Today I managed to navigate the “feeder bus” and Trans-Mi on my
own. If you saw the maps and all of the
choices and options for this, you would be really impressed. But, keep in mind, the STEPpers have been
doing this for months and are true experts.
I was able to spend the day with Eryca today—we had clear communication
today and actually met at the right place this time! J
Eryca has been serving at Hogar De Paz.
This is a safe place for children to come after school. Most of the children come from homes of
extreme poverty or single parent homes, from a very poor neighborhood. Eryca has been helping, Michelle, (another
teacher there) to teach the children English.
Eryca has also been putting together all of the lesson plans for
Michelle to use. Today, they continued
working on the days of the week. Eryca taught
them with a song, to the tune of “The Adams Family.” The kids loved it! The girls and boys split into two groups and
quite a competition broke out!
I had an opportunity to meet with Rafa (the founder of Hogar De Paz)
and heard about the work that is going on at Hogar De Paz. I also had an opportunity to meet with Luz
Mary (Director of the children’s program).
My visit with her turned out to be much longer than I anticipated (1.5
hours) where she shared with me (through a translator—Michelle) her story and
things she is struggling with right now.
God works in mysterious ways—He arranged that meeting today. I was able to share my testimony and the
journey that Jared and I have had. I am
so thankful that God can use everything that happens in our lives to be an
encouragement to others. Please pray for
Luz Mary and the situation in her life.
After the visit with Luz Mary, I ended up having another lengthy
conversation with Michelle and Eryca.
Michelle is not a Christian. She
was brought up Catholic and believes there is a God, but she is really
searching right now. She had a lot of
tough questions. Again, another
God-arranged meeting today. Michelle was
really open to talk with Eryca and I about the questions she has. Please pray for Michelle and that God would
make Himself real to her.
After all of those God-ordained meetings (totally not expected for
today), Eryca and I had some time to really connect and share together,
too. Eryca has been struggling during
her time here in Colombia. She also has
quite a bit of things going on at home in her personal life. She is really learning a lot about herself
here and learning to rely on God.
I’m still processing all of the conversations that went on today. I just think it’s funny how God chooses to
work and use me in ways that I least expect it.
That’s what He does—not sure why I’m always surprised at that!?
Tomorrow I’ll be spending most of the day with all of the
STEPpers. It’s hard to believe that tomorrow
is my last day here! Please pray that
Friday is a great day for all of us and that team bonding would take place.
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