- Writing letters to a bunch of children at the orphanage
- Packing our things to go home
- Spending time with the kids here
Right away after getting up and ready for the day, we began dividing up the things that would get packed versus what we'd be leaving behind and giving away. Because we're positive that Noah will be in a bigger size next summer, most of his clothes (like Alina's) are staying down here. He took his smaller sized underwear to the medium boys house and commented to me on how quickly boys grabbed them. Small things like that, which we take for granted, are items which the orphanage tends to be super short on (especially for the boys), so they really need and ultimately want them.
Noah took his basketball clothes to the big boys house (ages 16+), and I saw many of the big boys running down to the gymnasium later in the day and shouting at me that they were headed to play basketball and BECAUSE they were wearing Noah's basketball shorts, shirts, etc...they were going to play "as good as Noah"!!! What a compliment.
We spent quite a bit of time after school let out at the medium boys house watching movies with them. Chino gave me a really nice painting as we were there (which he painted), with all of the boys names that live in the medium boys house. I am so used to giving the children gifts, that receiving a gift was so unexpected...I got a bit choked up. Okay, I cried quite a few tears of joy and gratefulness!
I didn't want to neglect Michell, so I headed to the house she lives in around 5:45pm and stayed until 7pm...so we could say our goodbyes.
It was a very difficult day and night for us. Leaving is the most difficult part of the trip. Noah actually told me that he just preferred to stay down in Honduras and I could pick him up next year!
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