The taxi to take us to the airport will arrive in 40 minutes. We have said many emotional goodbyes to everyone: from the kids to our tuk tuk drivers. Our last day at the orphanage included planting 8 trees (one for each volunteer on the trip) and then we had a little ceremony with the kids where we gave each one a bracelet to wear. I will always treasure mine.
Us with one of the Heart Touch trees.
This has been an amazing experience and I am looking forward to doing it again someday--whether that will be back here or somewhere else. And I will be keeping in touch with John & Kathy, especially since they are going to offer the opportunity to sponsor children very soon (a full sponsorship will be around $160/month, or you can sponsor part of the child's costs for $40/month). Besides, we still need to complete the sustainable massage project, so this is just the beginning of our relationship with them.
You can never hold just one kid here. It's simply not possible! And why would you want to?
I will post lots of photos when i get home. And that is all I can write for now, or I will be a sobbing mess on the airplane.
My most favorite boys.
2 comments:
Wow. It sounds like you had an awesome experience!
Amazing....simply amazing. You must have brought so much happiness and hope to all you encountered.
Farah
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