The Children

Today has been one of the best days here so far I think. I have to share it with you. This morning, we got up, and ate some bananas and tea for breakfast (which is becoming one of William's favorite things), and then we got ready to go to a hospital to visit some children. But as it turned out, we didn't get to go because it was too short of notice for some of the people at the hospital. We were all a little disappointed, but then Didier (the man who has been planning most of our ministries here) said there was another opportunity to go to an orphanage with a pastor named Dennis. We were so excited! We gathered our guitars and stuff, and got into a taxi and headed off to the orphanage. On the way there we got off the taxi and went into a little shop to buy some food for the kids at the orphanage. While we were waiting for them to weigh everything, a bunch of kids started gathering around. So, we decided to sing a few songs with them. We did Hoochie Coochie first, and that sure drew a crowd. Everyone wanted to see what these silly Mzungus were doing:) When it was time to go, we had to kinda shove our way through everyone. We walked to the children's school, each of us with a few kids holding our hands. We arrived at the school and met the teachers and played some songs for the kids. Michelle gave her testimony and did an awesome job, and then Cory told them the gospel. It was easy to see God speaking through him. He gave an invitation for anyone to accept Jesus, and many hands went up. Praise God. I hope each of those kids really meant what they were praying. After that, we walked on, followed by even more kids. We finally got to the orphanage and were greeted by many small, dirty, barefoot, beautiful children, as well as many youth who were living there. God made each of them. It was a lot to take in, all these precious little ones who never know where there next meal is coming from. I think it broke our hearts a little bit, and that God blessed us so much more through them than we could ever do for them. But seeds were planted. We came back tired and very dirty, but so very thankful to God for what He did today. It is easy to see Him in the faces of the children.