April 11, 2007

• Chicken Pox Stories

  I now have 4 boys living with me, ages 6 (Jung Hwan), 7 (Ye Rang and Ji Hoon), and 10 (Soo Hoon).  Each have chicken pox and have to be in isolation (in my little apartment) for 2 weeks.  The kids are really cute… when they’re sleeping.    Right now they are playing video games behind me as I update.  Praise God I have a 4-player fighting game that is really easy that they can all play together (X-Men arcade game from 1992). 

  When the kids first came they were scared to sleep in my apartment (new place, unfamiliar to them).  I told them not to worry, that if any monster comes I’ll kill it.  I then demonstrated to them how I would kill it (including an elbow-backhand punch swing kick 3 hit combo).  That made them laugh and seemed to provide some comfort.  Jung Hwan was still nervous the first night so I let him go to sleep on some pillows behind my chair as I worked while the other kids slept in the room.  Once he was in deep sleep I carried him into the little bedroom and put him with the other boys.  He goes to sleep fine now.  They are packed in tight in the little room when they sleep, but don’t seem to mind.  I’ll post a few pictures on Saturday.

  Yesterday was a really tough day.  I had to discipline one of the boys quite a bit (this was really tough, he just wouldn’t respond) and I was wearing out, even shaking a little from exhaustion.  Then I got a text message from a friend who said she had taken a nap and had a dream that I was tired and hungry.  She felt led to pray for me and text messaged if I was okay.  I was encouraged a lot by that.  I indeed needed prayer and encouragement.  Her dream served as a reminder that God is concerned for me and is watching over me and this home.  And her prayers did help, the evening got better.  Your prayers for the kids and me are appreciated.  Please also pray for none of the staff to get sick, many of them have never had chicken pox so we have to be very careful. 

  Signing off from my mini orphanage inside an orphanage… JM 

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