new experiences

With my recent revealation that I have been focusing way to much on myself, I have been walking around and seeing all that is around with me with new eyes. Kroo Bay this Saturday was one of the best things that I have experienced, thus far. I enjoyed myself in a way that cannot be expressed in words. I walked into town with David and we took a different way down into Kroo Bay. We were coming down the stairs and you hear it start with one kid, then three kids, until they are all yelling "Ale-Ale". This is a part of a song that they used to sing with the kids and it is now the name that everyone in the area has given all of us. Well, I made it down about 1/2 of the stairs and was mobbed. This is not an exaggeration. I know that I tend to be a bit dramatic, but you literrally get mobbed. Every area that a kid can grab or stick onto, they do so. I couldn't even make it down the stairs. It was actually a little scary. I pictured a big ball of little limbs and Katie rolling down the stairs. David eventually pushed them all off until I got the bottom. Then I opened up my arms and loved on every darn little dirty face that I could. I was in heaven. It is very odd how all they want is for you to look at them or touch them...like you have magical powers. I guess it is a truly testimony of the sheer power of love. It is like magic or water to their little souls. Thank the Lord, I trust, that the supply of love I have to give will last and be enough to give drink to every little heart that needs it. Well, our time at the itnernet cafe is done. We actually should be at the soccer game across the street but that is another story for another day. We decide to console ourselves with some time on the internet for not being at the game. I will try to write more about Kroo Bay and some of the kids at a later time.

Love from Africa to you! :)