Today was a very exciting day at the House of Angels, and for myself of course.
The day started with presents, and it was quite the orchestration. Apparently the two soccer balls that were gifted were such a hot item that they could not be gifted to an individual child. That was no problem at all, so I scrambled and divided up some of the gifts to create two extra gifts.
When I gave the gifts, the children were naturally awkward, but once they left the room and realized what they received, they were so happy. Really, I don't think I could put their reaction into words.
I entered the main play room, and introduced myself to the children. As soon as I did this, all I could hear chanted was "Jana! Jana!" It was very sweet, but a little overwhelming at first. Within a few seconds, I was so joyful to be with these children that it didn't seem to matter. I literally had the children hanging off my arms, hugging me and surrounding me. To the left, right, front and back.
I have much more to say, but honestly had 3 hours of sleep last night (street dogs barking and fighting kept me up) and it is 11pm Romania time and crashing...will report back tomorrow.
