The day began with Harrison jumping out of bed! He was awake and feeling much better – praise the Lord! I made a call to Ruth to see if Ludsvin can be brought over to Verbana during the party. I hope this can happen.
We drove over to Verbana, and began setting up for the party. Teachers started arriving and the team was doing their final preps. Dee was excited about her sign language, and I was really looking forward to seeing her do it.
As the crowd grew, we lined them all up and gave them tickets as they entered the main room. The tickets were for the raffle for the prizes – and they had some very nice gifts. When they were all sitting down, Alex got up and welcomed everyone, and then turned the program over to us. Brooke and Heidi did their reading, Ann gave her speech, and Dee did her sign language to the song “How Beautiful”. After that we played the song again and showed pictures of the teachers working with the children, playing soccer, and just hanging around. They seemed to really like it.
After that, we started the “Fireproof” movie and the ladies began working on the hands of the ladies. It was a long effort, but the ladies did a great job caring for the women.
The hightlight of my day – I gave Jose Luis a hug while he was still in the line outside and I asked him how his wife, Orpha, was doing. He said she was in the hospital and not doing very well. A while after he sat down, I stopped by his table and gave him a back rub. It was a good part of the movie, so I stayed there for quite a while. Anyway, when I finished, he stood up, gave me a hug, and said that he was so glad he came because that experience with him was so “healing”. He cried as he said thank you – I was really touched.
The day continued with lunch, soccer, and handing out presents. It was a lot of fun! We took pictures, laughed with the teachers, and just had fun with them. It is amazing how even if you can’t talk the same language, you can still communicate well.
During all of this, Harrison got to see Ludsvin – it was funny seeing them when they first saw each other. Ludsvin ran across the field and Harrison met him at the middle. They played together all afternoon. Dee eventually made her way outside too and was able to hug Ludsvin and swing him around. His grand mom was happy to see us, but seemed a little distant. When she finally went inside and Dee got to do her nails, she became openly friendly. Harrison said that he thought God allowed him to be sick yesterday so that Ludsvin and his Grandmom could have a special day today. I love that insight from my son.
When all was done, we went back to Thelmas and enjoyed the evening together. Tomorrow is a day of relaxing, shopping and visiting Antigua. We are all looking forward to it.
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