How am I feeling today?



Playing with the puppets made by GSNS kids.

Perhaps now that I am feeling closer to the end of my time here I can begin to enjoy the experience a bit more for what it is. There are 57 children at the orphanage and the volunteers main job is to make sure that everyone gets everywhere they need to be with everything they need. Obviously we also make sure that everyone is fed, showered and have completed their chores. I have felt so bothered by the way the kids have treated me at times that I think this is what makes the work so hard. However, today I heard another reason why one set of sisters are at the orphanage. Their story is so horrible that it really makes me stop and understand why the children behave the way they do. Despite everything they have been through in their lives, they all still manage smiles, laughs and a good bit of joking around. So I guess I just have to understand that when they are speaking awful Spanish words to me that this is not my fault and all I can do is just move on from it and look for the smiles instead.