Friday 6/20
I want you to meet my new friend Olivet. I met him as I was sitting on the porch of Hope Children’s home today. Olivet is a little boy about 3-4 years old. He walked out the front door crying with tears rolling down his cheeks. At first I thought he was sick, so I felt his head to see if he had a fever. One of my friends Nancy went to see if she could find some Tylenol to help him out. But before she returned, I was able to find another older child who acted as an interpreter and found Olivet’s brother. As his brother talked to him we found out the problem was that Olivet didn’t want to go home to yet; instead he wanted to stay at Hope with all the other kids. Needless to say we let him stay.
About 100 children live at Hope and another 100+ just go to school there and then go home. Olivet is one of the ones who has parents and a home to go to. The rest of the afternoon I held him on my lap and cuddled him as I have my own little ones in years gone by. When I got up, he went with me, clinging to me as if I was his Mama. Soon his tears stopped, still no smile, but about 2 hours later with the help of a little “sweet” (that’s what they call hard candy),Olivet finally smiled (YEAH!!). Mission accomplished! When the bell rang for the older kids to go home, Olivet was finally ready to go and he went merrily on his way.
When I got back I relayed the story to Randy who said “I guess even in Uganda we still have the Party House.” For those of you who haven’t been over to our home yet, it is known by most children who visit as “The Party House”. Many a child has been known to cry or hide as their parents try to take them home. It always blesses us when children want to stay because we believe it is the presence of the Lord that really draws the children and makes them feel loved and cared for.
2 Corinthians 1:3 – Praise be to God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, the Father of compassion and the God of all comfort, who comforts us in all our troubles, so that we can comfort those in any trouble with the comfort we ourselves have received from God.
I want you to meet my new friend Olivet. I met him as I was sitting on the porch of Hope Children’s home today. Olivet is a little boy about 3-4 years old. He walked out the front door crying with tears rolling down his cheeks. At first I thought he was sick, so I felt his head to see if he had a fever. One of my friends Nancy went to see if she could find some Tylenol to help him out. But before she returned, I was able to find another older child who acted as an interpreter and found Olivet’s brother. As his brother talked to him we found out the problem was that Olivet didn’t want to go home to yet; instead he wanted to stay at Hope with all the other kids. Needless to say we let him stay.
About 100 children live at Hope and another 100+ just go to school there and then go home. Olivet is one of the ones who has parents and a home to go to. The rest of the afternoon I held him on my lap and cuddled him as I have my own little ones in years gone by. When I got up, he went with me, clinging to me as if I was his Mama. Soon his tears stopped, still no smile, but about 2 hours later with the help of a little “sweet” (that’s what they call hard candy),Olivet finally smiled (YEAH!!). Mission accomplished! When the bell rang for the older kids to go home, Olivet was finally ready to go and he went merrily on his way.
When I got back I relayed the story to Randy who said “I guess even in Uganda we still have the Party House.” For those of you who haven’t been over to our home yet, it is known by most children who visit as “The Party House”. Many a child has been known to cry or hide as their parents try to take them home. It always blesses us when children want to stay because we believe it is the presence of the Lord that really draws the children and makes them feel loved and cared for.
2 Corinthians 1:3 – Praise be to God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, the Father of compassion and the God of all comfort, who comforts us in all our troubles, so that we can comfort those in any trouble with the comfort we ourselves have received from God.
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