Visiting Orphanages
Today we started the morning with "dangitt", delicious small fried fish! I then spent some time in the morning working with the Entheos Philippines gang - they are great bunch of people!
Then Lynnette and I were fortunate to finally visit two orphanages today. We weren't sure if we'd be able to because we could not get a hold of the directors to schedule the visit. Thanks for your prayers that opened the doors for us to go! The first orphanage that we visited was for children under the age of 6. We came in right at the end of their nap time, and there were 3 boys who were just waking up. They were so young and it was heartbreaking to think that they had been abandoned or left alone with no one to care for them. Many of these kids here had been abandoned by their parents, or their parents had died with no relatives to care for them. A couple of them were temporarily left there until their parents are able to take care of them. Before we left Hawaii, my mom had bought boxes of chocolate for us to give away. Also a friend and his wife gave us money to give to an orphanage. We ended up blessing the orphanage with a donation, and the kids with a box of chocolate. If you look closely at one of the pictures a little kid has chocolate all over his mouth. That boy was very hesitant to take the chocolate because he has never seen or tasted real chocolate before. Lynnette had to take the chocolate and put it in his mouth, but after that first taste, he gobbled it down... as you can see in the picture. We then proceeded to the next orphanage, which was for girls only over the age of 6 through college. We were blessed by a song and a dance performance by them. We were also able to bless them with a box of chocolate and a donation that was given by my brother and his wife.
Then Lynnette and I were fortunate to finally visit two orphanages today. We weren't sure if we'd be able to because we could not get a hold of the directors to schedule the visit. Thanks for your prayers that opened the doors for us to go! The first orphanage that we visited was for children under the age of 6. We came in right at the end of their nap time, and there were 3 boys who were just waking up. They were so young and it was heartbreaking to think that they had been abandoned or left alone with no one to care for them. Many of these kids here had been abandoned by their parents, or their parents had died with no relatives to care for them. A couple of them were temporarily left there until their parents are able to take care of them. Before we left Hawaii, my mom had bought boxes of chocolate for us to give away. Also a friend and his wife gave us money to give to an orphanage. We ended up blessing the orphanage with a donation, and the kids with a box of chocolate. If you look closely at one of the pictures a little kid has chocolate all over his mouth. That boy was very hesitant to take the chocolate because he has never seen or tasted real chocolate before. Lynnette had to take the chocolate and put it in his mouth, but after that first taste, he gobbled it down... as you can see in the picture. We then proceeded to the next orphanage, which was for girls only over the age of 6 through college. We were blessed by a song and a dance performance by them. We were also able to bless them with a box of chocolate and a donation that was given by my brother and his wife.
