LOVE
Here is an example of how well the kids play with each other at McCarthy Hill School.
He wanted to show me how high he can jump. His name is Kelvin and he is one of my favs!
After Kelvin showed me how high he could jump he called his buddy over for a picture but wanted to let him have the picture all to himself...haha.
Then the two of them wanted a picture snapped and then called another friend over...
So on and so forth....
So cute!
The other little kids call the little girl in the picture above "white" because her dad is white and her mom is black.
So do we have a white or a black president in the US? Does it really matter?
These little children are the most amazing group of people I have yet to meet in my 34 years of life. Each and every day they come to school with the biggest smile on their faces and they feel it such an honor to hug me. When in all reality, I am the one who is blessed by their gentle and genuine hugs. Some of the children would be teased so badly in America for the way they smell or for wearing shoes that are too small for them but not the kids here. They may laugh for a moment but then the next thing you see is all of them playing together or sitting at the same lunch table laughing with each other.
I "forced" these little munchkins to let me have a photo shoot. After every picture they say, "Let me see, Auntie Syd."
Just when I thought I took the cutest picture ever...
and....
I am the only white person this little guy has seen so every time he sees me he screams. I don't mean a small whine, he screams!
The way the Ghanaians toughen up their children is by throwing them at their fears. So, his Auntie made him sit with me but the poor little guy never stopped screaming. I couldn't take it anymore once I saw his tears streaming down his little cheeks. She wasn't being mean at all. The kids here are a very tough bunch and it's because they are taught to face their fears from a very young age.
I truly think this is the only child that I haven't been able to get to warm up to me...
...my mission isn't over!
He took his first steps right before I took this picture.
She is a very sweet Auntie.
The kids aren't served cake on a platter, they get it in their hands!
Funny Kelvin!
Her name is Betty. She is one of the orphans from the awful Osu Home. They don't know her real birth date. The Osu Home tried to claim she is 5 or 6 but she is only about 3ish.
She is so sweet and loves to feel a big persons affection.
One of the "Bigger" girls (Older).
"Snap our photo, please, Auntie Sydnee"
"Auntie Syd, may I have a piece of taffy, please?"
I LOVE HIM!!!!
Sharing an orange after class.
The little boy on the left sure likes to eat! Whenever he can he sneaks away from class to find Auntie Doris, the cook, to ask for more food.
She is pretty shy and a little confused when she sees my huge camera coming at her. When I don't have my camera she asks where it is and if she can have a picture snapped of her.
Honestly, I love this little guy. He is so shy so he has a hard time smiling at the camera but you should see him when he gets to see himself when I show him his picture. His face lights up as if it was Christmas morning and says, "Auntie, Auntie, thats me!!!"
What a blessed person I am for getting to be apart of such precious lives.
I know with every ounce of my being that Heavenly Father chose these children to be the ones who live in such horrid conditions because he knew that they had nothing but love to share and that through their strength they would bless another life-mine.
Until you witness first hand what I see everyday there are no words to describe it.
I look into their eyes and all that I can see is pure joy and love.
