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Thursday, January 19, 2012

The little piece of precious that stole my heart -- Sara

Throughout my week in Honduras, there was one little girl that has absolutely captured and stolen my heart -- Sara.

Sara is an orphan that I got the pleasure of loving this week. Listen to these 2 stories, and you will understand exactly why she made an impact on my life in the way she did.

On Tuesday (our first day at the orphanage) I was playing with bubbles with the 4 years and younger group of kids. All of the kids were interacting with each other and loving the bubbles and attention except this one girl. She was kinda sitting off to the side by herself. She looked to be about 2 and a half, and after saying "hola" and sitting next to this sweet child, she allowed me to pick her up and walk around with her while playing with the other kids. After a few minutes you could tell she was getting sleepy and her eyes were getting heavy, and before I knew it she was asleep in my arms. I sat down and was holding her close, and was watching all of the other kids smile and laugh. A lady who works at the orphanage came up to me and whispered in my ear "This is only the second time in Sara's entire life that she has fallen asleep in somebody's arms". Hello waterworks. I got super emotional just holding this little one, and was overcome with the thought that it could have easily been any of us who were in her shoes. I held Sara even closer and tighter than before, and was super sad when it was time for her to eat dinner and time for us to get back on the bus. I reluctantly gave her a big hug and a kiss on the forehead with a promise that I would be back on Thursday to play with her.



Wednesday and Thursday morning I could not get her sweet little face out of my head!! Finally on Thursday afternoon we were back at the orphanage, and as soon as I could get out of that truck I was on the lookout for my little Sara. It didn't take long for me to see her, and she recognized me immediately (I was kinda worried because she was so tired when I had held her the first time). She started running (the cute little 2 year old run/waddle) and about halfway to me she faceplanted. I was expecting waterworks, but nope! She stood right up and ran into my arms. I picked her up and spun her around laughing and tickling her until we were both too dizzy and out of breath from laughing so hard. The same lady who came up to me on Tuesday came back up to me in somewhat of a hurry. She questioned me "Did Sara run at you?" I explained that she had kinda fallen, but she was okay, and you would not believe what she told me: "Sara's legs are bowed and her feet are bent outwards. She has never taken a step in her life and the doctor's said she wouldn't be able to until she gets leg-braces". WHAT? This girl who had never walked in her life had RAN into my arms. I held Sara close as I began to cry. I didn't understand what had happened, but all I knew was this was one special little girl. I spent the next 4 hours with Sara attached to me. She would walk if I held her hands and held her upright, and she loved to be held and cuddled with. Sara loves playing games and squishy dodgeballs. Fruit snacks are her favorite, and she gets impatient when having to sit still too long. She loves music and dancing. She likes to be tickled and loves giggling. She is like me in the aspect that she will laugh so much that she will forget to breathe! I would hold her and then put her upside down, and she enjoyed getting to touch the ground with her hands.

Sara stole my heart this week. She is so precious and full of life. Sara taught me a lot about happiness and love this week, this is one little girl I will NEVER forget! I cannot wait to go back next year and get to hold her in my arms again! Until then, please be praying for little Sara, a long with all of the other precious kids in the orphanage. I miss them all, especially my Sara, SO much!!

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