Wednesday was Children´s Day (or The Day of the Kid). It was a great day. A gift of heaven really.

I decided to give the kids at Grimac a "Free Class". Even though they are not kids - they´re teenagers - they still deserve the right to have a day off.

My day continued to when I was able to see all of the kids from the junior high at the orphange (except Jesus) outside of the store next to my house. It was so cute because one of the girls yelled "line" and they all got in a line to give me a hug and a kiss. A few stayed back to talk for a few minutes before they had to rush to catch up with their teacher and the rest of the class.

Since I knew I wouldn´t be able to see the kids, I wrote 8 of them letters reminding them how important their lives are and how God has made them perfectly and wonderfully. This is something that they need to know as one of them was actually "thrown away" at age seven by her mother (if she deserves that title).

One of the kids from the high school I teach at keeps on inviting me to all sorts of places (the hypmotist circus, his mom´s fashion show) and reminding me how he doesn´t want me to leave. I have to say, I love this town, more than just the orphanage, and I love being yelled at by my students anytime I go anywhere... They do hold dear places in my heart and it seems that even though I quit youth ministry back in 2006, it never quite leaves me. Nor, would I ever want it to.