I feel like so much has happened in the last 24 hours.

So here it goes...

-Last night Shine came and sat in my lap, and after awhile i realized he was crying! when i asked him what was wrong he said someone threw away his dinner so he didnt get to eat. I tried to take him to ma but he didnt want to. He's so precious, people were around so he asked to go sit under this big tree on a bench. We sat there and he told me about his past, he's here becuase his parents wanted him to have a better life. I applaud them for that. Then he fell asleep in my lap and even though I was getting eaten by bugs, I didn't mind, I know my time here is valuable.

- I have not been bitten by a single misquito...this time last year i was covered. something must be up....i mean im not complaining one bit.

- Mustapha is coming to visit me tomorrow!!!!!!!!!! the older boys called him today when i was with them so i got to talk to him and he said hes coming to see me tomorrow. SO EXCITED. ((mustapha was here last year, and he graduated so he's back in Accra now.))

- One of the Lipscomb girls that is here, woke up feeling real bad two days ago. Well she went up to the clinic to get tested....and it came back positive for malaria! SUCKS. she's been absolutely miserable the last two days and to make matter worse, she leaves tonight, is at the airport right now and last we heard they told her she is too sick to fly. So Lord knows what is going to happen. Her flight leaves in a hour and a half so hopefully she'll get to feeling better.

- Last night I told Lebene that we were going to be gone for 3 weeks. His persona completely changed and he just stared into space when i would try and talk to him. I felt bad but what do you say... then today i asked him why he stopped talking to me and he said he was too sad to talk. BLAH i am sooo not looking forward to the last day we are here!

- Oh i went into town today to buy alot of food for our 3 week stay in nkwatia. I love driving around here, though it is a bit scary at times, I really enjoy seeing how people live and cherish their extremely simple life.

- && the power went out today for like 2 and a half hours. thats been the longest one so far. twas a hot day for sure!

sorry im rambling, but i just have so much to fill yall in on :]

Leaving you guys with this....

You have the opportunity to be that one person to someone who needs what you have to offer. And what you have to offer is never small & insignificant. Again, the great picture of what God is doing in our world is incomplete without your unique puzzle piece -- the one that only you posses. But you must choose to place your piece in the puzzle. No one has ever lived the same life as you...and that is one of the things that makes your 'puzzle piece' extraordinary!

I think that maybe I am a puzzle piece in one of these kids lives and i know they are one in mine...

GOD IS GOOD...ALL THE TIME