Sunday Snapshot: Chayah

Chayah Elizabeth Enduo, 7 years old

For being seven, Chayah is tiny. She wears mostly size 5's in clothes and a size 11 shoe. She is much smaller than little sister, Sarah. Her hands and wrists are so tiny that I'm afraid they will break. She just has extremely tiny bones.

She is silly. Extremely silly. This little girl loves to laugh and to make everyone around her laugh. She is always saying "tickle, tickle, tickle" and giggling.

Gum must be her absolute favorite "food", if it can be called that. Her favorite is fruit flavored gum because mint is too "spicy" for her. Although her other favorite thing to eat is rice with very hot sauce on it, in which case she loves the spicy taste. Silly girl.

Home for less than a year, she has picked up English very quickly and everyone who meets her is surprised when they hear she only came home this past January. Now in Kindergarten, she is learning very quickly. She sings the alphabet song around the house with Sarah and is even learning to read!

Chayah means life restored in Hebrew. We chose this name for her because of her diagnosis of NF1, Neurofibromatosis, as well as her leg which was broken. Since coming home, Chayah has had surgery and her lower leg has been 'rodded'. She walks so much better than when she came home; finally able to walk easily and has the hope of learning to run. Having Chayah in our lives is such a blessing. I am so thankful that God led us to her through a miraculous story of finding her file, but that story is for another day. For now, I am just so incredibly blessed to have my Chayah as my little sister.