Mission Accomplished

The trip has been so wonderful! It has been covered in prayer, and we have felt it throughout each day. Today we started with sharing the story of Jesus walking on water by having some of the older boys perform a skit. After that we stuck with the water theme and went outside for water games and balloons. After going off for lunch, we came back early in the afternoon for a special treat for our last night with the kids. We took them out to a place they call "the resort". It has flower gardens, water stocked with fish to feed, paths to walk, a playground, and characters for great pictures (see below). It was such a special night of quality time with the kids. We sat under huts as food and drinks were brought to us. We weren't quite sure about a lot of the meat, but the kids kept assuring us it was beef. The chicken came out, head and all, and at the end of the meal the only thing left on that plate was bones! After eating, we went back to the orphanage for praise and worship songs. It was very difficult as we knew it was the last night with them. We came back to the hotel and prayed for good rest for the kids tonight and that our last farewells tomorrow will be "sweet sadness" as we remember that if we don't see them again in this life we will one day see them in heaven.