Dear friends and family. Sorry I have not written lately, things have been busy around here
These past couple of weeks has been the biggest mix of emotion, I have ever felt. So a part of my work here is helping with the street ministry on Sundays. Felicia the street ministry director has planed for some kids to come each week to see their parents. Our first trip was last week, it was sad for some, and for others there were tears of joy. We took our second group today. The pure joy of the mothers and seeing the kids run into their arm gave me an overwhelming joy that brought me to tears.
God has been teaching me the really importance of love and how much it can change lives. God loved us so much that he gave his only son. For some reason I am just now grasping the depth of love that He has for us. Love is so powerful. I have seen that first hand here in my relationships with the girls. Mary, one of the girls we took to the street ministry last week. She is a very beautiful 12yr old sassy girl that runs with boys. She is very tough and would sacrifice her body for the sake of wining a soccer game. She had a very big wall built up around her heart, I think seeing her mother and having to trust me in an overwhelming situation broke down those walls. To be honest loving her was not easy at first, but true love casts out all fear. To receive hugs, love and time from her makes it all worth it. I look at how much God loves us, to be soaked in that kind of love is a feeling I can not describe.
These past couple of weeks has been the biggest mix of emotion, I have ever felt. So a part of my work here is helping with the street ministry on Sundays. Felicia the street ministry director has planed for some kids to come each week to see their parents. Our first trip was last week, it was sad for some, and for others there were tears of joy. We took our second group today. The pure joy of the mothers and seeing the kids run into their arm gave me an overwhelming joy that brought me to tears.
God has been teaching me the really importance of love and how much it can change lives. God loved us so much that he gave his only son. For some reason I am just now grasping the depth of love that He has for us. Love is so powerful. I have seen that first hand here in my relationships with the girls. Mary, one of the girls we took to the street ministry last week. She is a very beautiful 12yr old sassy girl that runs with boys. She is very tough and would sacrifice her body for the sake of wining a soccer game. She had a very big wall built up around her heart, I think seeing her mother and having to trust me in an overwhelming situation broke down those walls. To be honest loving her was not easy at first, but true love casts out all fear. To receive hugs, love and time from her makes it all worth it. I look at how much God loves us, to be soaked in that kind of love is a feeling I can not describe.
