Last day at SOS Childrens Village

some of the mothers 

Mapalo and Alex

Moses

Yesterday  was our last day at the SOS childrens village. I can not believe that three weeks have went by that fast. At first I though that time had almost stopped, things were moving so slow. Today was one of my favorite days at the village. Like any normal day we start off the by playing with the kids on the play ground but after lunch we had plans to reveal ourselves to the kids who we were sponsoring. We normally eat lunch at the grocery store across the street, usually something small but today we were invited by all the mother over for lunch. Before going to lunch we went to the main offices to finalize our sponsorships. This was really exciting. When we got back we ate a tradition lunch where most of the mother (there are “mothers” that run each house, with up to 12 kids) made a dish and we all ate. It was great, I have not been liking the traditional food but everything was so fresh, they actually grow everything right at the village in their own gardens. After lunch we then got to give our gifts to our children we were sponsoring. I don’t think they knew what was really going on but it was a lot of fun. The mothers were very thankfull and when opening the presents, some of the children were too young, they sung and danced. I am sponsoring 3 boys. There are two older boys namded Alex and Moses (ages 6 and 7), and then a little baby who is almost 2 named Mapalo.  Moses was actually not there there today or yesterday, because he went home, or back to when we was before he came to the village, for the holidays. I was sad that I did not get to say good bye but his mom opened his gift for him. I got each boy some clothes, paper and crayons, a few toys, sun glasses, and chocolate and wrapped it in a stocking.  The mother then gave us a gift, which I was not expecting. They gave Bethany and I a Chantanges, which is a piece of clothing women wear as a skirt. We danced and played for a while and then had to say our goodbyes. I was sad leaving these kids, even though we just met them a few weeks ago but I know that I will be in touch with them though letter and pictures and hopefully one day we will be able to meet once again.