Dani and Iosif
Sweet little Claudia loves getting her picture taken
We’ve got a break now before supper, which is smelling quite yummy by the way, so I thought I’d take a moment to blog. It’s been a busy day and I’m getting a cold, but it’s been great so far. We did a mini VBS and I loved going around with the camera to let the kiddos see themselves in the flipped-around screen. There were six sweet little girls from a children’s home who came to the VBS. Two of them ran and gave hugs to us as we walked in the door. Mr Matt received the most hugs I think : )
One girl, Claudia, smiles all the time and loves getting her picture taken. She’s adorable. After the VBS we drove up a crazy hill riding in the back of a pickup truck to a big group of kids who come everyday to the building to eat. It’s part of the Open Eyes ministry to feed them and make sure they at least get one good meal each day. I sat next to two hyper little boys named Dani and Iosif and it was even better than at the VBS when Wes started the Bible story and all us extra adults dropped down on all fours and started baaing. lol. The kids loved it, Dani and Iosif laughed especially hard at us! Who knew being a sheep would be so much fun. Susie had a really good time with it!
We didn’t get to stay too long, but long enough to do the Bible story, serve them lunch, and get to know a few names and tell them “Jesus te ama” (Jesus loves you) The kiddos chased us down the road as we left. I wish we were able to be with the same kids more than once, but at least the girls at the group home we saw again.
After lunch we went to visit the children’s wing at the hospital, which was heartbreaking. We prayed over one girl and her grandmother, Evolith if I remember correctly. The girl was 11 months old but tiny because she has a chromosome disease and the doctor’s didn’t expect her to live past 6 months. The grandmother was a believer and told us she was blessed to have Evolith for a few months more already. It was a blessing to see her faith. We handed out stuffed animals, Bibles, tracts, and prayed with everyone in the children’s wing.
Then we went and bought pillows at the “Gold Plaza” of Comoyagua, which we took to Pastor Robert’s children’s home and the little girls were so excited to get them. It was a sweet time there, though I so wish I knew more to say to them. I wish Eddie Baker was right in his thinking that Romanian and Spanish were the same (he didn’t realize the typo at the top of the handbook page with phrases in Romanian and Spanish that it was just the same words with “Say it in Romanian” at the top instead of Spanish because the booklet wasn’t complete. lol) But I know we are shining for Jesus here, through our translators help we are sharing the Gospel, and also through the smiles and hugs and stuffed animals. Maiklet has lots of friends here 🙂 It’s been an awesome first day and it’s not even over yet. Until next time I have a chance to blog…
-CB
