June 3, 2009
Today was the last day at Jubilee 1&2 =(. We had worship there in the morning- which always takes my breath away, just hearing the children worship God.. Many of those children have already reached a level in their relationship with God that might take most of us years to reach.. They just seem to get the picture and the purpose of true worship. We had all our sessions and lunch and free time/fellowship with them like usual. While we were saying goodbye it was really sad because we had fallen in love with these children and loved the time of worship and devotionals with them. Hopefully it won't be my last time dancing with them…
We went to visit Jubilee 4 today. When we approached the place, it was a 4 story building and it was a VERy clean place. As soon as we got to the door about 30 children all under the age of 8 welcomed us with their beaming smiles and beautiful voices saying" WELCOME TO JUBILEE 4!!!!!"
Those children were so so so so soooo precious. They quickly grabbed us and started to bring us to their rooms and show us their beds , toys, and they were just so happy. They would show us tricks that they knew and stunts that they could do.. Which were really only somersaults but still- =).
We went to the roof and… WOW, the view on the roof WAS ABSOLUTELY BREATHTAKING! It was the most beautiful scene I have seen in India yet. It had a clear view of the mountains and the rest of the city… just absolutely beautiful. I stood there for 10 min speechless and in awe of God's amazing creation and finally the children had to snap me out of it, one child named Peter pulled on my salwar and said " Didi, what are you looking at?" and when I turned to him, my heart melted. He is a 5 year old boy who is very very sick. However his smile could sweep anyone away. He smiled so big and was laughing and I REALLY WANTED TO TAKE HIM HOME WITH ME. We were talking- and he knew so much english!!!! He showed me his room and his friends and we sat down in the living room where all the other children were and they were playing … and he sat next to me and we were both so quiet. My heart was literally breaking, I don't know how the workers here work here everyday with these children knowing that most of them may possibly die soon and they cannot do much about it. All the kids were so happy, so full of energy, and so full of love.
As our team piled back into the car to go back to Asha Gram. We were all so quiet ...millions of thoughts were flooding our minds….
