Being back in Guatemala has been so wonderful. It feels like
home. I have experienced so much in the week that I have been here, and I am so
grateful that God allowed me to come back. The love that I have for this
country and its people grows more and more every day. I wish I didn’t have to
leave in a week!
Today I went to the market with Annie, Hilda, and Pastor
Rony to buy some shoes for the kids at the dump and the orphanage. Then the
group went to the garbage dump for the first time today. We already knew the
kids because we visited their school twice this week, but it was the first time
my team saw the conditions in which these children live. Casa Verde has started
a feeding program there where every Thursday they bring food for 150+ people
that live and/or work at the dump. After lunch we played and colored with the
kids. These kids have so much love to give, it’s amazing. Hilda and I got all
the mothers of the infants together and explained to them how to use cloth
diapers and then we handed them out. Most of the babies didn’t have any diapers
on at all, and were all excited to use the ones we had given them.
We spent the afternoon playing with the kids. I was invited
into the house of one of the families that live at the dump. What I saw broke
my heart. For a family with six kids, they had one bed and one hammock in one
“room.”
God is stirring passions, desires, and ideas in my heart and
in my head, and it will take time to process everything that He is showing me
but I know that my time here in Guatemala is far from over.
Stay tuned to hear more ways that you can help bring hope to
these communities. ;)
Dios es bueno. Todo el tiempo.
So glad to hear that God is using the team to minister to "the least of these." So exciting to hear that God continues to draw you to this place of ministry!
ReplyDeleteBless you all. Thanks for your sharing. Give Tiffany a big hug from all her friends/fans back home! Prayers for you all. :)
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