We seem to call it an event when we set up and people come to us. So, with that definition I can say we had our first "event". Four cars and ten friends came together and made a difference in the lives of some precious people that live in the river colony of Ensenda.
The afternoon started with numerous prayers for the rain to be held back until the end of the event. (Amazing how we didn't have a drop until we were done. ) As we followed Hector to the colony, I noticed that he was taking us through the back road. It was very bumpy and narrow, with lots of turns. I couldn't figure out what he was doing until I saw him roll down his window and talk to a little boy. Maribel informed me that he was telling the little boy that we had toys. Well that's all it took to get a line going. That little boy ran and told every other kid he could find and soon we had our crowd.
It was wonderful the way the people that we're starting to get to know us came up to us and some even helped us get set up. One little girl, Irma, remembered me and came running up to me and gave me a big hug. (That was priceless.)
I talked with one of the young mom's that we've been trying to help. Her name is Noemi. She is pregnant and has a 2 year old girl named Genesis. She informed us that her 17 year old sister Alejandra and her 1 year old daughter Tabita had just moved out. She was now living alone and not sure what she was going to do with her sister not living with her anymore. She has no way to go to work if she found work, because she needs to watch her daughter. Then I got an idea. I remembered that Kate Logan had brought down some looms to teach me and the girls at the orphanage how to make beanies. I asked Noemi would she like to learn to make beanies. I told her she could learn how to make them and maybe she could sell them to earn some money. She was very interested and then her relative standing next to her was listening and interested also. So, I think we may have our first beanie class starting in a week or two!
Because of the your generosity we gave away 40 dispensas, tons of toys and clothes. Thanks to all that sent prayers, money, clothes, and toys to make this first event, of many to come, successful.
Starting tonight, a dorm mom, a handful of girls at the orphanage and myself are starting to make beanies for the our new friends. They are glad to help and some of them will be coming with me to Ensenada to teach our friends in the river colony how to make them as well. It's all about relationships. Who would have ever thought that God could take the skill of making a beanie and bring people together. It's just a new tool to present the gospel. I love it!
The afternoon started with numerous prayers for the rain to be held back until the end of the event. (Amazing how we didn't have a drop until we were done. ) As we followed Hector to the colony, I noticed that he was taking us through the back road. It was very bumpy and narrow, with lots of turns. I couldn't figure out what he was doing until I saw him roll down his window and talk to a little boy. Maribel informed me that he was telling the little boy that we had toys. Well that's all it took to get a line going. That little boy ran and told every other kid he could find and soon we had our crowd.
It was wonderful the way the people that we're starting to get to know us came up to us and some even helped us get set up. One little girl, Irma, remembered me and came running up to me and gave me a big hug. (That was priceless.)
I talked with one of the young mom's that we've been trying to help. Her name is Noemi. She is pregnant and has a 2 year old girl named Genesis. She informed us that her 17 year old sister Alejandra and her 1 year old daughter Tabita had just moved out. She was now living alone and not sure what she was going to do with her sister not living with her anymore. She has no way to go to work if she found work, because she needs to watch her daughter. Then I got an idea. I remembered that Kate Logan had brought down some looms to teach me and the girls at the orphanage how to make beanies. I asked Noemi would she like to learn to make beanies. I told her she could learn how to make them and maybe she could sell them to earn some money. She was very interested and then her relative standing next to her was listening and interested also. So, I think we may have our first beanie class starting in a week or two!
Because of the your generosity we gave away 40 dispensas, tons of toys and clothes. Thanks to all that sent prayers, money, clothes, and toys to make this first event, of many to come, successful.
Starting tonight, a dorm mom, a handful of girls at the orphanage and myself are starting to make beanies for the our new friends. They are glad to help and some of them will be coming with me to Ensenada to teach our friends in the river colony how to make them as well. It's all about relationships. Who would have ever thought that God could take the skill of making a beanie and bring people together. It's just a new tool to present the gospel. I love it!
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