I have fallen in love with the children of this home!!!
My heart breaks with gratitude for each and every one of you that has helped make this possible.
THANK YOU !!!!!!!!!!!!!!
SO VERY MUCH!!!!!!!!!!
Lives were touched today. And you made that happen. We spent the day with almost 50 children who suffer from a wide variety of brain paralyses and physical disabilities.
Today was yet another amazing day…each one getting better and better. Today we met up with Anjali’s team and were blessed with the opportunity to visit a home for the kids with brain paralysis. This was an incredible experience. Seeing them and pouring love into them. It really touched my heart. There were so many with all kinds of afflictions, with all kinds of smiles and sounds and love, I absolutely loved today.
This is Alejandro and he is 4 years old!!!
He was so cute; everyone held him and gave him love.
There was Bicky ( yes, with an ‘I’ ) who I met right away and she liked to dance. Anjali was telling me that she was dancing with her the last time she was there. Bicky grabs my hands moves me to the left…then to the right…and to the left again… to the right again… laughing and smiling the whole time, absolutely loving it… but once I sat down in the chair next to her, that was it, that was her new favorite move and I did it over and over and over and over… the sweat began to pour down my face… didn’t bother Bicky any…over and over and over… then I would look exhausted and put my feet in the air… didn’t bother Bicky any… over and over and over… every once in a while she would run my hand over her hair, she really liked that. At one point she would rub my hair back and forth, it was hilarious. Always laughing and smiling.
All the children gathered in the courtyard area as Leah played worship songs on the guitar and all of us were singing. It was a truly beautiful moment, a really moving time, as all of us sang, the kids all were mesmerized by it. I knew it was special when all the employees that care for these kids’ day in and day out were smiling so big, just huge smiles. They were really happy that we were there. It was an awesome feeling. We broke up into groups and different kids did different things based on their abilities. I was with about 8 kids or so and we went out the gate and over to the park, sang to this one young guy over and over and over, we were told he likes eye contact and music along with another girl that loved to say buenas dias over and over and over. So we sang to her a lot and it was amazing to watch her eyes light up and focus on us, the guy would calm down every time I sang to him. I only knew one song so when it came to an end… I just started right back up again; I must have sung this song at least a half dozen times.
One guy did this cute little soccer move that we all clapped for, it took almost all his concentration and body power to just kick a ball and it was awesome. The simple things in life right! His buddy was one my favorites, he just had the best smile, very very thin and it was difficult for him to move but he did it, he just trucked right along as best he could, he held my hand all the way to the park for support and when we got there we sat on the bench and as I rubbed and scratched his back he just went into a good place, that touch of love and care made his eyes light up, he knew he was loved.
Singing, love, presence, laughter, music, the simplest and most beautiful moments between us and these amazing children.
Had a chance to walk back with a very special girl, she had her hands on my shoulders for support and we walked all the way back, she looked at the ground the whole time and I made “chu chu” noises the entire time to keep her moving. (thank you to my employee friend who told me it helps)
I love these kids so much. I stepped out on the world race to find out some things, some things about myself.
About a month before I left I felt God put something on my heart, I’ve read many many blogs on a wide variety of topics, suffering, hope, etc. But I must tell you that children who are mentally and physically challenged really fell on my heart. I can’t shake it. It’s in my head and on my heart big time. So I set out… I left the comfort of my home and life to find out some things… I knew how I feel… I know that I want to make the world a better place and touch lives; I know that I talk with conviction about these subjects at home. Talk is one thing and walking the walk is another. So I’m walking. I’m so happy to have had the experience I did today. I’m incredibly happy to have brought love and happiness to these beautiful children this afternoon. They deserve it. And for me, it was very comfortable. It takes a lot of heart and energy as well as patience but I loved it and want to know more; more about these afflictions, more about what causes these disabilities, etc. I walked and was pleasantly surprised.
Thank you God so much for this day and thank you for being on my heart and giving me all that I have. All the love I pour out is from you, all the energy I find in me is from you.
More to come… Stay tuned…
