Age: 3 or 4 years old.
Second Year Student
"Here," Mickey says as he spouts of in Thai, and then holds up his hand for a kiss.
Mickey is a rambunctious child, with a rather short attention span, and yet he longs to gain our approval. Even though when I am speaking he get's distracted easily, he is always one to volunteer, and answer our questions; he loves when we smile and nod at him.
One of my favorite things about Mickey is that he wants a kiss. One day, one of our more...Unruly, children hurt Mickey, which of course was followed by a bout of tears. Not knowing the Thai words to comfort him, I asked the unruly child to say "khatot krup," (I'm sorry) then I hugged him and I kissed the bruise on his hand. Ever since then he has come up to us with the smallest cut, bruise or bump...for a kiss. I absolutely love the way he wants to please us; and he is a lot of fun in our class.
His little voice, although hard to understand, is always chattering about something that happened. And though I may only understand twenty percent of his Thai child rabbling's. I love showering him with love.
Please do not forget to pray for him. I don't know his family situation, but he needs God's love so much. Also ask God to help Kaitlyn and I show him love; because how else will you share the joy of Jesus with a 4 year old?
Thank you