This is the amazing group of girls I get to work with every day at RivLife! There are so wonderful and this past week I have appreciated the their encouragement, flexibility and honesty. We laugh about everything and we are convinced that our service site is the better than the rest! Nicole, Bianca, Staci, Carisa, Daniele, Sarah, and Emma, I love them all!
This little girl is one of my favorites! All the kids call us "Auntie"! It's so cute!
This is why we laugh all the time...
On the first couple of days we would sit under the play ground in the shade in the afternoons with the kids. Well, we found out that the kids like to pee there. So we now call this area the pee pit and
we don’t sit there anymore.
We laugh when they wipe their snot in our hair, pee on us, eat styrofoam, and cry over
their turn for the swing...
Sometimes it seems like the only word we yell at them is
“yima” which means “no”.
I have found that entertainment for preschoolers comes easily. Four or five of them will stand around and braid, knot, and play with my hair. Our hair is so soft and shinny compared to theirs and so this is why they sometimes even just like to “pet” our hair. As crazy as they are, its fun just getting to love on the kids. We have seen a change in a couple of the shy and timid children who now seem to be more comfortable with us and they seem to be a little more outgoing with the other children too. I love when we get to RivLife in the mornings and they all start yelling and run up to us and give us hugs!
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