Day 2 With the Children

The schedule today was much better! The children left a lot happier and did a lot better during the day. They actually sang today! Glenda taught them a few fun songs and they remembered some of the ones we taught them yesterday. Some of them really got into the fun of it today. They got very excited when I asked them if they wanted to learn English. As soon as I said English, a bunch of them looked at me and said, "Hi, how are you?" It definitely made me laugh. Today they learned "What's your name?" and "My name is..." That was a little tricky. It took them a minute to figure out that they were actually naming themselves and not just throwing their name in for the sake of it. :)

We certainly had some tears today, but everyone did much better. The mothers were much better about dropping their children off and not lingering today. We did have one girl go home after the first hour. Her name is Jocelyn and she was very worried about the children crying. She is painfully shy and didn't want to do anything, and then her mother came to check on her and Jocelyn was very upset that her mother was going to leave her.

We had 12 children today after Jocelyn went home and 2 of them were new. They absolutely love playing ball, playing with the parachute, and playing play-doh!

Kember was much better today, but he still does everything the opposite as he is supposed to. I think he really just needs to be loved, so that's what I'm determined to do. I think he must have a health issue because he drinks constantly and always wets himself. He smells very strongly of urine even after he's changed. His family is very poor and probably can't afford to take him to the doctor. I am going to talk to the pastor and see if he can talk to the family and I can help cover the costs of the doctor bill. I don't know if we will be able to, but I think it's worth a shot. Please pray that we will be able to love him as he needs to be loved and that we will be able to help if something is wrong with him.

Fabian is one of my other troublemakers. He likes to go around taking toys from other children just for the sake of it. He is very stubborn and doesn't like to do what he's asked unless he feels like doing it. :) He is not a constant troublemaker like Kember and he does know how to make friends. :) He has an adorable little face and great big dimples! He made me laugh today because I couldn't get him to say anything during our English lesson, but when we practiced more later on, it just came out of his mouth before he knew what he was saying. He surprised even himself!

                                      Spaghetti for lunch! These 2 girls are both named Madelyn