The 12 of us! It's too fun getting to live with them
Today we visited the hospital for abandoned babies and
toddlers. I can’t put into words how heart breaking it was to see the pain in
those beautiful children. “Break my heart for what breaks yours” are lyrics to
a Christian song that are beyond applicable for this experience. It was a mix of
emotions to be able to play with them and love on them. I’m studying child
development at school and one of the things that I’ve learned is how crucial
development is during the first few years of life. The lack of interaction with
other people is so detrimental both physically and psychologically. The older
children, who were about 2-3 years in age, were not at all where they should be
developmentally and many, if not most, of them will have emotional and social disorders
for the rest of their lives. Some will also have physical disabilities as a
result of the neglect they have experienced. We were able to spend a few hours
playing with them and holding them-it went by way too fast! When we had to
leave I was caught off guard by how upset the babies were. The minute I put
little Romeo (He’s in one of the pictures) back into his crib he started to
sob. The babies cried and cried when we left..It was all I could do not to
react in a similar manner. Luckily
I’ll be able to go back and visit them several more times this summer! I can
already tell that spending time there will be one of my favorite parts of
working with Livada.
(Romeo)
(Adina)
(Tibi)
(Kara & Tibi)
I’ll
never know or be able to understand why I was born into an incredible family
when I could EASILY be in their place. God’s sovereignty is something that I
had to remind myself of when I started to compare the life I’ve been blessed
with to the current situation of those babies.
Psalm 143:8 “Let the morning bring me word of your unfailing
love, for I have put my trust in you.”
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