Last day of this trip!

Last day at the orphanage. What a sad day emotionally. Went with Tim and Rene to the Onaville, a tent city community where Pastor Max has a church. He is married now, and his wife is expecting! It was very, very hot up on the hill where the settlement is located. The water situation has not changed from my previous visits, they are still purchasing 3000gal tankers that is being delivered. Even with not much of changes, the spirit and the believe in God is truly amazing. 

We also stopped at the Orphanage in the tent city. The kids were not there, school day. So we walked around the brush and looked into the school house. They had one very small room building that was too small to fit all of the 20 kids. Very, very hot under the tin roof, with kids sitting on the stoop. This was a very sad site, but an amazing site, in these conditions kids are in school and all in uniforms!

Back at New Life had a lot of emails and picture to catch up for Miriam (she continues to be under the weather). Went with Tim to see Alex, he was sitting up in the crib, and was reaching out for Tim. Tim picked him up and Alex clang to him. Alex is doing doing a lot better, and this is a picture that I will remember!

 Tim was able to go through all of the rooms with Frantzy to make a list of repairs that will be needed to be done over the next few weeks. 

For the last evening I offered to record girls and Iranes as many times as they would like. Other then Iranes, all of the girls sang without music, after each recording I played back so they would hear themselves sing and learn how they are using their voices. They never had a chance to experience this before. Some of them were more shy then others. Some of the voices were crackling but all of them in their unique way sounded like angels! We recorded from 6:00 pm to 10:00 pm.  

Leaving is always sad for me, especially when you leave a place that you could call home. I will miss the morning prayer over Alex, smiles of the children as they load the buss for school, smiles of the staff, always so cordial and and so pleasant to see (any time of the day). I will miss the voices of the children, their signing and perseverance to survive in this harsh life that is full of God and His glory! Leaving home will be always sad for me, since I do not know when I will be back, but I will be back!