Today we toured 4 orphanages and Sordo Mundo, school for the deaf. It was very eye opening for me. There is a great need in most of the places we visited. If they had plenty of facilities then they lacked help to maintain. If they had smaller facilities they seemed far away and unseen by most. I'm told that they way most of these orphanages receive the help they need is mostly by word of mouth.
Some of the orphanages stood out to me as strong in certain areas because of the giftedness of the staff. For instance, farming and orchards were at some to help with the orphanage as well as passing on the food to others. Others seemed to be run on resourcefulness and availability. I was mostly struck with the type of existance that was taking place. With so little at some, it seemed that it was all about school, laundry and cooking.
It's also been great to see how Door of Faith encourages the neighboring orphanages with sending groups to help out with projects or just visit and check in with how things are going. Sounds like "open handed" leadership to me. Wonder where I've seen that before;)
It's great to see what God is not only accomplishing in me, but what he's accomplishing in the lives of others. It seems that those that have very little are giving all they have to give and very resourceful. It made me think of the widow that gave her last coin and others gave a lot, but maybe not all they had. Still others gave what they had for their own kids as well as other orphanages.
Some of the orphanages stood out to me as strong in certain areas because of the giftedness of the staff. For instance, farming and orchards were at some to help with the orphanage as well as passing on the food to others. Others seemed to be run on resourcefulness and availability. I was mostly struck with the type of existance that was taking place. With so little at some, it seemed that it was all about school, laundry and cooking.
It's also been great to see how Door of Faith encourages the neighboring orphanages with sending groups to help out with projects or just visit and check in with how things are going. Sounds like "open handed" leadership to me. Wonder where I've seen that before;)
It's great to see what God is not only accomplishing in me, but what he's accomplishing in the lives of others. It seems that those that have very little are giving all they have to give and very resourceful. It made me think of the widow that gave her last coin and others gave a lot, but maybe not all they had. Still others gave what they had for their own kids as well as other orphanages.
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