Every home has a meal time tradition. Here at Love & Hope Children’s Home, our tradition for the last nine years has been to sing and pray before eating. Back before Rachel opened Love & Hope, she worked at another children’s home and with children on a garbage dump. Before eating, the children in both locations would lead each other in a song. That tradition carried over to Love & Hope Children’s Home, and even our older kids still join in the songs.
Usually there are so many willing leaders among the little kids that the adults have to specify who will pick the song and lead the others. Below our house is a valley, and you can be sure that when the kids want them to, all of our neighbors can hear their song!
After singing, everyone takes a moment to pray. Then we all dig in to another meal together.