Lessons learned!

Hey y'all.  First things first!  I am sick!  Does this surprise anyone??  Nope, not at all!  Some little kid from the hospital or orphanage passed along their germs. I'd be annoyed but they are just so dang cute!  I couldn't go to the orphanage because I was sick.  Sad but I heard it was a mad house today so I am a little relieved.  Instead, I just slept all morning. I am starting to feel better already.

Tonight we are going to see The Avengers.  I am super excited.  I am just relieved that they have movies in Romania.  Even better, they are in English and just have Romanian subtitles.  Guess what y'all!!  Tomorrow is my birthday!! I'm gonna be 21!!

We went to the orphanage in the morning yesterday and that was really good.  But then we went to the hospital in the afternoon.  That was really hard. In fact, Yesterday was the hardest day so far.  I have been expecting this experience to be difficult but not quite this hard.  I told you in my last post what we normally do in the hospital.  Well yesterday, we we had a little boy stop breathing while we were holding him.  It was terrifying.  Hopefully, he is doing alright but we have no idea.  Where do these kids without families go?  All I could think about when I was walking through the hospital and seeing all of these children suffering alone, is how their parents abandoned them.   These beautiful children lay in their cribs, sad and suffering alone because their parents didn't want them.  They don't even cry anymore because people don't listen or care.  I was overcome with a feeling of despair in the hospital yesterday because I felt like I wasn't making a difference.  These children need more than twenty minutes of our time.  It was at this moment that my testimony of the gospel and of Jesus Christ grew.  I looked into one of the baby's eyes and realized they are not alone.  We may only spend twenty minutes a day with them but Christ is always with them.  He knows their pain. He weeps at their suffering.  He is watching over them and is carrying them through their lives.  These children may suffer in this life but their pain will disappear because of the Atonement of Jesus Christ. Just like these children, we never have to be alone.  Christ knows our pain and He is constantly with us.  Please remember that!  I love my Savior and appreciate His sacrifice for me.
La revedere!