Wednesday, August 6, 2008

Adoption

Two of my kids have been adopted with less than a week apart! The first to go was Tsulee (pronounced Choo lee) He was definitely one of my favorites. He always wanted to play and loved the attention he got. Whenever I would say "Let's go home!" Tsulee would run up to me and say "Auntie Taylah, your bag! Your bag!" reminding me not to forget my bag. He was also a very intelligent kid who picked up a lot of new English words since I've been here. I don't know where he went because I was on my trip when he was adopted, but I really hope he is in a good home that is able to provide for him all the things he needs and deserves. He is such a great kid and I know he is going to do great things in his life time. The second kid to go was Kelvin. Kelvin was a definite favorite of the aunties and us volunteers. We found out he was being adopted when we were changing the kids out of their school clothes into play clothes. The aunties all of a sudden got very happy and excited, I asked why and they said "Abroad! Kelvin is going abroad!" Abroad in this case meant England and what a great little british boy Kelvin is going to make. He is such a little helper around the orphanage. I think this is why he was such a favorite of the aunties. He also stuck up for the smaller and weaker kids. I'm going to miss Kelvin saying "Auntie Taylah, le'go home" Kelvin was kid that I would go to if I didn't know a child's name or if I needed to know where they were. I could just say "Kelvin, where is _____?" and he would make sure that we went out and found them. I am so excited that these two boys finally got a break in life. There is an irreplacable hole in the orphanage. Work definitely isn't the same without these two. I miss them already.

6 comments:

LOVE said...

That's so cute they call you Auntie Taylor. :) See you soon my friend.

Ty and Whit said...
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Ty and Whit said...

I deleted my last comment cause our name looked weird, i'm still getting to know this blogger thing. anyway, how exciting for those boys! How often are any of the kids adopted? I'm glad they are getting the opportunity to be in a loving family. Families are the bomb!! ;) Cant wait to see you! We love you!

Diane said...

Hey Taylor, that is amazing about your two friends getting adopted. Did you get to say goodbye to Kelvin? Hope so - he sounds like a sweety. Maybe his new mom is Madonna? Ha Ha - or maybe Angelina!
Anyway - hope his life is fabulous!
Love you - see you in 3 days.

Ty and Whit said...

Hey Taylor,
Man time has just flown by. I cant believe you are heading back so soon. I am excited to hear of all the cool exp. you have had out there. I am sure that you have had a big impact on so many lives.
Ty

cousin T said...

thats so cool. It must be nice for you to see what happens when u go and serve like your doing. And what a great way to end your time up there by seeing 2 of the kids get adopted. see u soon.
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