Thursday, June 20
Emmanuel – God
with us!
And He is indeed with us. I woke up this morning praying that when I
greeted the team I would see fresh faces and voila, so it was. Thank you Jesus!
Since Wednesday was such a blessing to witness I felt like day 6 would be
doubly blessed. We decided to take the afternoon sessions outside today and
give the kids an opportunity to review their learning this week as it relates
to the focus topics of the afternoon and also have soccer competitions. They never
turn down a game of soccer so that went well.
Beyond that I must say that their
responses to our review questions were on point at all times. I was able to see
some of the kids who were more reserved in their responses earlier this week
raise their hands and tell us in their own words how they would respond
appropriately to different compromising scenarios if they were ever faced with
such. It is Thursday and I do feel like hearts have been stirred. Praise God! Today was the end
of our afternoon talks because tomorrow afternoon is set aside for the
teacher/staff appreciation party.
We had passed by
Margarita’s home (she is our main cook) and also Lorena’s home (lady getting
married on Sunday) with the hope of doing some painting for them today but we
had to change plans and paint the daycare center, (one of many belonging to
FAE) that is directly across the street from Lorena’s instead. Margarita
occupies a 1 room dwelling with 5 kids and a grandson. We are thinking of doing
something special for her before we leave. Lorena is on maternity leave and we
wanted to meet up with her before Sunday’s big event and meet the little man
(born on May 21st) who is named after Pancho. His name is Francisco Ezequiel
and he is just a bundle of sweetness. He is the third gift (gem) from God to
Lorena’s family. We are so excited to be part of her wedding service on Sunday
at noon.
I am excited to
see what our audience will look like tomorrow morning as we present the final
piece to the skit, sing the relating songs and repeat Isaiah 9:6 for the last
time this week with the FAE family. We have given them a CD with the music and
Pity has mentioned that they want to continue with the songs during their
worship times and in classrooms as well. Our parting will be bitter sweet
tomorrow for us and the FAE family but we will focus only on the sweet part of
seeing them soon again.
A huge thank you
goes out to our EMT parents at this time who once again gave and gave so that
some teachers, drivers and community moms in Quito whom you have never met,
will feel appreciated as they contribute to God’s work here at Foundation Love
and Hope. On that note I am off to count my blessings and…sheep!
Opal
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