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I love how the kids jumped in to help me set up my tent after we first arrived.
 

I love Portuguese lessons with Silvester and Josepha, complete with my rough drawings in the dirt and entertaining all the kids with a complete inability to roll my ‘R’s.
 
I love night time well-showers under the stars.
 
I love crowding under my small umbrella during a rainstorm with eight children and
trying to sing along to traditional Mozambiquan songs.
 
I love holding Damasco after he falls, comforting him in his pain.
 
I love playing ‘Boom-chica-boom’ with a large circle of kids, watching them
come alive and exhibit their personalities while each takes their turn in the spotlight.
 
I love spying on Solvino as he dances like a cartoon-version of Michael Jackson
(of whom he has never even heard) when he thinks no one is watching.
 
 
I love climbing the tree with the boys, then having them help when I can’t find my way down.
 
I love playing bare-foot volleyball with the translators, Elijah and Antonio.
 
I love making ‘friendship bracelets’ from trash and watching the surprise and joy on
Josepha’s face when I return to the orphanage two days later still sporting mine.
 
I love sitting outside in the dark while the kids’ dinner is prepared and having
Helena try to teach me the words to the songs they are singing.
 
I love watching the sunset over the lake.
 
I love eating caterpillars that the children have
caught, killed and cooked before my eyes.
 
I love teaching Felizberto and Isaac the Macarena.
 
I love playing the ‘name-game’ and watching Casilda (with her tongue out)
smile from ear to ear every time I say her name and pass her the ball.
 
I love having Admira and Judita attempt to teach me dances.  Talk about a picture of patience!
 
I love Silvestre’s GIANT SMILE, and the fact that he
can’t even hide it, even when he tries.
 
I love night swimming in the Indian Ocean surrounded by phosphorescent algae.