Yesterday afternoon our third storm of the week came through. There's a river that now flows through the orphanage. You can see the waterfall flowing for the mesa behind the orphanage. It's quite a sight. It runs through the center of the orphanage across the road and into the fields.
In the afternoon, Lauren and Becca asked if I would like to go deliver some food to a family down the road. We had to walk because the roads are not accessible by car due to mud. It wasn't too far down the road when we came to a little grandma and grandpa huddled in the rain around a small fire. They had some wood boards blocking the wind and a small pot on the fire. She was so grateful for us coming and gave us all hugs. She told us that she didn't know how she was going to make tortillas with the wind and rain. I was blown away. This lady had no complaints. In fact she kept saying that Jesus was with her.
I learned a lot in that short moment. This couple sleeps in a van at night and during the day they herd goats. "It's not even close to what I picture myself doing at their age," I thought. "I wonder how old they really are." My friend Lauren guessed them to be just a few years older than I . Not sure how much she was joking.
There are so many needs here in La Mision. It could easily get overwhelming, but for the comfort of knowing that the Holy Spirit directs us to who He wants us to help and how to do it. Recently I heard that a young lady Heidi was in need of food for her and her baby David. Heidi is a girl that we held a baby shower for when I first arrive at DOFO. She found the LORD as her savior a few weeks after the baby shower and soon after that had her baby dedicated to the LORD. Now, because of lack of income, her husband has left to look for work and her and her baby have no food. I fixed some soup that I'd like to take to her, but I can't reach her by car right now. I may be walking a mile for Jesus this afternoon. I can't bare the thought that a young mom with a little baby is huddled in a tiny shell of a house not able to nurse her baby because she has no food for herself.
This story is sure to continue in flowing blogs.
In the afternoon, Lauren and Becca asked if I would like to go deliver some food to a family down the road. We had to walk because the roads are not accessible by car due to mud. It wasn't too far down the road when we came to a little grandma and grandpa huddled in the rain around a small fire. They had some wood boards blocking the wind and a small pot on the fire. She was so grateful for us coming and gave us all hugs. She told us that she didn't know how she was going to make tortillas with the wind and rain. I was blown away. This lady had no complaints. In fact she kept saying that Jesus was with her.
I learned a lot in that short moment. This couple sleeps in a van at night and during the day they herd goats. "It's not even close to what I picture myself doing at their age," I thought. "I wonder how old they really are." My friend Lauren guessed them to be just a few years older than I . Not sure how much she was joking.
There are so many needs here in La Mision. It could easily get overwhelming, but for the comfort of knowing that the Holy Spirit directs us to who He wants us to help and how to do it. Recently I heard that a young lady Heidi was in need of food for her and her baby David. Heidi is a girl that we held a baby shower for when I first arrive at DOFO. She found the LORD as her savior a few weeks after the baby shower and soon after that had her baby dedicated to the LORD. Now, because of lack of income, her husband has left to look for work and her and her baby have no food. I fixed some soup that I'd like to take to her, but I can't reach her by car right now. I may be walking a mile for Jesus this afternoon. I can't bare the thought that a young mom with a little baby is huddled in a tiny shell of a house not able to nurse her baby because she has no food for herself.
This story is sure to continue in flowing blogs.
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