Recently, our lives at the orphanage have had a lot of changes. Let me back up a little. About a week before Easter a new volunteer came to stay here at DOFO. With the expectation of her arrival and wanting her to have a roommate, the housing accommodations changed.
I had always preferred a different house on the property for many reasons, but one of them being that it was a better fit for what I wanted to do with the kids in the orphanage. It has a porch in front for having the kids over, plus it is in the immediate area of the other dorms and it makes it easier for the kids to come and go with supervision. So, we moved into the "Yellow house" in back and two of of volunteers moved to our previous home. This was change number one.
Change number two was a something I had dreamed of doing, but it was not something that was normally allowed down here. After only being her about six months, we were asked if we would take in a little six year old boy, Jesus. Jesus was in great need of extra attention that is hard to provide with eight or nine other boys living in the same house. He has become my little shadow and does great with one on one attention, but struggles making good choices when his little ears and eyes are overloaded with attraction. School is difficult for Jesus for the same reasons.
About two weeks ago, Jesus moved in to our house. He sleeps in the bunk above me. He is settling in just find. Besides the joy of loving on another kid through hugs, encouragement and guidance, I have also lost a few pounds trying to keep up with all his energy! We have been working on changing his diet and seen significant changes in his behavior. It's amazing what giving value and worth to someone can do. I'm learning to tell him in Spanish that he is precious to me and to God. I'm reading him Bible stories in the Spanish Children's Bible I have. But what is most precious to me about this little boy is that he loves to sing praises to God in Spanish at the top of his lungs! If you know me very well, I love to do the very same thing but in English; singing praises to God at the top of my lungs!
I had always preferred a different house on the property for many reasons, but one of them being that it was a better fit for what I wanted to do with the kids in the orphanage. It has a porch in front for having the kids over, plus it is in the immediate area of the other dorms and it makes it easier for the kids to come and go with supervision. So, we moved into the "Yellow house" in back and two of of volunteers moved to our previous home. This was change number one.
Change number two was a something I had dreamed of doing, but it was not something that was normally allowed down here. After only being her about six months, we were asked if we would take in a little six year old boy, Jesus. Jesus was in great need of extra attention that is hard to provide with eight or nine other boys living in the same house. He has become my little shadow and does great with one on one attention, but struggles making good choices when his little ears and eyes are overloaded with attraction. School is difficult for Jesus for the same reasons.
About two weeks ago, Jesus moved in to our house. He sleeps in the bunk above me. He is settling in just find. Besides the joy of loving on another kid through hugs, encouragement and guidance, I have also lost a few pounds trying to keep up with all his energy! We have been working on changing his diet and seen significant changes in his behavior. It's amazing what giving value and worth to someone can do. I'm learning to tell him in Spanish that he is precious to me and to God. I'm reading him Bible stories in the Spanish Children's Bible I have. But what is most precious to me about this little boy is that he loves to sing praises to God in Spanish at the top of his lungs! If you know me very well, I love to do the very same thing but in English; singing praises to God at the top of my lungs!
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