Buenos Dias Friends!
It's Monday morning in Tapachula and our team is just wrapping up our chores for the morning. We woke up about 6:30 (yep, I was up at 6:30...you're impressed, I know) and headed over to the girls' home. The girls came down at around 7 and we led a short devotion.
Little bit about our devotions: Glena had asked if there was any sort of book that we use with our girls in KFC or UMYF. If you are involved with the girls in our youth ministry, you may have heard of the book that we have been focusing on called From Head to Foot. It's by Annie Downs (she's great, you should check her out) and it's all about how to serve God with everything you have. Each day we are going through the different parts of the body and how you can serve God.
Today was my day to lead and we talked a little about the mind. Our scripture was Psalm 139:13-18 and we talked about how we are created in God's image and how He thinks of us. We also talked about taking captive each thought. Kind of difficult to wrap your mind around if your six, but that's one of the great things about our team. Most of the women work with kids! Catherine, Amy and Torey are all teachers, Paige is a camp counselor, Glena is a pediatric speech therapist and I work with middle and high school students. You can definitely see God using each of our talents in that as each of us are able to communicate to all ages.
After we finished our devotion, we ate breakfast and sent the kids off to school. We started our chores which consist of washing dishes from breakfast, cleaning the bathrooms (sinks, toilets, and showers) and sweeping/mopping the house. It may sound overwhelming, but it goes quick with ten people working on it.
Now, the rest of the team is playing with a few of the three/four year olds who do not attend school and soon we will start the process of cooking lunch.
Looking forward to this afternoon when the girls come home from school. We will eat lunch, do some homework, and hopefully have time to make bracelets and play for a bit. I just finished talking with Glena and while our job is to keep the house tidy and get the kids ready for each part of the day, we cannot forget that our real job is to share all the love we have with these girls. To make them feel like princesses who belong to a magnificent King.
Lots of love to all of our family and friends praying for us at home.
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