Vida

Artwork by Vida Binyimbor

Vida and I...isn't she beautiful!

Vida is a super special 10 year old girl that I spent every day with last summer! I prayed that God would bring children into my life at the Village of Hope that I could love and really connect with in a special way. Vida is one of those special children that God placed in my life, and it broke my heart to have to leave her. The night before we had to leave I held Vida tightly in my arms, not wanting to ever let her go, as we both cried. I told her how much I loved her and that I would see her again...in faith... knowing that God would bring us back together again the following summer...and HE DID!

I was so touched to receive this piece of artwork from Vida recently. An American team made up of a couple of people who went to Ghana last summer recently went back to the orphanage and Vida asked them to give me this drawing that she made for me. The director of Children's Art Village made sure I got the drawing, and it is now hanging up in my room. I see it everyday and think of Vida! I cannot wait to see her this summer and hold her in my arms again!!!!!