Time is flying. I can't believe that we only have a week left or that I will be leaving all the orphans they have all made such a special place in my heart that can never be filled by anyone but them. Each day is filled with fun and work and I couldn't be happier doing it; the smiles it puts on these kids faces is priceless. On friday Gena and I cleaned their "bathroom" which was a hole with two places to put your feet on... as you can imagine it was very dirty and it was partially clogged and although it was dirty I wouldn't take it back for anything because the kids thanked us thousands of times after and made me and them happy. Each day I go Nyron (who we thought was Arron until his older sister spelt it for us!) is sure to greet me with hugs and laughter and Ja-Heng is sure to follow. Playing with these two little boys makes me the happiest person alive. All I want to do is just snatch them and bring them home!
Yesterday we went to the slums and it was so sad to see people living like that. Homes literally the size of a master bedrooms bathroom for maybe 4-5 people sometimes more sometimes less. All these homes packed into one little area and all made of sheet metal and plywood. Some of the kids in the orphanage have homes/parents in the slums but the parents are unfit to take care of them either because they have another child, they can't feed them or in most cases the mom has HIV/AIDS. Nyron has a home in the slums which I have not been to but I know he does because he goes over there spyratically throughout the day. It just breaks my heart to know that that is where some of the kids lived and many more around the country too.
On Friday we deloused almost every kids hair and each voulenteer haad a different job. Shampoo, rinse, or comb. I was at the shampoo station and first hand saw how much lice the children had. You had to scrub and lather their hair for at least 10 minutes and some of the girls had very long hair which is very beautiful but very hard to scrub :) you had to get the back of the scalp and right behind the ears. Almost every kid had lice the only two who did not were Ja-Heng and Nyron! But one girl had lice so bad that she had twelve sores all over her head either form her itching the lice or from the lice biting her so much, she had it the worst and we still don't know if we got it all out. But even after we scrubed, combed, and rinsed their heads they were still full of love and very thankful.
They have never siezed to amaze me by how much compassion they have. You can give them 1 single starburst and they act like you handed them a million dollars. Every little tiny thing you do for them they are so grateful for and I wish that I was more like that and that everyone else was too. They don't even have running water! I have no idea how I am going to be able to leave these children in a week or so I have grown so attached to all of them and love them all. They have all taught me more than I could ever learn at home and I am so thankful for them and for being here.
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