Yesterday, we hosted our annual Thanksgiving Love Feast for our children and families at Faith Roots. It was also an anniversary celebration of ONE YEAR, moving to the Children's Village.
I can't believe that a year ago, we were beginning to load everything into our bedrooms here at the Omorefe house, the children were moving into their new home. Everyone was excited about getting our own houses after crowding together in one house for a whole year. We moved out here without electricity, trusting that it would happen in the weeks to come. We didn't know that we would be without electricity for over 4 months. We lived through the hot season, with the misquitoes buzzing around our faces, and we celebrated Easter weekend, when we finally got electricity into our houses. You should have seen the dancing that day.
In so many ways, it seems like that move-in day was just yesterday. And then, in other ways, like it happened years ago...a distant memory. So much happens here in a day, it's hard to think that that was just a year ago when we were all living together.
And God is good. He has provided in miraculous ways. We have 11 classrooms and a fully functioning library at our school, compared to the 6 classrooms from last year, and the little blue school house from the year before. We have another house with 17 new kids. We have full-time volunteers here with us for a year. We have a volunteer and guest house. God has provided ABUNDANTLY in one year. And all we can do is praise him!
And so, yesterday, we praised him in the dance! We put on our dancing shoes and we danced until our feet hurt so bad we had to sit down. The teachers danced, the students danced, the visitors danced...we danced until we couldn't stand, ate and drank some water, then danced some more.
It's rare that I get to have that kind of fun with our students. They mostly see me in a different role, dealing with behavior issues or observing a teacher. So, to get out on that dance floor, to tickle the little ones until they laughed with tears running down their faces, to soothe some of those who fell down and got a little scrape, to hold the babies when they're so tired they can't keep their eyes open. It was a pleasure...
And I'm definitely feeling the exhaustion from two extremely busy days. Feeling the need to withdraw and rest.
But, so blessed to celebrate with the dance...celebrate with Thanksgiving all that God has done for us this year. Such an honor to get to be a witness to his hand at work here at CORM.
I can't believe that a year ago, we were beginning to load everything into our bedrooms here at the Omorefe house, the children were moving into their new home. Everyone was excited about getting our own houses after crowding together in one house for a whole year. We moved out here without electricity, trusting that it would happen in the weeks to come. We didn't know that we would be without electricity for over 4 months. We lived through the hot season, with the misquitoes buzzing around our faces, and we celebrated Easter weekend, when we finally got electricity into our houses. You should have seen the dancing that day.
In so many ways, it seems like that move-in day was just yesterday. And then, in other ways, like it happened years ago...a distant memory. So much happens here in a day, it's hard to think that that was just a year ago when we were all living together.
And God is good. He has provided in miraculous ways. We have 11 classrooms and a fully functioning library at our school, compared to the 6 classrooms from last year, and the little blue school house from the year before. We have another house with 17 new kids. We have full-time volunteers here with us for a year. We have a volunteer and guest house. God has provided ABUNDANTLY in one year. And all we can do is praise him!
And so, yesterday, we praised him in the dance! We put on our dancing shoes and we danced until our feet hurt so bad we had to sit down. The teachers danced, the students danced, the visitors danced...we danced until we couldn't stand, ate and drank some water, then danced some more.
It's rare that I get to have that kind of fun with our students. They mostly see me in a different role, dealing with behavior issues or observing a teacher. So, to get out on that dance floor, to tickle the little ones until they laughed with tears running down their faces, to soothe some of those who fell down and got a little scrape, to hold the babies when they're so tired they can't keep their eyes open. It was a pleasure...
And I'm definitely feeling the exhaustion from two extremely busy days. Feeling the need to withdraw and rest.
But, so blessed to celebrate with the dance...celebrate with Thanksgiving all that God has done for us this year. Such an honor to get to be a witness to his hand at work here at CORM.
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