Put down whatever it is you are doing, right now....

And get on a plane and get yourself down here to this orphanage!!!! Nothing I will say in this blog will match the joy on the faces of the orphans, the directors, the workers, or us that was experienced today. It was unlike anything I have ever experienced! You guys would absolutely LOVE LOVE LOVE LOVE LOVE them!!!!

We passed out all of the presents and it was like Christmas times 20--you have never seen such a thing!

Brianne--I hugged Judley with everything I could....he is so precious! I have to tell  you that he was "designed to be yours" from the beginning. He opened his gifts, took out his clothes and giggled. He held them to his face and then he folded them every so neatly, stuck them back in the bag and put them right under his matress. He wanted to make sure they were there to look at later : )

Jan & Catina & Amy--the boys LOVED their gifts and the pictures. We spent quite a bit of time going through each of your names, and I quizzed them until they could each recite each person by heart. You are, as they would say, "my family far away" : )   Melts my heart!!!

Pastor's little girl, Jasmine, would not stay away....she looked up at the orphanage worker and told him to tell Pastor "I love him"....well, Pastor was mush after that! He says he is taking her home...doesn't know what he is going to do the next 20 years, but he doesn't care!

Stanley (Bob & Carolyn's boy) is a spitting image of Bob....! He kept wanting his bag zipped so none of his toys would fall out---Bob says that's his kind of boy! I think Bob's heart is softening in his old age : )

Dad--your guy LOVED his stuff---actually of everyone, I think your sizing was just about the best when it came to clothes.  All the kids are just so much smaller than what we imagined!

The baby dolls were a hit--ladies! Each girl was carrying them around and instantly forming families....too precious considering they get the opportunities to be mothers...since they don't have any!

I want to write about the rest of the kids, but we are getting ready to leave for church....please, please, please know that your kids (trust me, they are your kids!) are so excited and grateful for what they have received....I just wish we could give them more. Their shows and underclothes are really lacking for all of them, so that might be our next project.

Also, special request....the little ones are really starting to get sick....not cholera, but definitely colds and lots of fevers. Cathy has ran out of medicine for them. Pray that God supernaturally puts His hand on these children tonight as they sleep and heals their little bodies. I wish I could bring a team of you all just to come down here and hold them and love them for about 5 days straight....I believe that is what their bodies and souls need most...

You guys, again, I can't tell you how amazing it is to know these kids and the directors---each one of you would be changed forever and be adding to your family if you could just take a short 6 hour ride and get here. They have no father, mother, or family---but we have now become that to them, and I LOVE them with each of my heart. I think each of us (the team) is leaving a piece of their heart her at the orphanage....