Monday, July 25, 2011

1st month...

The days will come when you don't have the strength
When all you hear is you're not worth anything
 
 
Wondering if you ever could be loved
And if they truly saw your heart they'd see too much
 
 
You're beautiful
You're beautiful
You are made so much more than all of this
 
 
You're beautiful
You're beautiful
You are treasured, you are sacred, you are His
 

You're beautiful
 
 
And praying that you have the heart to find
Cause you are more than what is hurting you tonight
For all the lies you've held inside so long
They are nothing in the shadow of the cross


You're beautiful
You're beautiful
You are made so much more than all of this
 
You're beautiful
You're beautiful
You are treasured, you are sacred, you are His
 

You're beautiful
 
 

Before you ever took a breath
Long before the world began
 
Of all the wonders He possessed
There was one more precious
 
 
 
Of all the earth and skies above
You're the one He madly loves
Enough to die
 

You're beautiful
You're beautiful
In His eyes
 
 
You're beautiful
You were meant for so much more than all of this
You're beautiful
You are treasured, you are sacred, you are His
You're beautiful
You're beautiful
You're meant for so much more than all of this
 

You're beautiful
You're beautiful
You are treasured, you are sacred, you are His

 


Lyrics are Beautiful by MercyMe


Friday, July 15, 2011

So far in ES.

So far my time here in El Salvador has been great! I am LOVING being able to form relationships with the kids, tias/tios (the ladies/men that work at the centers) other teams, Salvadorians, and others I randomly meet! 



Having the kids call you by name and run to you excited and jump and hug you is an awesome feeling. I am positive that it blesses my heart way more than it could possibly bless theirs. I am just loving it. I love the children.



I am just praying that I will find exactly WHAT God wants me to be doing while I'm here. While I love being able to just go and hang out and love on the kids, I want to do more. Do more to make their lives better. Do more to make the jobs of the tias/tios easier (they work SO hard.) Do more to show them my love and most importantly, God's love. 




This past week we spent a lot of time at CIPI. There I got to spend time with the special need angels, the little boys, and the teenage girls! I love it at CIPI. You can spend time with anyone you feel like. I hopefully, within the next couple of weeks, will be working some at CIPI. Going to help out with the special need kids. They are a LOT of work and there are only 2 tias with them. They are precious but require a lot of time and attention. I am hoping and praying that I can LOVE on the babies and also help out the tias and give them a breather. Atleast one day a week!






Please continue to pray for me that I will be open and listening to God's Word for my time here. This is a time where God can reveal so much to me and I want to be completely open and obedient to what He says. I am beyond thankful that He has allowed me this time. He orchestrated it from the beginning! It was all Him. And I trust that He will provide spiritually, financially, and emotionally for me during this time! Thanks! 



Thanks for keeping up with my journey! And pray that I learn some more Spanish!! :)

Monday, July 4, 2011

Week 1-Part 2

On Wednesday, we spent the day at a nursing home. Of course, my mom, Hilary, and Vicky LOVED  it. I think we all enjoyed it. It was just an awesome time to serve the elders and widows like James 1:27 says. We, or atleast I, struggled some with feeling like we needed to be doing SOMETHING with them at all times, but I really think they just enjoyed having company. 

We spent some time massaging their hands and feet with lotion, painting fingernails, doing some puzzles, doing a devotion, passing out goodie bags and beanie babies, and just spending time with them. :) 









They were married :)








Then on Thursday, we spent the day at CIPI. I was feeling terrible this day so I did not get many pictures. We just rotated between the different groups in the morning. 

Kurt had planned an "activity" at 10 and told me to have the group back at the center. I had no clue what was going on. They surprised me with a small memorial service and a plaque on the wall in Memory of sweet Carlos. It was a precious time! I cried like a goob. :)

Carlos' plaque! It talks about how his life was an inspiration for all who knew him. How his warrior heart and fight that he had was a blessing to us all. And that he will never be forgotten! The verse on there in Romans 8:18. Which says: For I consider that the sufferings of this present time are not worth comparing with the glory that is to be revealed to us.  
I loved it! 

That afternoon, I actually came home and went to bed. I hated to but they made me! 

Last couple days to be continued!