Living here with these children, pod moms, and volunteers has been incredible and wonderful. I love these children with my whole heart. I have been given Beautiful opportunities to bond with individual ones as well as to learn and grow in my understanding of how this awesome place is run. This week was a very interesting week. I have felt more at home and the children seem more drawn to me than ever before (which fills my heart up). A couple of days ago, I had the privilege of taking one of our boys to the doctor. He had a very high fever, and though we waited at the doctor's office for 3 hours, he was absolutely patient. He did end up horizontal, just resting his head on my lap midway through though!
The little girls and I have developed a type of secret language without meaning to. One of the girls clicks her tongue so we did that together and had a wonderful time. When she was pouting the other day, I clicked my tongue at her when she had her back turned from me and just received a, "No!" She knew I was talking to her ;) Others know when they hear my voice say, "Ay you!" that I am addressing them alone. There have also been on the spot made up songs created for those girls that are in a bad mood, and need to remember that they are nice and sweet girls, not rude girls.
If you can learn this Jamaican song, you can pretty much get in with any of the younger girls (hint: Y ou should probably have some semblance of a relationship before you sing it, might be weird otherwise):
First, have a group of girls hold hands and put on in the middle (the one in the middle dances around)
"There's a brown girl in the ring. Tra-la-la-la-la. (x3)
She looks like a sugar in a plum. plumplum! (x2)
There's a brown girl in the ring. Tra-la-la-la-la (x3)
Show me emotion (girl in middle puts hands on hips and moves side to side)"
Yeah, it's hilarious! But it will get stuck in your head. All. Day.
God has been faithful to me. He has revealed Himself greatly throughout my time here. I have grown in my desire for Him and in my understood need for His daily provision. It can be easy for me to get caught up in the busyness of a day and forget to be in God's presence first, but when I submit to His will and live in Him, I am finding that I am more the woman that He created me to be. He is the great provider. He will teach us how to remain in Him, if we ask Him to. He will teach us how to read His word, if we ask for guidance. He is faithful to His people. We must be willing to humble ourselves before Him and trust that He knows better.
Prayer for the week:
1. One of the teams is leaving today. Pray that the teams coming and going are able to be a blessing, but that the children can adjust to the steady flow of teams for this next month well. They seem to handle the people coming and going with grace, pray that that continues.
2. Pray that the children will continue to see the staff, directors, interns, volunteers, and myself as people that are safe and trustworthy. For some of the children, this may be their home until adulthood. We want them to be happy here and see Robin's Nest as a place of refuge and a home for them that they can come back to. They have family here whether or not they are ever officially adopted by a forever family.
3. God has sustained me and because I have been relying on Him, He has been faithful to me in return. Pray that I will continue to rest in Him and live in light of who He is. I do not want to become lazy in my work here.
4. New interns are coming this week! One comes today, one on the 19th, and two in early February. We will all be living in this apartment together. Pray that we would be an encouragement to one another, that we would mesh well, and that God's work would be furthered through our partnership.
God is good. His love endures forever. 
That song is totally on a cd that I listened to all the time when I was little.
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What kinds of things do you do day-to-day? Are you getting any regular responsibilities?