Sometimes we just need a friend…

They were already friends…now we are!

Just look at these cute little faces! So willing to befriend us, making our trip that much more enjoyable… So many of the children we come in contact with seem to just want to know that someone loves them. It’s not at all uncommon to have several children rush over and want to be picked up and held. Sometimes as we’re discussing an issue we’ll be holding a little boy or girl and they’ll just quietly hold on for the longest time; sometimes touching the unfamiliar white skin of our arm or face with expressions of approval. At other times, of course, they’ll want to be lifted, swung, flipped, or some other exertive motion with a seemingly undying enthusiasm! I always tire first; no doubt. There is something in the eyes of children in this environment that is both so telling and so questioning…

We also make friends with people like the gentleman pictured below. He is one of the farmers in this subsistence farming area. He has a great sense of humor and is in incredible shape, as you can see in the picture! It’s all about relationship to God and man, or should I say with God through man?!  As Project Nourish goes to help in this poverty stricken nation, we’re learning an awful lot from the people we’re meeting and the friends we’re making!

One our local farmer friends