time for movies!

this is my first attempt at making a movie.. who knew windows had this? i would have had loads of fun in high school with this lol. so this is a short video of some of my boys :o) i’m working on another one to show you guys a typical dinner, but this is just us playing. hope you like it!

My Cuties :o)

These are during the afternoon program.

 

 

Here’s Zequito and Pedro singing the ABCs :o)

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The afternoon program is something Laura does that I’ve kept going while she’s gone.  The boys adore it, it’s really cute :o) I’ve got 3 rooms in my dorm and once a week each room gets to come into Laura’s home for a lesson or activity and a snack.  Laura does way more teaching than I can do, seeing as I’m merely learning Portuguese :o) so I do lots of fun silly stuff with the boys.  We did macaroni art last week, that was really fun and it was my first time ever doing that with kids.  It went way better than I thought it would go!  The boys were really into it, and I ended up having a few boys come in later on in the week to finish their papers.  I’m pretty sure every single boy taped his up on the wall in their rooms, it was seriously adorable.  Last week we did stuff for Laura, but it’s a surprise :o) so that news is gonna have to wait!

..holding a miracle..

8 little kilos, he’s six and he only weighs 8 kilos, even after being here at the center for nearly a year!  About two weeks ago Lucas really scared us.  I went to my family’s for the weekend only to get multiple phone calls and emails desperate for prayers for little Lucas.  It was awful.  And I couldn’t drive myself back to the center, I had to wait until a driver could come get me.  He has ups and downs, good days and bad ones.  But that weekend it was really bad, and the nursing staff was telling everyone to pray and prepare their hearts for God’s will to take the lead.  Scared me to the core, especially since Laura was gone.  I wanted her to be around and Lucas needed her to be around!  But God did take control :o) and now he’s doing better than ever!  He walked all the way to my door (which is really Laura’s door) from the place where they eat dinner, which is probably 100ft and 3 big stairs!  It was so amazing.  I was so excited when I saw he came the whole way, it was an awesome surprise :o)  So now every time I hold Lucas during church or sit with him and his little stacking ups I think, “I’m holding a miracle. A real live miracle is in my lap this instant :o) “ 

and it’s the best feeling in the world.

White Skin

so I only have about five minutes, but the cutest thing happened during church :o) I sat in a different place today, in the back with people from the surrounding community instead of with my boys in the front. I had to sit somewhere with an easy exit for hospitality stuff. But anyway, this little boy ends up sitting next to me and getting really cuddly with me! It was so adorable :o) He was probably like 8? ..8ish. He's holding my hands and rubbing my skin and I'm just thinking it's the cutest thing, but then I realize that he's staring at me. His eyes are following intently where his fingers travel.... it's because I'm white! Haha, I'm pretty sure I laughed out loud when I realized this, despite my sitting in church :o) He was rubbing over my freckles and my knuckles, slowly and deliberately. Then (after realizing) I showed him this big huge freckle on the arm that was further away from him and he rubbed it --no joke-- for like ten minutes. Haha, the joys of living in Africa :o)