It's midnight here but I'm wide awake trying to solve the worlds problems. I'll tell ya about my week then I'll tell you about the world's problems ;)
Monday and Tuesday I didn't do much other than all day Tuesday I took care of Boni. We had a pretty chill day. I'm not sure if I have really told you much about Boni. Boni had a birthday on Monday so he is 8 years old now. They believe he was born normal but now he is mentally handicapped. We aren't really sure how much he understands. He kind of lives in his own little world. Getting mad at random times and nonstop smiles and laughter at other times. He can stand with the help of something and crawl. He has the longest eyelashes I've ever seen! Gorgeous! He is such a foodie, loves his food. He is a sweet kid.
Wednesday was a normal clean house make lunch kind of day. Kyle and I ended up playing 22 games of Uno that night along with other games. We had fun making up more rules till the rules started getting crazy. Like each round we would add another number so first game was normal that the second game when u got down to two cards you would have to say dos and the next round tres and so on and so forth. I told him it wasn't fair cuz he is fluent in Spanish!
Thursday I made fried fish for lunch! Yum! (Although I burnt some... Shhh) and then I made everybody soft pretzels! Which a lot of Mexicans don't know about pretzels! I also introduced then to the movie Cool Runnings. So lots of fun quotes have been flying around.
"Nuff people say they know they can't believe. Jamaica we have a bobsled team!"
"Eh wanna kiss my lucky egg?"
"Ya wanna live there you're gonna have to marry the queen."
Friday was a blast! It was field day. First let me say sadly I'm not athletic at all. So I took my role of videographer very seriously. They had a series of races down on the track around the soccer field at 7:30 to avoid the heat. And then went back to the Casa Hogar (children's home) and did the high jump and softball throw. It was so much fun getting to know the kids. I knew most of the girls but this time I got to know the boys and learned their names cuz everybody would be yelling the names during the event. I know most of the names now. But sadly I made a mistake I mixed up two of the boys. One is getting adopted and the other is not. And I was asking the wrong kid about "his adoption" and I found out later that it's a really sore subject for him and he wonders If he will ever get adopted. Their is a possibility for somebody to adopt him but he doesn't know yet. Please pray for this situation. He is a wonderful little boy.
After lunch I worked till bout 7 on going through all the pics and videos and making a video collage to show the kids that night. That was a little stressful but fun as well. It was fun watching the kids watch it that night.
The kids have become my Spanish teachers. They are so patient and kind with me about it. It has got to be tiring always haven't new people come who don't speak fluent Spanish.
I'm gonna tell you a little bit about Tao now. Tao is 22 year old guy here who is physically handicapped but if I am not mistaken is completely normal mentally. He inspires me so much! He is always grinning and laughing and cracking jokes. He truly brightens your day.
Something re-sparked in me Friday. My huge desire to adopt. And it's been just burning in my soul the last two days and I can't get it out of my mind which is why I'm still up and not sleeping. Questions and thoughts flying through my head like:
Is it God's will for my life to adopt?
Well if I'm gonna adopt I'll have to find a guy who shares the same vision. A child deserves a father and a mother.
Is this why I am drawn toward Asian people so much?
Is it because God wants me to adopt from Asia not actually go there?
What in the world does God want me to do with my life.
Should I go to collage and get a degree in something so I can get into any country to teach in schools?
Should I come back down here to Mexico for a term?
Am I supposed to live the typical mennonite girl life? Find a husband get married young and life in a little town for the rest of my life. (Idk why I struggle with this one so much. I've always had a very go go go personality. I want to get involved in stuff and idk yea idk. I'm prob not making much sense which is why I'm up at 1 am. Trying to sort through all these thoughts.)
I just watched a whole bunch of adoption videos and stories and my mind is spinning out of control.
If ur still reading this thanks ;) if you have any advice I'd love to hear it. Just FB message me it. I'm definitely at a crossroads in my life. I truly don't know what lies ahead of my when I get home. I don't even have a job lined up yet. :/ once again prayers greatly appreciated!
Pray for
-health (I keep getting stomach pain and joint pain which isn't so abnormal for me as It is annoying)
-the children at the Casa Hogar as well as the caregivers.
-I'm trying to kick some bad habits while I'm down here and it's kinda hard (reliance on technology, amount of movie watching, holing up by myself in a room, amount of food n sugar intake, etc :)
-my spiritual walk with God through all this.
Well it's 1am so I shall try getting some sleep before church tomorrow. Thanks for letting me spill my guts to y'all! Night!
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