Speaking of orphans, Lord, if it’s in your will…. let us begin the adoption process. I know you have the perfect plan for our family and if another child is in that plan- I’m excited to meet that child. Open my eyes to see your providence in this area, Lord. If there’s not a child for us- give me the peace of mind to let go of this idea. Ultimately, Lord, I just want to follow you, whatever that may be. But on a side note- I would love to adopt a child from El Salvador or Guatemala. 🙂 ___________________________________________________________
Today was so amazing, I saw you work in so many ways! First off, we went to the church where we did the first kids camp and the school from across the street had some teenagers come over. We played a game with them, we did our dances, Elli and Time shared their testimonies and I shared the gospel message. What was so funny was ti was preparing to speak to a bunch of kids… starting off with my love for my kids, right? Well, seeing this was a bunch of teenagers, I wasn’t sure how to begin. You had a completely different plan… that seems to be the theme this week! 🙂 You showed me that these kids were really no different from our students at home, they needed the same encouragement that the Doxa students needed. Right then you reminded me of Isaiah 61 again- the message I was planning on sharing with the rest of the team. A lot of these kids have heard the gospel before and just needed to rededicate their lives to Christ. So my main point was that you have a plan and a purpose for their lives and that plan starts with a relationship with you.
Dancing down the isle during my solo!
Our dance team!
Preaching the Gospel! Yeah, WORD Up!
After the private school, we went out Pizza Hut for lunch. I’m not sure what happened because it happened so quickly but after I was done eating, something amazing happened. Brett and Pastor Carlos came over with our two waitresses and asked me if we had any more wordless bracelets left. We didn’t have any with us, so Janelle and I took the ones off our wrists to give them. I told them what each of the beads meant and asked if they were Christians (through Ruth’s interpreting). One of them use to be a Catholic and the other was not a Christian anymore. They both ended up rededicating their lives to Christ. So, I prayed fore each of them and that was that! Very Cool!
Pointing our waitresses towards Christ!
We then headed over to the orphanage- where we were completely wrecked! I met my El Salvador baby, Gabriella Michelle, a beautifull 2 month old. I got hold her the majority of the time, I got to put her to sleep and just cuddle her. I loved it! It was so hard to hear the stories and see the devestation in that place. A lot of the teen age girls that were there have been raped and already had babies. It kills me, Lord to see the pain and hopelessness in their eyes. I just have to believe that you love them even more than I ever could and that you have a perfect plan and purpose for their lives as well. As I danced for them today, I released them and little Gabriella into your loving and fully capable hands. It was so still very hard to leave all those kids!Gabriella Michelle- my El Salvador baby.A few of the teen age mom- the one on the right is holding her 20 day old boy.Doing our Solo Cristo dance for the orphans.Praying over the orphanage and releasing those kids into God’s capable hands.
Gabriella Michelle- my El Salvador baby.
A few of the teen age mom- the one on the right is holding her 20 day old boy.
Doing our Solo Cristo dance for the orphans.
Praying over the orphanage and releasing those kids into God's capable hands.