Easter at Huruma

I was thinking about what I was going to do for Easter because Rich was going to be out of town doing a youth conference with Chris and others. Huruma has been on my heart, more than normal, over the past few weeks so I decided to ask Mama Zipporah if it would be ok if I came and stayed Saturday and spend Easter with her and the children. She said that it would be fine. I was very excited to be able to spend the whole day on Saturday and then celebrate the resurrection of Jesus with them. There was no other church I would have rather been or any other family I would have rather spent the day with. I felt like I was back at home when I was there. It was nice not having to rush because there were other things I was suppose to do after. I was able to relax and enjoy the kids. I also was able to talk to mama a lot, which I love because she is an amazing woman. She is such a strong woman, who has enormous faith. I have learned a lot from her over the past several months.
On Easter, we went to church and had an amazing time worshipping the Lord. We sang so many songs and danced. Hearing all the kids singing and praising the Lord is such a beautiful sound. Even after living there for 6 months and going to church with them every week, their singing still brings tears to my eyes. Especially after knowing all that they have gone through and overcome, and that they can still be joyful and sing with all of their hearts. During the service Mama asked Lisa Lopez if she would go and hide the hard boiled eggs so that the kids could go and find them when church was over. The kids had so much fun going around and looking for the eggs. They also really enjoyed eating the eggs. One of my old students, a boy that I got really close to, came to me and gave me one of his eggs. I told him that he should enjoy it, but he said he found 6 and already ate 5, so he really wanted me to have it. I thought that was so sweet. The kids are so loving and giving, they don't have much but they will give you what they have.


After church we all got together to celebrate the 1st anniversary of Mr. Kwaka and Dorcas' wedding. Mama was so happy to celebrate with the kids. She had the top part of their cake in the freezer and she got it out to serve Kwaka and Dorcas and the kids. The kids were so happy to get a piece of cake. She also had bananas and soda for each of the kids. We had a lot of fun singing and sharing in this experience with them. Kwaka and Dorcas are also expecting a child in June. I am so happy for them, I know that they both wanted to start their family early.