July 26

Hello friends! 
Today I started today with breakfast and a short walk to the hospital with Kristin (the occupational therapist) and we talked about OT and what she does. Then when we got to the hospital and we saw the first two patients who both had Cerebral palsy and we worked with them on trying to hold a colored pencil/ highlighters and trying to shade on paper and then we had two more kids come in and we played games that worked on grasping things like blocks etc. and putting them in a bucket. Then we had two more younger boys come in and one of them looked so tiny I thought he was around a year old because he was barely holding himself up and as Kristin started working with him she started telling his back story and why he was here. She said that both of his parents had Autism and the kids were taken out of the home and put into a children's home but the sad part is that in they are held and never put down or never picked up so he can't sit up, walk, talk, crawl, and before he started coming he couldn't hold his own head up. Now he can which is good. Today we worked on sitting up and using his arms. You would never believe how old he was... I was shocked when Kristin told me he was 3 years old! I got to work him and help him learn to sit up on his own. It made my day when he started to actually sit up and start playing with the toy that was in front of him and not just falling and laying down over his feet. 

 

After I was finished at the hospital mama Sue and Kyemba came to pick me up for lunch. From there we headed out to Musana's second campus for VBS. Which is always soooooo much fun. I love all the little kids so much. We went around to all the stations; first was crafts where we all made a necklace with two red beads that represent Jesus's blood and a sliver ring in the middle that is our sins being washed away. Then we went to games and there was a huge water game (which I did not get wet) from there we went to science and we had a cup of water and the water was us and then we poured red food coloring in it so show our burdens that we carry and then gods power and when we poured it in the red went away. From there we went to snack and we took communion then we when to church and saw a short play about the death and resurrection. I loved getting to know the couple of girls pretty well and have fun with them. After VBS we came back home and picked up Susan and went to Sol View for the last time.  

Thank you so much for all the prayers! Be praying that we make all of our connecting flights back home and our last day here. Love everyone and can't wait to see everyone when we are home! 
Kylee Edmondson