Saturday, March 18

We were only able to go to the orphanage for a couple of minutes to be able to say our goodbyes. Oh no, this is going to be hard. I saw Ramon as soon as we pulled up, but then I didn't see him anymore. I decided to let Ethan, a 5 yr old that was with us, get some Arnolfo time in, so I decided not to hang out with him yet... Here's another picture of him just because he's so freakin' cute....




Megan and I went off on a hunt to find Ramon. He was over by the horse and the donkey. It was probably his chore for the day. He kept wanting us to touch the horse. I finally realized that he was wearing shorts and noticed his completely white legs. It was really shocking but totally cute because of the drastic difference between them and the rest of his body. We each gave him several hugs, then back to the courtyard to see other people.....

I finally got to say goodbye to Arnolfo for the first time. Then, I hear that they opened the girls wing, so it's time to go in there and say bye to some of the girls. Rosalinda was just woken up, but her face totally lit up when she saw me. She hugged me as tight as her little arms could and she just held on forever. Margarita was on her bed too, and after I gave her a hug, she gave me a friendship bracelet. It was so sweet. I continued to give them both hugs and realized that I couldn't handle it anymore and went off to find more girls....

Then, off to go between Arnolfo and Ramon. Arnolfo was one of the people that watched Jesus take the baseball apart the other day, so he wanted to do it too. He asked me to help him cut along the stitching so he could get to the string part. I helped him, but I also broke one of the handles on his scissors. I felt so bad.... Here, they don't have that many, but I totally broke one of the few pairs that they had. He just thought it was funny though and didn't care because they still worked. A couple days earlier, he was using half of a pair of scissors to try to do it....

I must have given Arnolfo about 10 hugs and Ramon about 20. There is no exaggeration here. It was really hard to say goodbye to them. Ramon started crying, and he actually gave every person with us a hug. He is the nicest and sweetest kid alive. Here's a picture of one of our hugs... I had no idea I was violating him.....lol






It was so hard to leave, but I couldn't take saying goodbye to them anymore. We all got in our cars and leave. That ride home sucked so bad b/c 1) I just said goodbye to all of the kids I fell in love with and 2) if I can't be with the kids at the orphanage, then I don't want to be around anyone. I just wanted to be home, but it took forever. Yet, even though it ended with sadness, it was good to get home, and it was even better to be able to experience it.