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Dek mit!

I picked up the boys for a day at our house today. As soon as I pulled the car up to Home of Love, Moses climbed in. The mamas wanted to bathe them and put clean clothes on them, so I waited till fresh clean boys reappeared and off we went. Moody thoughtful Brian was quiet as this time around I actually buckled the boys in instead of letting them sit unrestrained in the car. (we've progressed in our relationship!) I wondered what he was thinking. Enthusiastic Moses was no mystery.

Especially as he grinned at me and said, "dek mit!" (good food!)

I groaned inside and outside and tickled him. As one of my friends said to me after describing the boys glued to my body as I prepared food, I'm "the food lady." Nothing more than that! (Although I also feel like the rule lady!)

I stood my ground today and, although I had a few bananas and I boiled a dozen eggs and had some chapatis that I know they LOVE, when they refused to eat my nutritious (and not unsavory) lunch, I refused to feed them a snack for another two hours. You don't eat lunch, you don't get a snack right away. It was hard as they lurked about any time I happened to go into the kitchen, ready to eat ANYTHING (besides rice and beans and veges, of course).

We walked them back to Home of Love. It's a bit of a walk (but I measured it on Google Earth to only be one mile - surprising!) with the double stroller with 3 children in it and Josh carrying Moses who is like a lead weight. But in the cool of the evening it was a lovely way to be out and about in the community.

Unfortunately, when we were finally leaving the boys at Home of Love, they cried, clung to Josh, and looked pathetic. Nearly broke my heart! They spend their whole day trying to get food from me, pushing limits, being aggressive with Noah (who is apparently the main feature at the Rattin petting zoo - poor child!), but they have started forming some attachment, at least with Josh. The boys NEED a father figure!

So the good news is that they apparently enjoy coming to our home and don't mind our rules and structure. The bad news is that they apparently enjoy coming to our home but they live at Home of Love! Pray for these two boys and for wisdom in our relationship with them! Praise God that we get to be in their lives!

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