My 41/2 month puppy “Happy” was so sad that I was not taking him for a walk. He was peaking his head through the pillars watching the world pass him by while he was stuck up on the balcony. That was his view. My view was, I know I haven’t taken you for a walk yet as I normally would have done by now but today is a special day and I have something better planned for you. You see Vinnie, Golden Retriever/his best friend/neighbor was having a b-day party and it didn’t start till 6:30, an hour in a half after his usual walk. I wanted to surprise him and the whole time Happy thought I was punishing him or neglecting him….maybe he thought I forgot about him. It’s so funny as I thought about this situation that I thought how many times I have had the same puppy dog eye face at God. Because of his timing he withheld something or because he had something better in mind he would not let me have what I thought was the best. I also thought how many times I thought God is not thinking about me or has forgotten me….how little faith Happy had in his owner…how little faith I have had in my Maker.
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| Happie and Vinnie |
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| English Teachers and Friends (These women are so good to us!!) |
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| Can you guess who that is on the poster? Heehee... Teachers never told us they were putting our pictures up there..lol! |
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| Joy Selby(US Volunteer),Peter Willis(President of H20), Me (US Volunteer) |
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| Pretty much healed by the time I thought to take a picture...lol! |
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| and eyes and ears and mouth and nose....head shoulders knees and toes, knees and toes..:) love these kids! |
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| happie makes me happy:)...not so small anymore! |
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| English Camp was great! Kids had fun and had an intensive course to prepare them for the O-Net test that is a required national test for all schools. |
Just to give you an update on what is going on here…I got bit by a dog! Sounds bad and it did hurt but I am okay. It was at the school while I was going to class. This dog has tried to bite me 2 times before and the 3rd time it succeeded. I went to the hospital immediately to get rabies shots. I am now on my 3rd one (5 total). Unfortunately this is not the 1st time the dog has done this at the school with little kids!!! It was a sad decision I had to make to not work there anymore especially because I know the kids love me and I love them..but for now it's the best.
So I was left again with another change…what am I going to do now? Thinking that something good was being taken away from me and leaving me at a place with not knowing what I was going to do. Kinda like happy…he thought he wasn’t going for a walk but something better was going to be given to himJ. Shortly after waiting on the Lord for direction and through prayer I spoke with Esther about not going back to the school. I brought up the kids that don’t go to school at the orphanage because of learning disabilities and sicknesses. I asked her if she would mind if I spent time teaching them what I taught at the school. She was thrilled at this idea and said that this would be better than teaching at the school because these kids need special attention and have less of an advantage. They have a strong desire to learn and feel neglected because all the kids go to school and they don’t. So I will start this week teaching the kids at the orphanage and would love your prayers on this. I am not experienced with teaching children with learning disabilities but I will try my best to get to know each one and the best way to help them learn. I thank you all for your support in this time of transition and also learning. Joy and I are the first long term volunteers at this organization. It has taken all of us time to learn what they need and how we can best help them. We have tried a few things… some with success and others need work J but all in all I think this time is ground breaking and preparing a road for more volunteers and giving H2O experience they need for the future. God Bless You All!!!
