We were spending our last night with the children that night, so we were taking them gifts and things they need for the orphanage, the thing the leaders asked for were door mats, so they now have plenty, and we all bought the children little presents, the majority of us still had our water guns from Songkran so we were going to leave these with the children, that alone they were ecstatic about, and when we presented our gifts to the main carer, who then handed them out the faces on all the children were lit up, the moment that stuck in my head was when one of the older girls got given some hair clips, straight away she started counting them to see if there were enough clips to go around all the girls, this was so hear warming and made you realise that those days of the hard work just building the walls, were completely worth it, and that I would do it over and over again just to know that those children will be getting a better place to live.
As a leaving gift from the children and the orphanage, they put on a little show for us, they all sang songs, then in groups too, it was amazing, a moment I thankfully got to catch on camera, one of the songs was about hero's and they were thanking us for being theirs, with us helping them build the new orphanage, it was an emotional few minutes. When we headed back on the truck they all jumped on with us, they would stand and let us sit down on the seats even though we told them to sit down as well but they were so polite, and kind! It was an emotional goodbye with lots of hugs, they are truly beautiful children inside and out, and I would love to one day go back and visit the Orphanage, and see the part I played in making their new building happen.
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