Wednesday

WELL. It’s Wednesday. As they say, time flies when you’re having fun. Today, it is the short term team’s day off. Two of the other interns wanted to go with them, so it means a free day for the rest of us. After a nice bit of reading in bed in the early morning, I got up and did the dishes in the kitchen with Amanda. Some mornings, dishes for fifty kids can seem like a mountain. Today, though ,breakfast was pretty simple, so it did not take that long. After that, I set out to clean our rooms. I am feeling pretty accomplished right now!

Life has been really good here. With a team here again, it’s back to playing translator- but I am getting better at it! The team this week has been talking a lot with the kids about how precious they are in God’s sight. I hope they will really begin to grasp the concept. I love these kids so much. The biggest desire of my heart is that they will walk with Jesus all their lives. The other day one of the older girls said that although bad things had happened in her life, she was so thankful because otherwise she never would have come to Casa Hogar and met Jesus. Now THAT is a great testimony to this place.

I always have this routine with the little boys. I tell them that I love them. Then, some of them roll their eyes, but they all grin ear to ear. Then I ask them if they know who loves them even more. They know by now to tell me, “God.” Then I ask them how they know He loves them. “Because He sent his Son to die for me.” Yesterday, at the end of one such conversation, one of the little boys said, “Nunca te olvidaré!” (This means, “I will never forget you.”) Of course, I felt really special. My little day dream was interrupted, “porque eres un mes!” (This means, “Because you’re a month!”) Haha. He told me ever April he would remember me. What a sweetheart!

I know there are probably a million more stories I am forgetting to share. God is doing great things here, but in little ways. Please be praying that the Lord would piece together my many small conversations with the kids and work in their hearts. Pray that they would fully grasp the Gospel that they are hearing. Most of them have officially accepted Christ, but we all know that Christianity is not a onetime decision, it is a lifestyle-- saved by grace alone, and living by grace alone.

Keep praying for these precious kids! I have less than two weeks left... hard to believe. Pray for me too, haha, because I've already cried once! :) Pray that God would keep them on my heart so I will be faithful to pray for them. Pray that He will keep me leaning on Him. Pray that I will keep perservering in these last days. Pray that God would still do crazy stuff!

This morning, my book brought up a beautiful verse from Psalm 48: "For this God is our God for ever and ever; He will be our Guide even to the end."

Amen.