Our first day at Ntabas care point a little girl runs up to me, clings to my legs and looks up at me. The sadness in her eyes broke my heart.
The children who come to these carepoints are typically orphans. Some are 7,8,9 years old (maybe younger,maybe older) who run the household, or have been impacted by the HIV/AIDS epidemic here in Swaziland.
We start working with the children around 10am teaching them songs, dances, games etc. Loving on these kids might be the only attention the get in a day. The meal that they receive here for lunch at these carepoints might be the only meal they eat in a day.
The little girl looked up at me and said “please take me home with you”. At that moment, I wanted to start crying. I just bent down and looked her in the eye and the only thing I could say was, “I love you so much, and you know who else loves you? Jesus! He loves you more than anything in this world”
This is only one of many stories of the need here in Swaziland.
It’s beauty definitely hides the darkness that is here.
“Please take me home with you”…….that phrase is the most heartbreaking phrase I’ve ever heard.
