12:59 p.m.
Today has been a productive day so far. I did circle time with the Kindergartners this morning, painted the signs in the yards, and did the tractor shape/color art activity with the Kindergarten class, too.
6:10 p.m.
I just had the best moment with Emily (who is HIV positive). I came around the corner of the chapel and, seeing her, called her name. She turned and ran to me, throwing her arms around me in a hug. I embraced her back, hugging for a long while in silence. Finally, she spoke. Her little voice said, "You are leaving tomorrow." I said that yes, I was leaving in the morning, though I didn't want to. I said,
"You belong to Jesus, yes?"
"Yes," she said.
"And I belong to Jesus, yes?"
"Yes."
"And where do when go when our time here is done?"
"Heaven."
"Yes. So, if I do not see you again here on this earth, I will see you in Heaven."
I looked down at her face, and saw a tear streaking from her eye down her cheek. My tears flowed all the more, then. All the while we never stopped hugging. This was my favorite moment of the day, and perhaps of the whole trip.
9:35 p.m.
After dinner, we went to devos with the kids one last time. We had a dance party with glow sticks. Emily taught me a hand-clap, and I had so much fun dancing with her. It was amazing to see all these kids with glow sticks in the dark on the playground Bill built. All you could see was moving and bouncing glow sticks.
A beautiful moment happened in the midst of it. Emily was climbing up on the slide, and as she went down, she called out for me to watch her. I lost her in the dark as she slid down the slide, but she didn't lose me. A moment later, out from the dark, she thudded into me, wrapping her arms around my waist. Several times she did this, and each time I loved it.
After devos, when I hugged Emily good night, she wrapped her arms around me sooo tightly. I promise to pray for her....
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