A Week at The Girls Home

Its been a full and busy week at the girls home and lots of fun memories have been made. Friendship is this coming Monday so we spent the first part of the week making handmade cards for the girls to give out to their friends.

I got to do chores with the girls a few days which included sorting and washing laundry, hanging out the laundry and watching Ana feel Navidad (the pig who will be Christmas dinner ;) )

We also spent time teaching the girls to crochet so that they can make things to sell in the store at the home and help raise money for support. I love seeing the smiles of satisfaction on their faces as they discover their ability to make something beautiful! As I have been working with the girls, God has taught me a lesson. I learned to crochet when I was about 9 or so and loved spending time making things. It's something I've done from time to time but would never have expected God to use this talent He gave me, in another part of the world. It made me realize that we may learn or experience things that we think are unimportant but with God those things can change a life or bring joy to someone in a way we never would have expected. Never underestimate the power of the Lord in your life to take something small, like crochet, and use it in a larger way than you could have ever expected. "Little is much when God is in it."

Even one of the "guard" dogs got in on the action by snoozing away on our laps while we worked :)

There is a team from the states that came to the girls home on Thursday and Friday to do an eyeglass and dental clinic for the girls. They were so proud of their new sunglasses :)

The verse God gave me this morning as my prayer for my time here in Bolivia is Col 1:9b-12 which says: "...we have not ceased to pray for you, asking that you may be filled with the knowledge of his will in all spiritual wisdom and understanding, so as to walk in a manner worthy of the Lord, fully pleasing to him, bearing fruit in every good work and increasing in the knowledge of God. May you be strengthened with all power, according to his glorious might, for all endurance and patienceawith joy, giving thanks to the Father, who has qualified you to share in cthe inheritance of the saints in light."

I pray that God will teach me to walk in a way that is pleasing to Him and in turn I will be able to pour out more love to these girls and show them the saving faith of Christ and draw them nearer to the Father. Here are just a few of the faces that have become so dear to my heart.