Most Rewarding Experience Ever!

This past week we had an awesome opportunity to be a host family for some kids from Africa.

They are called " The Singing Children of Africa". They are very poor children who are here on tour singing and earning a way to provide more funds for their school and orphanage. We had so much fun sharing our lives with them and learning more about their lives. They are so sweet, humble, polite and grateful for everything. It was such a joy to have them here, that we just wanted to keep them and never let them go back home. We thought that we were doing something nice, but really, we were rewarded much more than we gave. It was such a pleasure, that we are hoping that they will return and we can do it again. We grew to be very attached to them and love them all so much! They are now a special part of our family. I get emotional even talking about them, because my love for them is so great. If you want to read more about their charity, click here, or if you feel like contributing to their charity, you can click here.

We were privledged to have 4 children and I adult staying with us.

This is Grace. She is a teacher at the school and also travels with the singing group. She is very nice and funny. The kids get along with her so well and you can just tell she loves them alot!

This is Brad with Kache. She is an orphan at the Orphanage. She is 16 and is so so sweet and kind. She is soft spoken and very well behaved. She is LDS and also bore her testimony when she came to church with us. She was very impressed by all the temples we have here in Utah and encourages us to go there often, as she has not had the opportunity until she came to America for the first time this summer!

This is Kombe. He is so cute and loveable. He is extremely funny and has a great sense of humor. When he starts laughing, you cannot help but laugh yourself, even though you don't even know what he is laughing about. He laughs all the time! He is very full of life! He is 12.
This is Maxwell. He is quiet, but wants attention. He is also softspoken, but full of personality. It took a little longer to get to know Maxwell, but wow, he is so sweet and kind. He is also very funny. He has a beautiful smile! He is 11.This is little Edwin. He is 11. He is quiet but so sweet, you cannot help but love him from the beginning. He loves attention, but does not want you to know that. He is so loveable. Amanda had fun just smothering him with love. Edwin giving loves.
It was really fun to take them boating. It is awesome to be able to share something with someone who has never experienced that sort of fun. We enjoyed just seeing them smile and giggle.