Linda on the last night with the kids after watching the 'Monkey" movie.

At the same time, I sit with the kids in the boy's room on the second floor.  I sit on the floor, and then lay on the bunk with all 10 boys piled on 2 of the bunks that are closest to the ancient TV. As I sit there, Doe comes up and lays down with me and so does Mihn.  Lia, the child who would not listen to anyone yesterday in class, even comes up and sits quietly next to me. Lia grabs my arm and wraps it around him. Doe’s hand is holding mine.  Mihn has his arm around my neck. Someone is fiddling with my eyebrows as we lay and watch this corny low budget monkey movie on TV.  They don’t need our new toys, or new bunks, or all of our fancy gadgets. They just need friendship.  Life is so simple here.  They just want to spend some time with us.  That is all they want.  I don’t want the monkey movie to end in this simple low lit room…