Saturday, July 23, 2016

The mural & an orphanage


*still no phone, but Maddie has been letting Syd text me a few times and she sent this pic. Sydney said these are her two best friends there. She's covered in paint from working on the mural. She did say she's the happiest she's ever been. Hopefully we will get more pictures soon: 
The latest from Mindy:
A million and one moments again today!  We are all exhausted but happy.  Today we worked for 6 hours at the school to paint murals on the classroom walls.  I was very skeptical as to how this would possibly work with 30 of us, only a few of which are artists, with minimal tools and paints.  Once again, the kids AMAZED ME! working non stop, sketching, brainstorming, cleaning up spilled paint, improvising by finger painting, palm painting, rag painting, to make it all come together.  When we finished at 4 today, it was another VERY EMOTIONAL tearing away to get our kids on the matatu.  We had committed to go to a baby orphanage from there, and I was concerned that it had gotten so late, and everyone was so tired (and covered in oil based paint), but we traveled over, and became emotional just passing through the gate which read "Angels House, for Abandoned Children".  What a volume that speaks.  We spent two hours rocking, changing diapers, mostly just loving, 36 children from 3 days old to 7 years old who had been abandoned by their parents.  Due to a child sex trafficking issue 4 years ago, the Kenyan govt. passed a law against any international adoptions, only Kenyans can adopt Kenyan babies........and they don't, so it has become a huge issue here.  The Pope just came and pled with the govt. to reconsider.  It may be lucky for you at home, because your children all selected a baby or two that they would like to bring home.  As you can imagine, when it was time for us to leave, we had to peel babies from our arms who were crying and clinging to us.  Not sure how much more of this heartache these guys can take!  Tomorrow is Sunday, although we could use a day of rest, we have singing practice at 9:30, church at 10, singing practice with the kenyan youth at 1 (for next Suday), and then a community outreach in Waithaka.  Hopefully my pictures will attach.  There have been literally thousands of pictures taken.

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