Blossom Gardens.
It sounds like a flower show. Or maybe a retirement home.
It's actually an orphanage.
Approximately fifty children live at Blossom- from babies to children about 8 years old. I usually go to Blossom on Tuesdays and Thursdays to help out with the schoolers. My days include making play-dough teacups and airplanes, coloring, and building towers out of blocks. Pushing kids on the swings, and taking the younger ones "pee-pee". [Please excuse the vulgarity.] :)
Some of the workers at the orphanage don't treat the children well- slapping and beating them for not staying quiet, shouting at them, etc. I so badly want these dear children to see Jesus in me. I love singing "Jesus Loves Me" and other Christian kids' songs to them... Alot of the children at Blossom aren't even orphans- their parents just are not capable of caring for them.
My Blossom days are rather stressful, at times. But these kids are precious. Sometimes they call me "Mommy", and I could just cry. I know in my heart, though, that Jesus loves them, and He will stop at nothing to bring them to Himself.
Mi likkle pickney...know that Jesus will never leave you.
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| typical school day... one of the kids will probably run out of the room any second. |
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| Daniela, Christina, Ameika, and Omari-- the oldest kids in the younger half of the school room |
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| the little Rasta man- Selvin. He's a silly one. |
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| "Smile, Daniel, I'm going to take a picture of you!" Well, this is cute too. |
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| Trudy (who just moved in with a foster family!), and siblings Daniela and Selvin |
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| new girl Shannay, Daniela (again), and Daniel Shmaniel |
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| Little Ronaldo and Lincoln |
my short time at blossom was highly possibly a time i will never forget.
ReplyDeleteabigail. i wish you had been in my life as a child. :]
this is a precious, precious post.