The laughter of a child

...does wonders for the soul! Today after about 5 hours of madness in the ART clinic (for HIV patients) Pat and Sarah and I were all hot/sweaty/tired & hungry. But there was little Musoki Irini, maybe 2 1/2 or 3 years old, just a giggling/laughing away at whoever would play with her. I first heard her in the next room, and thought to myself, "that kid is having a blast!" There aren't too many kids in ART clinic who are having a blast, so it was quite noticeable. Then Musoki and her grandmother moved on into the room we were stationed in as they got closer in line to seeing the clinical officer for treatment. She and I had played hide and seek earlier in the day at Nutrition and she continued with Sarah in the afternoon, then Sarah tried to steal her porridge in jest and Musoki just thought it was hilarious and was giggling up a storm...I found my frustrations and short tempered-ness flying out the window with each progressive giggle, it was so fun just to listen to her!

This is a child who just a month or two ago was coming in every other week with respiratory infections that had her in really bad shape as her weight progressively declined, now she's on ARV's and TB therapy and she's totally thriving! I've never seen/heard her play like this, so active and full of life! Praise God from whom all medicine flows! And praise Him for the laughter of children!