Orphans

We had the amazing opportunity to give away suitcases full of clothes, shoes, candy and balloons to over 300 orphans. In the Karanda area, we were told there were around 1700 orphans. It's a very, very sad realization when you actually see these beautiful children and know that their only belongings will be what we give them.

My heart went out to these children. I played with them outside, and sometimes you could barely play with them--why? Because they just wanted to touch you. They would grab your legs and arms and hang on you and tackle you. They could feel your love for them, and they wanted all they could get.

Here is a child who had an old Muleshoe shirt from previous years when the Sheets passed out clothes. It was very cool to see how well these kids take care of their belongings. It's everything to them.
When they received their new set of clothes from us, they hugged them tight like they just got $1 million dollars that they were trying to protect. Then the next minute, you would look up and they would be putting on their new clothes on top of their old clothes. They were so proud of have something new to wear.

Their smiles and laughs warmed my heart so much.

We used their church building to hand out the clothes to the orphan children.
We sang songs with them, danced with them, played games with them, and laughed and laughed. We also got to do a funny skit for the children and perform a Human Video (a drama to music) for the children.

Above, I've posted more orphan pics--
beautiful children--
I miss them.