Time for a Song! (by: Emily)

SO, a guy who works as the guard here for Amani was nice enough to loan me his extra guitar! I didn't realize he wanted me to use it for awhile, so yesterday I brought it down to give it back to him but all the kids saw me with it first. There eyes went SO wide and they got SOOOOOOOO excited! I don't know if anyone from the orphanage has played guitar for them before, or not very often at least! They all wanted to hear Alyssa and I play, so we took turns playing some songs we know. We didn't know any kids songs on guitar off the top of our head, but the kids loved anything we played! Even though they weren't exactly dancing and clapping songs that we knew, the kids were dancing like crazy and it was hard to sing and not burst into laughter. It was honestly one of the sweetest pictures so far. It melted my heart to see how much they loved hearing us play...even though we're both not experts or anything! Even when I made a mistake, they didn't notice or care one bit... they just loved the music! I'm noticing that the Africans are all about the music...and I LOVE the music too! I'm hoping to bring out the guitar again sometime soon! Maybe I'll stop by the internet cafe later and look up chords for some fun children songs! I haven't seen those kids get that excited yet! Well, except when they're being brought to town for their chocolate cake outing! Music, music, music.... I'm loving the music!!!!!