Today I was really missing The Bash. It has been hard not
having him here… but for some reason it really hit me today. I walk around
feeling incomplete without that crazy boy! I know he is being loved on and
taken care of amazingly by our family, but it is so hard to be without him for
so many days. Which puts into perspective how hard this year wait is really
going to be for us! Anyway, I came into our room this morning crying because I
just wanna snuggle that boy so bad right now.
Anyway… Our day started with a knock on our door. We were
headed to the crèche early today because they needed the car for something
else. We crammed into the truck and headed to the crèche. When we arrived we
caught the end of the kid’s prayer/devotions in the morning. The boys were
making a sweet beat using drum stick on this shelf and a baby toy piano! It was
AMAZING! They were all singing. Then they said their own prayers aloud and then
said a prayer together. It was really cool getting to be a part of that.
Benithy had to go to the Dr. clinic today. She’s fighting a
bit of a cold of some sort. So she got checked up on. The clinic is right there
by the crèche so we didn’t go far.
One thing about Benithy is that every day she has to
re-warm-up to us. It makes it very exhausting because every day we are breaking
down a barrier. By that I mean she never comes to us right at first, we always
initiate the relationship. Sometimes she still cries (especially if she is
tired). At first we hold her for a long time, and she doesn’t let go. Once she
finally starts to play she’ll get her sass and her voice… but some days she
never gets to this stage. Some days she’ll look at us and interact with us, and
some days she just lays on us. These are all good, but every day we go through
these stages. Some days are easier than others. Some days she leans toward
wanting one of us more than the other. Once we break down the Benithy barrier
it does not mean it’s like that all day… Some days we are doing it 2-3 times
each day! She is amazing, but so hard to get to. On top of that we are bombarded with the
needs of the other kids that are there. We get to know the kids more and more
and love on them… Making each day so awesome, but so hard. So please continue
to pray for us and her heart! Thanks!
Today while Benithy was napping we got to sit in on the
older kid’s “class.” They pick a topic and have to discuss/debate it in
English. Today the subject was sharing. It was really cool to get to sit and
listen in on what the kids thought about sharing and all the different aspects
of sharing. More than anything it was great to get to know the older kids a bit
more. They are all very sweet!
The other couple here is so sweet. They are kind and, again,
I cannot stress how nice it is to have someone that we can have good
conversations with!
We are on our downhill ride of our trip! 7 days left (6 full
days and 1 day of travel) left. It seems absolutely insane…. I don’t know how
we’ll leave here.... There is so much I enjoy about it here in Haiti (I didn’t
think those words were gonna come out of my mouth before we got here). Things
are just simpler in that we don’t really have a lot of internet access so my
phone addiction has been cut in half. We don’t have a lot of time for anything
but playing with kids, reading a bit, and a few games at night. Everyone is
really quite pleasant and nice, even if I don’t understand a whole lot of what
they are saying. It’s really been quite nice. Please continue to pray for Haiti
as a country. They do have some elections coming up that are going to cause
some turmoil. Pray for guidance and peace! J
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