A Day Where Things Are So Memorable

        If you follow along with my blog, you could probably tell that I am working with a brunch of rowdy boys and some days are better then others or worse then others. These past few weeks have been really busy and really hard for me because of the behaviors of the little boys but things are getting better. Today was one of the best days that I have had in a month or a little longer. It is strange because it is the day my FFA advisor past away 6 years ago. I always remember him telling us who we could be and really were. He has challenged us to be the best that we could be and today I was there or at least most of the way there.
         I had some really cute moments with the little boys where I remembered "oh yeah, this is why I love this job. It is for the children and nothing or no one else." The first moment was when the boys were going crazy outside and chasing each other around the playground. They seem like they can't play alone. They always have to be bugging each other and they have been doing that all week. I brought some new toys in yesterday and we didn't get to play with them then but we got to play with them today. I, finally, got them out and put them in the sandbox outside on the playground and the boys loved them.
         The toys were little toy sharks and fish that they could play in the sand with. I gave them ideas like to hide them in the sand, the sharks could eat the sand, they could swim in the sand, and things like that. There was enough sharks and fish for each of them to have two each. That kept them busy for about 30 mins, or maybe a little longer but then the boys carried the sharks around with them the rest of the day. When they were not listening, I would say, "I'm going to take the sharks away" and they were settle right back down because they wanted to keep them. It was so sweet to because, after a few mins of given them the sharks and fish, a few of the little boys kept saying, "thank you for the new toys." It is amazing how something that simple and little could mean so much.
          Then they got to play on water slides and in little kiddie pools before lunch time and that was fun to watch. The people that came and put it on for us played with the little children and the big children and they got wet along with them. They were pouring water on each other and going down the slides with them. It was just fun to watch because there were smiles on every kid's face during that water play even the little ones' faces. There were some older guys that and my little guys just had a blast with that.
           Before we went out and played in that, though, one of my little boys tried to be a big helper and told one of his peers to stop picking/kicking on another peer. To my surprise, he did it nice and sweet. He went up to his peer that was bothering another peer and said, "please stop that" but the other peer didn't listen to him. It was a little boy that was usually really rowdy so it was really good to see him being sweet by trying to help out. It just broke my heart and of course he leaves sometime next week.
           Then the last thing of today was one of the toddler boys was laughing his head off after nap time. It was the cutest thing ever! He has been gone for two days or almost for that amount of time and just got back this morning and I never knew how much I would miss him until he started to laugh and talk again. I was sitting there watching and laughing with him and thinking what if I really took this baby home with me. I mean he is the longest baby we have had because of his health problems. We have to keep moving his leaving date back to fit different appointments in to make sure he goes to them. At the end of this month, he will have been there for 3 whole months when they usually have to leave after 45 days.
            I will be honest. There are times where I do take my job for granted and forget why I am really there. My mind goes make to I need to make more money or they need to do this or that. This is not working like it should be. There are moments where I get really picky and bossy but I shouldn't be that way. I am there for the children and as long as the children are happy and safe then I am doing my job. I might be sleepy by the end of the day and not go out anywhere afterwards but for this chapter of my life that is okay. God has called me to be missionary to abused and unvaulable children and I need to take that job seriously.