Monday the Pre-school was full!
We had several new kids and were missing 8, but if everyone had come we have had over 80 kids!!! The pre-school opens at 8, parents have 30 min. to drop off their kids and than the children head to breakfast. After getting them all seated one of the teachers leads the children in a prayer while we bring out plates with Monday's breakfast; oatmeal and mangoes accompanied with a glass of milk. Usually the plates that have been laid out on the different counters are enough to feed all the children seated. But this time I was running back and forth to the kitchen making more plates for the children that were still walking in.
After the majority of the children had finished and were being wiped up, three sisters walked through the white gate joining the front and back yards; "Bonjour!!!!!!" we had heard rumors that their family was moving away and that the girls wouldn't be able to attend school anymore. We were so excited to see them!!!!!
Racing back to the kitchen I found the large pink bowl with hardly any oatmeal left, it was to late to make more oatmeal... quickly I scooped a cup of oatmeal for the first plate, hmm still have some left, again there was enough for the second plate but what was in the bottom of the bowl I knew wouldn't equal even a quarter of a cup. Grasping a spoon I scraped the oatmeab to clean off the sides of the bowl and once again there was just enough for the third plate! Grabbing the bowl of mangoes there were three pieces left, I stopped for a moment in complete awe.
We'd made just enough food to feed the new children that had arrived and still have a little extra for the girls. We didn't know that we would have new children or that the three sister's were coming, but God did and He had provided for them perfectly. It may seem like just a little thing, no big deal, but it's the small things, the tiniest details that make something magnificent or insignificant.
Thanking God for the little things especially these beautiful little children in Haiti today
I had a mango tree in my backyard growing up in Singapore. I miss eating mangoes. I like oatmeal. I will try eating them at the same time and I will think of you, Hope!
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