Two of my favorite things

Two of my favorite things...one's a new passion, the other is old.

The old one of course is my love of photography. After seeing my first family visitation day here, I knew I wanted to give these kids and their parents photos. They've been so appreciative. The middle picture is of a house mom with her 4-7 year old girls. She was so pleased that some of her girls had photos, that she asked me to take this picture. You may or may not be able to see that the tallest girl in the picture is holding an identical picture to the girl in pink sitting on the floor. These 2 sisters have 2 other siblings here too. The girl standing on the far right and the girl standing on the far left are also sisters. A high percentage of kids here also have siblings here.

My new passion is reading to kids in Spanish, and they seem to eat it up. The idea is a new for me, and it seems to benefit them and me. First I read the simple (very very simple) Bible story to them. And then they each take a turn at reading a page. We all get to enjoy it and if we're not careful, we may even learn something.

These are the same kids as above. Shhhh....don't tell anyone...but they are my favorites. They live in Griffin House and are the boys from age 4-7. Their house mom, Lilly, is outstanding. They're all (except the one boy who's hiding) waving hello to you. They are really enjoying their room which was renovated this summer by a team from the USA in a Noah's Ark theme.