- July 18-19, 2007 -
I made it safely here to the house where I will stay for the next two weeks around noon on Wednesday. Shortly after I walked in the door, two of the nine kiddos greeted me by name. I was surprised, but my heart was so warmed by the fact that these kids already knew me! :)
Last night, I started right away giving away my love and Jesus' love to these kids. They are all so cute and such a joy to love on. It is definitely challenging to have any "down" time or alone time because the children love me so much. I dearly love them too and realize that my help comes at a dear price both for me and them. For the next two weeks of my life, I will be quite busy learning to be a "mama" with disabled children, but that is a joyful delight. :) I am thankful for my year teaching Pre-K in Grand Ridge perhaps now more than ever.
Let me introduce my children to you. There is Sarah (three months old) with a cleft lip. She is a smiley, content baby unless she is hungry or dirty. Next, there are Joanna and Phoebe; they are less than one year old and not able to walk or crawl yet it seems. Phoebe also has a cleft lip, and Joanna has scoliosis (45% curvature of the spine) and is perhaps profoundly mentally retarded. John John is the next oldest and is around one year old. He is such a cutie pie and really puts away the groceries! When the person with food moves, he scoots quickly after them in his walker. He is going to be a big, loving Chinese guy and can nearly walk and talk.
Now come the four amigos - Rebecah (two years old), James (three years old), Hannah (four years old), and David (four years old). These little guys really have such distinct personalities! Rebecah enjoys playing, climbing, dancing, and loves to laugh. (She reminds me of my three year old neice Calianna.) James is a sensitive, emotional little guy who's love language is definitely touch; he finds joy and comfort in me simply kissing him, holding him, and tickling him. Thus, I hold him and love on him often. He really does love me so much. Hannah has long black hair and has James' love language. She enjoys sitting with me and reading in my lap or playing with my hair and face. David is very easy to please and is the strong one of the bunch both emotionally and physicaly. Yesterday, he ran into the door several times trying to break it down to rescue Grandma Guo who was locked in the kitchen; what a funny sight! HAH! :)
Last, but not least, there is Blaza. Blaza is 11 years old, but mentally, he has the mind of a younger child. He is also autistic. I recognized it pretty quickly. Blaza is an amazing kid! He gets to eat for his meal everyone else's leftovers literally, yet he is always thankful for whatever he is given. He is such a good helper and has many duties here. I taught him on the computer today,and he LOVED it!!! I really enjoyed seeing him be smart and laugh and get so excited. :) I look forward to teaching him more, but I do wish he could just be a little boy too and not have so many chores here.
I would just like to say a little more about Blaza. Blaza is an inspiration to me. He reminds me to be thankful for all that I am given even if it is literally table scraps! Blaza teaches me to not complain and help others. My heart truly loves Blaza, and it seems that both he and this experience is preparing me to be a mama (literally) to disabled children. If my Papa should give me children in the future (after a husband, of course), then I know that I would proudly be their mama and give them too all of my love and Papa's love just as I give it to these kiddos. :)
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By Michael James Craig on Thu, 26 Jul 2007 00:14:26 GMT
that is so awesome of you to be there for those kids. they sound like a cool bunch of kids. i wish i had an opportunity like that.
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