Now faith is the assurance of things hoped for, the conviction of things not seen.

 Today....I held a sweet 4 month old baby named Esteban for 45 minutes at the orphanage. His mother doesn't have the money to care for him and his father is on drugs. It was hard not to cry while I cuddled and played with him. It's so easy sometimes to want to run away from the situations I can't fix, but God has been teaching me to be faithful in loving with action and trusting Him with the unseen results.

The past two weeks have been wonderful and filled with some great opportunities where I was able to interact with sweet children like Esteban. Because we haven't had church groups for the past two weeks my time has been filled with playing with children in orphanages, sewing at the shelter for battered women, delivering food and the Gospel to the homes of the poor, and of course...the endless chores we have here around the dorms.

Thank you all again for praying for me and sending me here!


Pictures:






I got to go with Maggi (my mentor and director here) to bring food to a woman named Maria and her family. I listened as Maggi shared the Gospel with her in Spanish.

We had a week-long discipline where we were unable to use any vehicles and had to use public transportation to get around. It was so fun! Here's a picture of the new staff and me walking to the laundromat from the dorms: