Thursday, July 30, 2015
July
July has been a busy month. The week I got back from Peru, we went to Andy and Steph's for the 4th of July. Nick had VBS the following week. He still had T-Ball games up until the 3rd week of July. We have been hanging out with our new neighbors! My mission team and I have been sharing our testimonies at the church. I have been working out in the mornings now with a friend of mine. It's been a fun month, just a busy one.
Monday, July 27, 2015
Days 10 & 11: 6/27/2015 & 6/28/2015 Departures/Arrivals
Saturday
Our word for today: Strange
Reading: Exodus 3:3, Proverbs 23:33, Matthew 9:10-11, Genesis 11:9, Matthew 25:31-46
Exodus 3:3 So Moses thought, "I will go over and see this strange sight-why the bush does not burn up."
Proverbs 23:33 Your eyes will see strange sights, and your mind will imagine confusing things.
Matthew 9:10-11 While Jesus was having dinner at Matthews house, many tax collectors and sinners came and ate with him and his disciples. When the Pharisees saw this, they asked his disciples, "Why does your teacher eat with tax collectors and sinners?"
Genesis 11:9 That is why it was called Babel-because there the Lord confused the language of the whole world. From there the Lord scattered them over the face of the whole earth.
Matthew 25:31-46The
Another long bus ride. I didn't sleep as well as I did the last time. They played really loud movies in Spanish again. Mall Cop 2 and My Name is Khan or something like that. I watched bits and pieces. They served us lunch on the bus. and then I slept the rest of the time.
We made our first flight out of Lima to Houston. Once we were in Houston though, it was storming and we had to just sit on the plane until we could get out.Which made us miss our flight home. We were supposed to be home by 10:30 in the morning that Sunday. So they gave us new tickets but only had 10 minutes to get to our gate so guess what, we missed that one too. Long story short, the group had to split up. Andrea, Riley, Zack, Abbie, Tiffiany and I got to go on the first flight out and arrive at 4:30. Adley (who is Andrea's daughter) Krisi (who is Riley's mom), Mandy, Jonna, Roberta had to wait and fly out to denver and then catch a flight to wichita. They were expected to arrive at 12:30 am. but they ended up missing their flight to wichita from Denver. Agh. But everything was in God's hands and they ended up meeting another person who does missionary work.
When I arrived home, Chris, Nick and Olivia were walking towards me. Chris put Olivia down and she had this look on her face like "is it really you, I thought I'd never see you again" So she ran up to me looked at me and then hugged Chris, Nick seemed really nervous, he was talking non stop like he does when he gets nervous! Love them so much! Also, Marolyn Collie and Cathy Smart were there to greet us as well as the rest of the families.
We went to McDonald's for dinner.
Our word for today: Strange
Reading: Exodus 3:3, Proverbs 23:33, Matthew 9:10-11, Genesis 11:9, Matthew 25:31-46
Exodus 3:3 So Moses thought, "I will go over and see this strange sight-why the bush does not burn up."
Proverbs 23:33 Your eyes will see strange sights, and your mind will imagine confusing things.
Matthew 9:10-11 While Jesus was having dinner at Matthews house, many tax collectors and sinners came and ate with him and his disciples. When the Pharisees saw this, they asked his disciples, "Why does your teacher eat with tax collectors and sinners?"
Genesis 11:9 That is why it was called Babel-because there the Lord confused the language of the whole world. From there the Lord scattered them over the face of the whole earth.
Matthew 25:31-46The
“When the Son of Man comes in his glory, and all the angels with him, he will sit on his glorious throne. All the nations will be gathered before him, and he will separate the people one from another as a shepherd separates the sheep from the goats. He will put the sheep on his right and the goats on his left.
“Then the King will say to those on his right, ‘Come, you who are blessed by my Father; take your inheritance, the kingdom prepared for you since the creation of the world. For I was hungry and you gave me something to eat, I was thirsty and you gave me something to drink, I was a stranger and you invited me in, I needed clothes and you clothed me, I was sick and you looked after me, I was in prison and you came to visit me.’
“Then the righteous will answer him, ‘Lord, when did we see you hungry and feed you, or thirsty and give you something to drink? When did we see you a stranger and invite you in, or needing clothes and clothe you? When did we see you sick or in prison and go to visit you?’
“The King will reply, ‘Truly I tell you, whatever you did for one of the least of these brothers and sisters of mine, you did for me.’
“Then he will say to those on his left, ‘Depart from me, you who are cursed, into the eternal fire prepared for the devil and his angels. For I was hungry and you gave me nothing to eat, I was thirsty and you gave me nothing to drink, I was a stranger and you did not invite me in, I needed clothes and you did not clothe me, I was sick and in prison and you did not look after me.’
“They also will answer, ‘Lord, when did we see you hungry or thirsty or a stranger or needing clothes or sick or in prison, and did not help you?’
“He will reply, ‘Truly I tell you, whatever you did not do for one of the least of these, you did not do for me.’
“Then they will go away to eternal punishment, but the righteous to eternal life.”
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| getting ready to get on the bus |
We made our first flight out of Lima to Houston. Once we were in Houston though, it was storming and we had to just sit on the plane until we could get out.Which made us miss our flight home. We were supposed to be home by 10:30 in the morning that Sunday. So they gave us new tickets but only had 10 minutes to get to our gate so guess what, we missed that one too. Long story short, the group had to split up. Andrea, Riley, Zack, Abbie, Tiffiany and I got to go on the first flight out and arrive at 4:30. Adley (who is Andrea's daughter) Krisi (who is Riley's mom), Mandy, Jonna, Roberta had to wait and fly out to denver and then catch a flight to wichita. They were expected to arrive at 12:30 am. but they ended up missing their flight to wichita from Denver. Agh. But everything was in God's hands and they ended up meeting another person who does missionary work.
When I arrived home, Chris, Nick and Olivia were walking towards me. Chris put Olivia down and she had this look on her face like "is it really you, I thought I'd never see you again" So she ran up to me looked at me and then hugged Chris, Nick seemed really nervous, he was talking non stop like he does when he gets nervous! Love them so much! Also, Marolyn Collie and Cathy Smart were there to greet us as well as the rest of the families.
We went to McDonald's for dinner.
Day 9: 6/26/2015 Our Last Day
Friday
Our word today was: Patient
Reading: Proverbs 14:29, 15:18, 25:15, 1 Corinthians 13:4, Ephesians 4:2, Colossians 1:11
Proverbs
14:29 Whoever is patient has great understanding; but one who is quick-tempered displays folly.
15:18 A hot tempered person stirs up conflict, but the one who is patient calms a quarrel.
25:15 Through patience a ruler can be persuaded, and a gentle tongue can break a bone.
1 Corinthians 13:4 Love is patient, love is kind. It does not envy, it does not boast, it is not proud.
Ephesians 4:2 Be completely humble and gentle; be patient, bearing with one another in love.
Colossians 1:11 being strengthened with all power according to his glorious might so that you may have great endurance and patience.
This morning we had a meeting on top of one of the buildings. We talked about our experience. Daniel, the president of Inca link gave us his testimony. He grew up in the neighborhood as a young child. There were missionaries who came to the area to help and they had a huge impact on his life. and here he is now. He showed us pictures of him and the missionaries. He showed us pictures of him and his sister, he talked about how most of his friends growing up are either in jail or on drugs. His life could have gone in an opposite direction, but since he knew God at such a young age and wanted to follow God, he is here.
We had some reflection time. They had us write a letter to ourselves and our leaders are going to mail them to us when they get back from their time here.
Saturday, July 25, 2015
Day 8: 6/25/2015 Elim
Thursday
Our word today is: Family
Reading: Romans 8:14-17 and Ephesians 3:14-21
Romans 8: 14 For all who are led by the Spirit of God are the children of God. 15 The Spirit you received does not make you slaves, so that you live in fear again; rather, the Spirit you received brought about your adoption to sonship. And by him we cry, "Abba, Father" 16 The Spirit himself testifies with our spirit that we are God's children. 17 Now if we are children, then we are heirs-heirs of God and co-heirs with Christ, if indeed we share in his sufferings in order that we may also share in his glory.
Ephesians 3: 14 For this reason I kneel before the Father, 15 from whom every family in heaven and on earth derives its name. 16 I pray that out of his glorious riches he may strengthen you with power through his Spirit in your inner being, 17 so that Christ may dwell in your hearts through faith. And I pray that you, being rooted and established in love, 18 may have power, together with all the Lord's holy people, to grasp how wide and long and high and deep is the love of Christ, 19 and to know this love that surpasses knowledge-that you may be filled to the measure of all the fullness of God. 20 Now to him who is able to do immeasurably more than all we ask or imagine, according to his power that is at work within us, 21 to him be glory in the church and in Christ Jesus throughout all generations, for ever and ever! Amen.
This morning we had breakfast at 7:30, eggs and rolls with jam and butter. We had our morning debrief and Katie told us a fable.
(This isn't word for word but I am going to do my best)
There was a brother and sister from a tribe who were set out to give a message to the Chief into another tribe. They were told to do 3 things, not to stop until they were there, to pick up as many rocks as they could, to ask the first person they see to take them to the Chief and they were told that when they arrived that they would be happy and sad at the same time. They thought about the last one, "how can I be happy and sad at the same time." but they went on their way.
It was a very long journey and every time they saw a rock they would pick it up. Until their back packs and pockets were full, it became night time and they were getting so tired; but they knew they had to keep going, so they thought, lets just take a few rocks out so that it doesn't slow us down, Then a few rocks became a few more, and then a few more. Then they saw someone and remembered that the first person they saw, they were supposed to ask them, to take them to the Chief, and so they did. The Chief, said: "We are so happy you are here, we have been waiting for you. Did you bring the rocks?" The brother and sister, said yes, and when they emptied out the rocks that they had left, they saw that they were beautiful jewels. The Chief and his tribe were so thankful and the brother and sister realized that they were happy and sad at the same time. They were happy to bless this tribe with these jewels and sad that they didn't bring more.
The point of the fable: pick up as many rocks as you can.
This story really stuck with me (even though I am sure I didn't say it right) a lot of times I think I get into my own life, needs, wants, and I am too lazy or selfish to go out of my way, to do something for someone else that could bring such a blessing. But if you put your own wants or troubles aside, sometimes the outcome brings you more joy.
There was a need today for the team to do some more weeding. This was not the same weeding we did a few days ago, this was taking trees out. It was really hard work. One of those days where you had to choose joy. But we did it and I can't even tell you how much better it really looked after we were done. The pile was taller than me and very wide. I know someone has a picture of the before and after, and again once I get those pictures I will post them.
We also went to Elim today. Which is the Garbage Dump Ministry. The leaders of this ministry are Brent (who picked us up our first night in Trujillo) and his wife Stephany.
brent and stephany frederick
When we arrived, we walked into a building that looked like our cabin we were sleeping in. Inside it had 3 rooms: a room for the babies/toddlers, a classroom for the older kids and a community area. Some of our group stayed in that building and played with the children, the other half went around to the houses with Stephany's mom. She was going around reminding everyone about the program that they were going to do on Saturday. Saturday is the ministry's big day and they usually have a program going on. (we were supposed to be here last saturday but since we had that extra travel day we could not make it) these are a few pictures of our time here:
for more information on Elim click here: elim
That night we had horse meat and rice for dinner and then had our debrief and worship songs.
Our word today is: Family
Reading: Romans 8:14-17 and Ephesians 3:14-21
Romans 8: 14 For all who are led by the Spirit of God are the children of God. 15 The Spirit you received does not make you slaves, so that you live in fear again; rather, the Spirit you received brought about your adoption to sonship. And by him we cry, "Abba, Father" 16 The Spirit himself testifies with our spirit that we are God's children. 17 Now if we are children, then we are heirs-heirs of God and co-heirs with Christ, if indeed we share in his sufferings in order that we may also share in his glory.
Ephesians 3: 14 For this reason I kneel before the Father, 15 from whom every family in heaven and on earth derives its name. 16 I pray that out of his glorious riches he may strengthen you with power through his Spirit in your inner being, 17 so that Christ may dwell in your hearts through faith. And I pray that you, being rooted and established in love, 18 may have power, together with all the Lord's holy people, to grasp how wide and long and high and deep is the love of Christ, 19 and to know this love that surpasses knowledge-that you may be filled to the measure of all the fullness of God. 20 Now to him who is able to do immeasurably more than all we ask or imagine, according to his power that is at work within us, 21 to him be glory in the church and in Christ Jesus throughout all generations, for ever and ever! Amen.
This morning we had breakfast at 7:30, eggs and rolls with jam and butter. We had our morning debrief and Katie told us a fable.
(This isn't word for word but I am going to do my best)
There was a brother and sister from a tribe who were set out to give a message to the Chief into another tribe. They were told to do 3 things, not to stop until they were there, to pick up as many rocks as they could, to ask the first person they see to take them to the Chief and they were told that when they arrived that they would be happy and sad at the same time. They thought about the last one, "how can I be happy and sad at the same time." but they went on their way.
It was a very long journey and every time they saw a rock they would pick it up. Until their back packs and pockets were full, it became night time and they were getting so tired; but they knew they had to keep going, so they thought, lets just take a few rocks out so that it doesn't slow us down, Then a few rocks became a few more, and then a few more. Then they saw someone and remembered that the first person they saw, they were supposed to ask them, to take them to the Chief, and so they did. The Chief, said: "We are so happy you are here, we have been waiting for you. Did you bring the rocks?" The brother and sister, said yes, and when they emptied out the rocks that they had left, they saw that they were beautiful jewels. The Chief and his tribe were so thankful and the brother and sister realized that they were happy and sad at the same time. They were happy to bless this tribe with these jewels and sad that they didn't bring more.
The point of the fable: pick up as many rocks as you can.
This story really stuck with me (even though I am sure I didn't say it right) a lot of times I think I get into my own life, needs, wants, and I am too lazy or selfish to go out of my way, to do something for someone else that could bring such a blessing. But if you put your own wants or troubles aside, sometimes the outcome brings you more joy.
There was a need today for the team to do some more weeding. This was not the same weeding we did a few days ago, this was taking trees out. It was really hard work. One of those days where you had to choose joy. But we did it and I can't even tell you how much better it really looked after we were done. The pile was taller than me and very wide. I know someone has a picture of the before and after, and again once I get those pictures I will post them.
We also went to Elim today. Which is the Garbage Dump Ministry. The leaders of this ministry are Brent (who picked us up our first night in Trujillo) and his wife Stephany.
brent and stephany frederick
When we arrived, we walked into a building that looked like our cabin we were sleeping in. Inside it had 3 rooms: a room for the babies/toddlers, a classroom for the older kids and a community area. Some of our group stayed in that building and played with the children, the other half went around to the houses with Stephany's mom. She was going around reminding everyone about the program that they were going to do on Saturday. Saturday is the ministry's big day and they usually have a program going on. (we were supposed to be here last saturday but since we had that extra travel day we could not make it) these are a few pictures of our time here:
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| (this is stephany's mom) |
I had never seen a living situation like this. It is heartbreaking, but like all of the ministries, you can tell that they are making a huge difference. These children are loved. Before I left to go on this mission trip, I read this article from another missionary who went to the garbage dump. It is a great article, he puts his experience into great words:
http://sammamishreview.com/2011/08/23/a-night-with-garbage-miners-in-northern-peru
That night we had horse meat and rice for dinner and then had our debrief and worship songs.
Tuesday, July 21, 2015
Day 7: 6/24/2015 Inca Thacki and Mana
Wednesday
Our word for today was: Flexible
Reading: Matthew 18:3, Proverbs 16:9, 21:1 and Colossians 4:3
Matt 18:3 I tell you the truth, unless you turn away from your sins and become like little children you will never get into the kingdom of heaven
Proverbs 16:9 We can make our plans but the Lord determines our steps.
Proverbs 21:1 The kings heart is like a stream of water directed by the Lord, he guides it wherever he pleases
As I was doing my bible study today, I read Col. 4:3 The next verses caught my eye.
Col. 4:3- Pray for us, too, that God will give us many opportunities to speak about his mysterious plan concerning Christ that is why I am here in chains.
it goes on to say in verse 4: Pray that I will proclaim this message as clearly as I should.
Col. 4:5 Live wisely among those who are not believers and make the most of every opportunity. Let your conversation be gracious and attractive so that you will have the right response for everyone.
For breakfast today we had oatmeal, bananas, apple slices, and coffee. We went to Joca's ministry today called Inka Thaki. He runs his ministry through sports and this morning we had the opportunity to climb up a sand hill (which by the way is what we call mountains), do a devotional, and sand board. It was a very emotional experience.
The teaching he gave us was about the Pool of Bethesda from John 5:1-5:
Some time later, Jesus went up to Jerusalem for one of the Jewish festivals. 2 Now there is in Jerusalem near the Sheep Gate a pool, which in Aramaic is call Bethesda and which is surrounded by five covered colonnades. 3 Here a great number of disabled people used to lie-the blind, the lame, the paralyzed. 4 some manuscripts include here, wholly or in part, paralyzed-and they waited for the moving of the waters 4 From time to time an angel of the Lord would come down and stir up the waters. The first one into the pool after each disturbance would be cured of whatever disease they had. 5 One who was there had been an invalid for thirty eight years. 6 When Jesus saw him lying there and learned that he had been in this condition for a long time, he asked him, "Do you want to get well?" 7 Sir, the invalid replied, I have no one to help me into the pool when the water is stirred. While I am trying to get in, someone else goes down ahead of me. 8 Then Jesus said to him, "Get up! Pick up your mat and walk." 9 At once the man was cured; he picked up his mat and walked.
Then Joca spoke about all these people who were trying to get to the healing pool. Once they received their healing, did they go back to help the others get their healing?
What good are we doing if once we receive what we need, we just move on and forget? If we reach salvation, if we have healing it is all for the Glory of God. We must help others to do the same.
If God gave you a family, he gave you that family for him. If God gave you a job, it is for him. Everything you do is for the Glory of God. When God blesses you with something, he is trusting you to share it. He is trusting you to bring Glory to him through that.
We had some time to pray by ourselves up on the sand hill. I had this repetative prayer I had been praying for quite sometime and he answered me up there! It was an amazing experience. Everytime I start to feel an overwhelming love from God, he pours more down. I love you God!!
Then Itried I did sand board. I actually made it pretty far down without falling!
Walking up the hill was not so hard. But coming down was very intimidating. I am afraid of heights and when we climbed up we had rocks on the side, this was just a huge incline of sand. so once you were half way down, if you looked up or down, you felt like you were going to fall off the whole thing. Wooo. I finally made it!
For more information on Inca Thaki click here:
We had Chinese food for lunch today. Chicken, rice, broccoli, carrots and I had a coca-cola (oh how I have missed you) Then we went to Mana, the daycare for the children who live in or near the garbage dump.
When we arrived the classroom I was in the kids needed to finish eating. Most of the children had finished except one boy. He had a buzz cut and was around the age of 5. He reminded me of Nick. I could tell he didn't want to finish his food. Not because he was excited that we were there, he was struggling before he even knew we were there. He looked like if he ate anymore he would be sick. Since he was the only one left, he just burst into tears. When the teacher said he could get up, I held my hand out and he grabbed it and wanted me to hold him for a little bit. So I did. Then like any 5 year old, he quickly was done with that and wanted to play! ha ha! We went outside with them and played Simon Says, Soccer, and Potato Sack Race. It was such a blessing to see them and interact with them! They have around 110 children throughout the week at the daycare. younger kids 3 days and older kids the other days. They get fed 3 meals a week at the daycare. While we were there one of the children recieved a letter from their sponsor. It was translated into Spanish by one of our interns. It was eye opening to see that these letters actually get delivered to these children. I also could see that the money goes to their needs as well. It is $40 a month to sponsor a child. Out of 110 they only have about 10 that are not sponsored right now. I had always wondered: Does the money actually go to them? well, here it does, that is apparent.
Father, I pray for love and grace. I thank you for opening my eyes to the things you wanted me to see and to break my heart for what breaks yours. I pray for and thank you for the ministries here and the leadership in those ministries, I thank you for the children and that they are loved and are shown love by others and most importantly know and recognize your love for each and every single one of them. I pray for every ounce of love and grace and mercy I pray fro ever cell in their bodies to work and function properly and I pray for guidance by your loving voice and hand for their family's and for your love and guidance to be fruitful in the aspects of their lives. I pray and thank you for my team members and meeting each and every single one of their needs and for their family's. And I thank you for this new chance to be the best child of God, wife, mother, caretaker, friend, and minister I can be for your glory, God. In the name of Jesus Christ, Amen.
Our word for today was: Flexible
Reading: Matthew 18:3, Proverbs 16:9, 21:1 and Colossians 4:3
Matt 18:3 I tell you the truth, unless you turn away from your sins and become like little children you will never get into the kingdom of heaven
Proverbs 16:9 We can make our plans but the Lord determines our steps.
Proverbs 21:1 The kings heart is like a stream of water directed by the Lord, he guides it wherever he pleases
As I was doing my bible study today, I read Col. 4:3 The next verses caught my eye.
Col. 4:3- Pray for us, too, that God will give us many opportunities to speak about his mysterious plan concerning Christ that is why I am here in chains.
it goes on to say in verse 4: Pray that I will proclaim this message as clearly as I should.
Col. 4:5 Live wisely among those who are not believers and make the most of every opportunity. Let your conversation be gracious and attractive so that you will have the right response for everyone.
For breakfast today we had oatmeal, bananas, apple slices, and coffee. We went to Joca's ministry today called Inka Thaki. He runs his ministry through sports and this morning we had the opportunity to climb up a sand hill (which by the way is what we call mountains), do a devotional, and sand board. It was a very emotional experience.
The teaching he gave us was about the Pool of Bethesda from John 5:1-5:
Some time later, Jesus went up to Jerusalem for one of the Jewish festivals. 2 Now there is in Jerusalem near the Sheep Gate a pool, which in Aramaic is call Bethesda and which is surrounded by five covered colonnades. 3 Here a great number of disabled people used to lie-the blind, the lame, the paralyzed. 4 some manuscripts include here, wholly or in part, paralyzed-and they waited for the moving of the waters 4 From time to time an angel of the Lord would come down and stir up the waters. The first one into the pool after each disturbance would be cured of whatever disease they had. 5 One who was there had been an invalid for thirty eight years. 6 When Jesus saw him lying there and learned that he had been in this condition for a long time, he asked him, "Do you want to get well?" 7 Sir, the invalid replied, I have no one to help me into the pool when the water is stirred. While I am trying to get in, someone else goes down ahead of me. 8 Then Jesus said to him, "Get up! Pick up your mat and walk." 9 At once the man was cured; he picked up his mat and walked.
Then Joca spoke about all these people who were trying to get to the healing pool. Once they received their healing, did they go back to help the others get their healing?
What good are we doing if once we receive what we need, we just move on and forget? If we reach salvation, if we have healing it is all for the Glory of God. We must help others to do the same.
If God gave you a family, he gave you that family for him. If God gave you a job, it is for him. Everything you do is for the Glory of God. When God blesses you with something, he is trusting you to share it. He is trusting you to bring Glory to him through that.
We had some time to pray by ourselves up on the sand hill. I had this repetative prayer I had been praying for quite sometime and he answered me up there! It was an amazing experience. Everytime I start to feel an overwhelming love from God, he pours more down. I love you God!!
Then I
Walking up the hill was not so hard. But coming down was very intimidating. I am afraid of heights and when we climbed up we had rocks on the side, this was just a huge incline of sand. so once you were half way down, if you looked up or down, you felt like you were going to fall off the whole thing. Wooo. I finally made it!
For more information on Inca Thaki click here:
We had Chinese food for lunch today. Chicken, rice, broccoli, carrots and I had a coca-cola (oh how I have missed you) Then we went to Mana, the daycare for the children who live in or near the garbage dump.
When we arrived the classroom I was in the kids needed to finish eating. Most of the children had finished except one boy. He had a buzz cut and was around the age of 5. He reminded me of Nick. I could tell he didn't want to finish his food. Not because he was excited that we were there, he was struggling before he even knew we were there. He looked like if he ate anymore he would be sick. Since he was the only one left, he just burst into tears. When the teacher said he could get up, I held my hand out and he grabbed it and wanted me to hold him for a little bit. So I did. Then like any 5 year old, he quickly was done with that and wanted to play! ha ha! We went outside with them and played Simon Says, Soccer, and Potato Sack Race. It was such a blessing to see them and interact with them! They have around 110 children throughout the week at the daycare. younger kids 3 days and older kids the other days. They get fed 3 meals a week at the daycare. While we were there one of the children recieved a letter from their sponsor. It was translated into Spanish by one of our interns. It was eye opening to see that these letters actually get delivered to these children. I also could see that the money goes to their needs as well. It is $40 a month to sponsor a child. Out of 110 they only have about 10 that are not sponsored right now. I had always wondered: Does the money actually go to them? well, here it does, that is apparent.
Father, I pray for love and grace. I thank you for opening my eyes to the things you wanted me to see and to break my heart for what breaks yours. I pray for and thank you for the ministries here and the leadership in those ministries, I thank you for the children and that they are loved and are shown love by others and most importantly know and recognize your love for each and every single one of them. I pray for every ounce of love and grace and mercy I pray fro ever cell in their bodies to work and function properly and I pray for guidance by your loving voice and hand for their family's and for your love and guidance to be fruitful in the aspects of their lives. I pray and thank you for my team members and meeting each and every single one of their needs and for their family's. And I thank you for this new chance to be the best child of God, wife, mother, caretaker, friend, and minister I can be for your glory, God. In the name of Jesus Christ, Amen.
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