Sunday Mass

Sunday we went back to the Orphanage to Mass and to hang out with the kids, get some more questions answered, of course hang out with the kids.
This week there was a special mass. It was in honor of Mia a volunteer that died five years ago from malaria complications while here at the orphanage. Her family was there to visit the place where she passed away for the first time ever. It was a moving experience for all. After the normal mass, there was a special song that was written for her after her death that a couple of the children sang. Then we went out to the tree which was planted in her honor. The family said a couple of words. In reality as everything should be, it was a celebration of her life. It was beautiful. They all talked of how the happiest they ever heard her was when she was there. Her mother said how in her diary every night she prayed for the children and did not know how she could ever leave them. She will now always be there with them in spirit. So sad for the family and the children who were sobbing with so much death around them. It is ever present in their lives.

But they are still so full of life and love. We can all learn from them.