Orphanage Continued

We were welcomed by the babies with open spread arms running towards us. They readily latched on to us and led us to their favourite activities. We face painted, played in the nursery, frollicked in the playground, and were amazed by watching one of the boys ¨Bend it like Beckham¨. Too soon we had to say goodbye, watching all of the kids stand in a group and wave our busses goodbye. As we waved, you couldn´t help but notice all of the Canadian flags and Canada facepaint lighting up the little ones.

That evening, after an amazing spaghetti supper at Jenny´s, we headed to the girls orphanage. The girls´(including Aidan) favourite activities were finger nail painting, skipping, hugging, clapping games, hugging, and hugging. Language barriers totally disappear when a human connection is made and this happens spontaneously when you find an activity in common. Jocelyn and Jamie turned the place upside down with hand clapping games that moved at light-speed. This created the most boisterous laughter EVER.

We made necklaces and they painted our nails too. Beautiful crafts were presented that we were really excited to bring home and share. Once again, it was hard to leave, but we will remember all of the smiling faces for a very long time.