Love instead of being loved

Every night we get the opportunity to sit together as a team and share the things that we learned that day. I love it every night because it gives me a chance to ponder on the things that I am learning here, and I also get to learn and be inspired by the other members of my team. Tonight a girl on our team said something that really hit me, she said that when you worry about loving someone else instead of worrying about being loved back that makes a huge difference. I really liked that because I think it's completely true and I think it's the way Christ was when he was on the Earth. I think that we all love knowing that others care about us, so it takes extreme sacrifice to love someone before you know that they will give you that love in return. I have felt that kind of love from people in Zambia many times, especially with the children. They have a knack for loving easily and openly.
Today I got to experience that love even deeper because we had the opportunity to spend the day helping out at the house of Moses (which is an orphanage for babies until they turn around 2 years old). It was so wonderful to be able to hold these beautiful babies and to play with these cute toddlers and to feel of their love. It is very hard when I think about the fact that these adorable little babies don't have a Mother or Father who can love them and be loved by them. It doesn't seem fair that they should have to go through life on their own. But it is so wonderful to know that Heavenly Father is watching out for them and loving them every minute of their lives, and he has a plan for these little babies.