Thank you for praying! We are feeling so much better! After long, untimely naps, constant Airborne, and Albuterol treatments, we were doing great. We spent lots of time visiting with Dr. Joyce and the ladies who are serving here on their summer missions trip. (The ladies are teaching preschool, and exposing the orphans to English.)
Afterwards, we spent time playing outside, meeting some children, and observing a 30-minute preschool class in the afternoon. Cherish did so well helping with the children, that the teachers asked Cherish to stay for the remaining classes to assist in the classroom. Cherish was in her element!
She stayed and helped the teachers while Derek and I took the two littles back to our room for play and rest time. Andrew ended up falling asleep around 4 p.m. for the night. He was out!
Derek took Hope down to the preschool room to pick up Cherish, and they all spent about a half hour playing with some children before the children were taken to the canteen for dinner.
During this afternoon, we saw a shift in Hope. It was as if she was transformed back into an orphan--becoming like the other children in the room. It was so good for her to feel us lift her and remove her and take her to spend special time with us. At six years old, and only being home for a little over a year-and-a-half, she has not yet fully embraced the meaning to begin chosen, loved, and a forever daughter.
As we are currently awake through the middle of the night, and I am watching her playing a game with her brother and sister, I am sure she is feeling what it's like to live in a family and to be noticed, wanted, and loved.
She's ours for keeps! Even if she doesn't understand permanency yet.
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