Annie??.... in Kenya?

These poor orphans I will be visiting next week in Kenya have no family, no home, and in this case they don't even have room to play! This is their play room, all 105 kids stuffed into this little room! Can you imagine it!? Alright kids time to play dodge ball! This makes me so sad and it made me think of this song from Annie the musical, hopefully this will make us all more appreciative of the things we have no matter how small or few. My main goal for this trip is to make these kids feel loved, I don't want them wanting to sing the last 2 lines in the song by the time I leave or I will fail!



It's the hard-knock life for us!
It's the hard-knock life for us!

'Steada treated,
We get tricked!
'Steada kisses,
We get kicked!

It's the hard-knock life!
Got no folks to speak of, so,
It's the hard-knock row we how!

Cotton blankets,
'Steada of wool!
Empty Bellies
'Steada of full!
It's the hard-knock life!

Don't if feel like the wind is always howl'n?
Don't it seem like there's never any light!
Once a day, don't you wanna throw the towel in?
It's easier than puttin' up a fight.

No one's there when your dreams at night get creepy!
No one cares if you grow...of if you shrink!
No one dries when your eyes get wet an' weepy!

From all the cryin' you would think this place's a sink!
Ohhhh!!!!!!!
Empty belly life!
Rotten smelly life!
Full of sorrow life!
No tomorrow life!

Santa Claus we never see
Santa Claus, what's that?
Who's he?
No one cares for you a smidge
When you're in an orphanage!