August 10

It is hot.

It is very hot.

Not hot like CT in a heatwave.

Hot like in your microwave hot.

And there are a lot of people here already.

And there are more coming.

A lot more coming.

And there is no power.

And we can’t flush the toilets.

But.

I just rocked a beautiful little boy to sleep for his nap.

Sasha is playing cards with the kids.

Kenni is rolling a ball on the floor with the toddlers in their room.

Tariku and Ashebir are sacked out from a morning of playing in the sun.

Pete is building bunkbeds outside using power tools plugged into a generator.

Rachel is sanding wood for the bunks.

Kim is helping too.

And it is in these moments that all seems well with the world.

This is why we take our children and spent our vacations in orphanages.

Because there is a piece of life that we would never experience outside of these places.

Worth the money.

Worth the risk.

Worth it all.

This is life.

And Jesus said, “I have come to give you life, life to the full.”