Little things

So there is a million things i could say about the last week, but i am going to tell you a story that completely touched my heart. Besides going to the Taj Mahal (Which was absolutely amazing, and we had a lot of fun) there is something else that happened that will forever be on my heart. A little boy named Akash, born with 14 fingers, he is the sweetest kid ever. Kate and I really felt a tugging on our hearts to do something for him. So we asked Daniel's wife Eunice about him getting surgery, and she told us they just couldn't afford. So we prayed about it, and decided we would pay for the surgery and try to raise the money when we got home. So yesterday we took him to the hospital and he had the surgery. We were there all day, he went through ups and downs, but he was extremely brave. In the recovery room we took 30 minute turns of going in and sitting with him. He was out of it for the most part, but as we started to wake up he began to sing. There was an older man and an older woman on both sides of his bed, but he said to me Didi can we sing some songs, so we did. He started with Light of the world, and it was so cute. He definitely made that room brighten up a little bit. He also asked me to pray for him, and to thank God for helping him in the surgery room. It completely melted my heart... After being at the hospital for 9 hours, we went home. And Eunice asked us if we could take care of him, so we brought another mattress into our room and we took care of him. He didn't want to be left alone so he followed us everywhere even though he was pretty out of it. He was so grateful for everything we were doing for him. We tried to get him to sleep on the mattress on the floor but he didn't want to be alone. So i let him sleep in the bed with me, he's a hard one to sleep next to thats for sure. Half into the night i had to pick him up and put him on the other mattress, but i had to pry his little hands and feet off from around my body. I was really sick in the night (throwing up) i think it was from the hospital food...But this morning after i gave Akash his medicine, he made sure i was taken care of. He gave me some ibuprofen and water and then told me Didi your room is dirty and he started to clean. This is a little boy who just had surgery on his hands the day before, yet here he was trying to clean my room. I pretended to sleep while i watched him our of the corners of my eyes. It was such a precious thing to see, and i doubt i will ever forget it...We don't have anywhere to put our clothes so we keep them in our suitcases but that just makes more of a mess, but he made sure everything was cleaned up. All the dirty clothes put in the bathroom, all the clean ones back in the suitcases and he cleared up our table and put everything in it's place. I can not describe to you how it made me feel to watch him. He has such a servants heart. Once the other kids got home from school (today was their first day back from holiday) he got a couple of them and brought them into my room, he then told them that i wasn't feeling well and asked them all to pray for me. I was stunned, i did not expect it at all. But the faith they have could honestly move mountains. They all prayed separately with all sincerity, believing with all that they have that i would feel better. These kids are a special group, i will never forget them. I hope and pray that i can learn to have the faith that they have.