only 6 years old and so he definitely still acts like it. He climbs trees, runs around the yard, plays basketball, and eats as much sugar and candy as possible. In fact, Jaypee has had two holes in place of front teeth for almost the entire time I’ve known him. His baby teeth rotted away from too much sugar as a child (extremely common in the philippines), and his adult teeth haven’t grown in yet. Hopefully we can get him on a better path when they do come in!
Jaypee is in our preschool class at our community school, and attends classes for only two and a half hours each morning. Up until a few months ago, Jaypee was the “baby” of the children’s home, which often meant a lot of attention from caregivers and visitors. Then about two months ago Danilo came to the home, who is only 4 years old. Jaypee is still trying to come to terms with this, which has recently meant bullying little Danilo.
Please keep Jaypee in your prayers this week. Pray for his transition into being one of the big boys (and no longer the baby), pray for his educational development, pray that he would always feel loved and cared for at the home, and pray that if it is in God’s will, that there would be a family out there to adopt Jaypee and his three siblings.
I hope you enjoy the video!
