Celebrity for the Night

Good evening everyone!

I hope you all have had a great day. Today was a lot of fun in the house. I started volunteering around 8:30am. There is always music playing in the house and this morning the song “Don’t Worry, Be Happy” was the song of the day. Momma Kennedy heard the song and was so excited because it is her favorite song. We had the song on replay 10 times and all of the kids and mothers were dancing in the family room. Momma Kennedy kept saying how important it is to not worry and to be happy. It was really inspiring. After all of the issues with Kennedy she is still happy, has faith and loves life.

All of the kids except for Midalia and Ester went to the hospital for their heart check ups. So for most of the day the house was quiet. I got to know the house mom Laura. She works for SACH. She runs the house. She is really amazing. She has been working for SACH since it started in 1995. She is at the house every day, making sure that everything is running smoothly. In addition to being the house mother, she has a family of her own and comes home from work everyday and prepares dinner for them.

Ester and I did some math and English that Ester brought from her school in Tanzania. Her orphanage pays for the girls to go to university if their grades are high enough. We also played some arts and crafts and did some puzzles.

Once the other children came back, we did some more games and danced some more. I got really close with Kennedy today. He is such a special boy. He was so tired from the day at the hospital that he sat beside me and fell asleep on me until dinner. He is such a sweet kind boy who is very smart. His body is physically handicapped but mentally he is there.

At around dinnertime tonight a news crew from Israel came to the house. They wanted to show what we do at the house and to interview Ester. Ester is the 2500 child that SACH has had. Dr. Ami Cohen was the man that started SACH and he died ten years ago while climbing mount Kilamenjaro in Tanzania. Ester is from the area close to mount Kilamenjaro so she is the child that represents the achievements SACH has made, and the amazing things it has done because of Ami Cohen.

My computer has one minute left of battery so I need to go.