Thursday, April 3, 2014

Bedtime Prayers


 

One of the sweetest ways I've ever concluded my day: 28 orphans all cuddled together in the darkness, clean and scrubbed, braided and snuggly, singing earnestly song after song of praise. We were all together on a third floor balcony of the orphanage, overlooking the hills of Port au Prince, a smattering of lights since electricity is scarce. The breeze before a downpour swirls around us, and the children hold our hands, singing and singing their heartfelt lullabie until it is time to surrender to sleep.

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