Update.
So just thought I’d share how its been the past couple of days, and thanks to God, my attitude has been a lot better the last two days. Good thing, was starting to think I was going to be negative forever.
We have just been having patio and night time hang out with the kids, since they don’t have to go to school, and it was kind of nice last night. We just sat around and joked around with them and just kind of wasted time. It almost made me forget that the doors to the outside were locked.
Today we celebrated all the birthdays in the hosue for the month of February. We packed up bags with gifts today- mostly donations of t shirts and underwear and socks and flipflops. There were 40 of the kids whose birtdays had passed. We spent all day making invitations to the special dinner and decorating and all of that. We cooked everything by hand, between about 22 encargados, and ended up having a really good dinner with cake and ice cream to top it off. The kids were just hanging out and enjoying their special time. We cooked way too much food and ended up having to save a good half of it, but hey, it could be worse. Better than not having enough.
Also, as a prayer request, can you all please pray about the flu situation here in Mexico. Some of our kids have been running fevers as of late, and not to panic, but we have to take care of them extra carefully. If it were to spread in this house, with all 600 kids closed in, it could be catastrophic. I’m sure its the same in the states as well, but the shared community where everything is everyone’s makes it so much more dangerous for the kids. At least the volunteers and such have a little privacy, but that is not the case for our children.
I hope this blog makes sense. My brain is fried and my body is exhausted. And my stoamch is WAY too full after dinner AND ice cream and cake. I can honestly say that this is the first time that I have eaten well since I have arrived. And we even had chicken, woo hoo.
Have a good night,
J