It was tough to wake up this morning. After breakfast we went to two primary schools. At the second one a girl as asked me if I was from China. I guess to some all “white” people look alike. Haha. Haley (intern) is sick. She left with us this morning but went back to the hotel with Charlotte when we got to the second school. She is trying to rest. We tease her about having Swine Flu, but I hope she feels better soon. The team from her church is the one that’s flying in this week. After the second school we ate in the bus and went to a prison for women. It was an experience unlike any I’ve ever had. All of us got to go in this time. Roger said it was much nicer physically than the men’s prison they were in the other day. Still I felt a lack of joy and a sense of hopelessness in that place. Even our joy in the Lord seemed to be crushed there. By the end, though, but once we got going we regained some of it, and I think it was contagious. The small church was full of inmates, most who weren’t normally in the church. There was one white woman there. She kind of stood out (like us every day). I felt drawn to her, and I wish I could have heard her story, but we weren’t given any time to talk to the inmates.
Later
Our last night show was at a government home for children. We weren’t allowed to take pictures there because some of the kids are there unknown to their families or to those who have hurt them. Many have witnessed crimes or committed them. Several have defects and mental handicaps. Their special needs may have been there since birth, but some of them are likely to have been caused by others when they were young. It was difficult for the team to be there because there wasn’t as much joy in the kids that their normally is during a performance. I felt blessed to be there though, and I wish we could have done more for some of the kids there. But just playing with them and giving them some attention, letting them know we love them, was a lot.
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