Candice here!

Although Dane and Trudy have talked about the orphanage to us a lot, there is no way that we could ever have been prepared for what it is like in person. The immediate love and acceptance that these children had for us, is not something that makes sense, or that can be explained. As Trudy has said before, it doesn’t matter what you are wearing, or what you look like, (though the white skin definitely adds a novelty factor) they are just so excited that you care, and you came to visit them, that they are more than willing to take you as you are, and be your new devoted friends. It’s a very humbling experience for me. It’s also a little overwhelming, and almost confusing.

I tried not to come into this trip with any expectations, but I must have had them, because so far, everything is different than I thought it would be. Before coming here, the kids were just pictures, names and ideas, but now, after meeting them, and seeing how vastly different each one of them is, it’s impossible not to start loving them already.