Feb. 15, 2007…Mohau Centre day 2

Well today was my second day. I can’t even get enough of this place. They have their struggles but for the most part the children are well taken care of. One of the children I got to know well was a boy that has severe physical ailments as well as some social disturbances. When upset he lunges himself backwards repeatedly hitting his head, screaming, and slapping his ears. He can carry this on for a few seconds up to minutes. When he stops he’ll lay there for a few moments as though he has blacked out and comes to life as another person. The other person is much happier and doesn’t remember the recent outburst. This is probably one of the scariest things I have ever seen especially when the caregivers are no where to be found. I found that he loves to be sung to and his favorite song is, If your happy and you know clap your hands. When it gets to the part when you clap he slaps my chest as hard as he can. Pretty sure I will have bruises tomorrow from it. There are also two other special children that I met today. In the morning I got to know the 1.5 year old boy (Jason this could be Malachi). For whatever reason he and I were drawn to one another from the get go. He would just snuggle with me as well as run to me whenever he was hurt (which I am finding out that children in an orphanage environment get hurt quite a bit) and when he woke up from his nap. Around 1:30 the older children got home from school and this 10 year old girl sprinted towards him. As I watched them interact I could tell that they were siblings. She and I talked for quite some time about their family. I found out that there are 11 siblings in the family and the oldest is 23. The 23 year old is the primary care giver and she is unable to care for them, so that is why they live at Mohau. Needless, to say I have fallen in love with these two and thanks to Adoption-Link I have these thoughts about adopting now. Don’t worry family I am praying about this and at this time if God wanted this to happen He would have to throw quite a bit of money down for it to work out.