Today was kind of a free day for the team. Kids are not at school and the ones who work only work half the day and often clean their houses in the afternoon.
Some got up to get to the dining room for the kids breakfast at 6:30. After team breakfast we worked on sorting supplies, getting ready for the friendship bracelet activity this afternoon.
Tiffani went to the clinic for the morning to help Lashawn doing physicals for a lot of the kids. Bella, Faith, and Laurel went to help with the process of writing down info and moving kids along. The guys went over to the farm and found things to work on. Jeff worked in the greenhouse with Santos and Belkis.
After lunch some of the girls did friendship bracelets with the medium and little big girls. The boys headed off to do random things with the guys. Noah came into the pavilion with the girls and immediately was surrounded and hounded for his sunglasses and he learned that the kids were saying “fart” to him in Spanish. Hahaha
We had our first afternoon downpour- comes quick, stays a little while, then moves on. Everyone came running into the team house dining room- the team house kitchen staff that were sitting in the courtyard and a few team members who had been out in the little pavilion.
Tonight Lashawn shared her story with the team at the team house. The power went off during the downpour and came on before dinner, then off again as we were getting ready for Lashawn to share. However we are blessed to have a generator at the team house that gets turned on for us when the power goes out.
It is a blessing to hear Lashawn’s story and get to see her at work this week in the clinic. We are excited to get to share her story and part of what her life looks like here some in the weeks to come with our Cornerstone Family.
Thoughts from some Team Members today:
Before I became sponsor for Josue I was wondering if he is a new kid and I sponsor him then maybe the kids that already like me will come with me when I spend time with Josue and then Josue will have more friends here because of me also. :) So it is neat to think of how being a sponsor can help the kids that way.
I was at the toddler house and they started talking about the toddlers getting showers and I wasn’t sure if I was supposed to help or not, it started to downpour and I realized the helpers were not all there, so I ended up helping shower 6 kids at the toddler house.
Is it okay to feel overwhelmed right now? I am just sitting here thinking about these kids and I just don’t know what I can do… I am praying God would just show me this week.
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