We stayed in the hotel this morning and I caught up on washing, emails, etc while Craig prepared for preaching tonight. After lunch (one square meal bar) we headed out to Anna Home first stopping at the transition ger where 4 older boys live. Only one happened to be at home and we spent time talking with him and videoing his story and singing! He has an amazing voice and his dream is to be a singer. He's also achieving well in his school work and sport.
At Anna Home we sat around talking with the kids and videoing a number of them... their stories were very moving. Some of them have had such sad backgrounds and yet it is great to see them happy and loved now. The youngest is 6 and such a character - his dream is to be a soldier and he gave us a comical display of his marching ability and then finished off with a song. His enthusiastic performance was most entertaining and the other kids loved it. Hopefully you'll all be able to see it too.
At my request Boldoo took us to the market here... a girl needs a little retail therapy although I didn't purchase anything. Going with two males doesn't give much time for shopping - need one of my girlfriends here. I'm hoping to go to the black market in UB, it's a bit dangerous with pick pocketers and bag slashers but if I can persuade my husband I'm willing to risk it.
We had dinner at one of the leader's homes - again very basic home but warm welcome.
We rushed back, got changed and headed out to the evening meeting. There were about 20 people there including 6 of the Anna Home kids who had walked for miles to get there. We had a time of praise and worship, Craig preached and then we were asked to pray for each person. It was a very special time and one of joining hearts together. We feel sad to be leaving and trust they have been encouraged by our visit.
At the end of the meeting they prayed for us which was very moving.
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