So another week has come and gone, and they really are starting to feel like they're flying by. By next Sunday, the kids will have put on their Christmas show for the church, then one more Sunday, then I'm home the next.
None of the Christmas boxes have come yet, so keep praying that they get here within the next week. We went shopping in Kampala (Uganda's NYC) on Friday just to buy some "in case nothing comes" gifts for the kids. So either way, we're covered, but it would be nice for the GOOD gifts from the states to get here in times.
Everyone has been a little quiet since Daphine left. Sometimes we'll mention her name or ask the kids what happened and silent tears start flowing. John, who's the brightest 7 year old you will ever meet, was very scared and from the moment Daphine left, had terror all over his face. He, like Daphine, came to AFTC from Welcome Home Ministries. Deidrah (Mommy) brought John in to her office the next morning and talked to him about the situation. When John heard that Daphine was going home, he thought she was going back to Welcom Home. We was terrified he too would be sent away. You see, it's not that Welcome Home is not a bad place, but the love the children feel at AFTC and the family they are "adopted" into is like no other. This is now home. This now family. To leave would be heartbreaking. When Deidrah told hime that he wasn't going ANYWHERE a huge smile flew across his face and that look of fright wasn't seen again.
Just as I've been writing this, the power has gone on and off 3 times!! Luckily the computer saves my emails so I can start again where I left off. The power is tricky though. Today it went on and off all morning until it finally went off around 3pm, came back around 6:15, went off again at 7 and is now on again. Hopefully this is the last time for the night (10pm)... or at least until everyone's asleep.
None of the Christmas boxes have come yet, so keep praying that they get here within the next week. We went shopping in Kampala (Uganda's NYC) on Friday just to buy some "in case nothing comes" gifts for the kids. So either way, we're covered, but it would be nice for the GOOD gifts from the states to get here in times.
Everyone has been a little quiet since Daphine left. Sometimes we'll mention her name or ask the kids what happened and silent tears start flowing. John, who's the brightest 7 year old you will ever meet, was very scared and from the moment Daphine left, had terror all over his face. He, like Daphine, came to AFTC from Welcome Home Ministries. Deidrah (Mommy) brought John in to her office the next morning and talked to him about the situation. When John heard that Daphine was going home, he thought she was going back to Welcom Home. We was terrified he too would be sent away. You see, it's not that Welcome Home is not a bad place, but the love the children feel at AFTC and the family they are "adopted" into is like no other. This is now home. This now family. To leave would be heartbreaking. When Deidrah told hime that he wasn't going ANYWHERE a huge smile flew across his face and that look of fright wasn't seen again.
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Just as I've been writing this, the power has gone on and off 3 times!! Luckily the computer saves my emails so I can start again where I left off. The power is tricky though. Today it went on and off all morning until it finally went off around 3pm, came back around 6:15, went off again at 7 and is now on again. Hopefully this is the last time for the night (10pm)... or at least until everyone's asleep.
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