The 3 Amigas

I'd like for you to meet Silvia, Gabriela and Florence (left to right). These 3 little girls live in the same house I'm in right now. They are 2 and 3 yrs old, so a little too young to be in school just yet.
They are always eating, playing and getting into trouble together.

When Silvia was a baby some policemen found her in the middle of the forest. These men knew about New Hope homes and brought her here and she's been here ever since. She is a teenager in a toddler's body. When I sit next to her, she'll look at me with a straight face and start talking to me as if she's having an adult conversation (of course all in Kinyarwanda, the native language). She's quite bright for her age and circumstances.

Gabriela is the youngest. they know that she's somewhere around 2 but they can't confirm a birthdate. She's just so sweet and whenever she sees me she yells, "Ahyo!" in this little high pitched mousy voice. "ahyo dodeen!" (her version of hello Loreen) She looks around and smiles with her 2 front teeth missing. I 'd have to say that if I had my choice out of any of the kids that she would be the one I'd bring home with me.

Florence has a similar situation as Gabriela, they know she's around 3. She's also quite talkative and always wants a hug, or to dance. She likes to show me random things that she's found to play with, (a leaf, a stick, a piece of scrap paper, a crayon for instance). she runs up to me and says, "yooch, yooch!" Not sure if that's an actual word in her language or just her version of saying Look, Look!

So every morning they start their day by sitting on this bench, drinking their porridge. Then they play, usually dancing.

What is it about the universality of little girls loving to dance? Doesn't matter if you're from Maple Valley, Washington or Kigali Rwanda!

I love this picture of Silvia bopping her head holding the radio next to her ear!

Then lunch time they all have their special little place to eat. All 3 of them have their plates FULL and they gobble it all down, then lick their plates!

So funny and adorable. So awesome that the Lord provided these little girls to have a place they can call home surrounded by people that love them and the opportunity and dignity to just be little girls.