My Father's House

We stayed at the house the rest of the day. The kids play hard outside after school. They know how to entertain themselves without ever turning on the TV or video game. They just run around and play in the yard. All the kids sit at the table for dinner, they can’t eat until everyone is seated and Auntie Becky (Rebecca) selects a child to bless the meal. They take their dishes to be cleaned and thank Auntie Charity for cooking the meal then play some more. After playing they have a time of worship and prayer. The children have such beautiful voices. They really sing from the heart. They played or did homework for a bit and then all went to bed. There is a girl’s room and a boy’s room.

The next morning I watched all the children get ready for school. They looked so smart in their uniforms! They had breakfast and then walked to school. The school is down the dirt road. It’s about a 10-minute walk. They rent the land that the school is on but would really like to buy it (it’s about $50,000, though).

After the kids left Auntie Charity, Martin, Auntie Becky and I had breakfast. While Rebecca was showering Martin and I unpacked all the supplies I brought and put the school supplies on one couch and the home supplies on another couch. Rebecca was so excited when she came in. I took pictures but I’m going to wait and post pictures when I return since it takes awhile to upload and you pay for internet by usage, it’s not unlimited.

We sorted through the supplies for a long time. There were 30 nightgowns and pajamas and we picked out one for each girl. I didn’t realize there were boys in the home so I did not have anything for them. We also picked out a dress shirt for each girl. I had managed to get one for each girl (from Wal-Mart for $1 each) for all except Ruth so Ruth is getting a special princess looking outfit instead. I did not plan for getting one for each girl when I was shopping it just worked out that way. Thank you Jesus!

Rebecca joked because I had so many clothes in Ruth’s size but not the other girl’s sizes. She will save them for another time. She is getting two pajamas, though, and the other girls are only getting one. Gotta make her feel a little extra special! We are giving them to the girls on Thursday night! The girls sleep in clothes so this will be a big deal for them! Will take pictures!