tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-70060206920924771292024-03-13T23:31:04.084-06:00PHOTAS MINISTRIESTHE JOURNEY TO GUATEMALAMission Statementhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13385639056061384279noreply@blogger.comBlogger119125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7006020692092477129.post-37719351532791335752013-06-13T11:54:00.001-06:002013-06-13T11:54:19.235-06:00“I am glad I am part of this family”<!--[if gte mso 9]><xml>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">A few days ago our family was talking about some friends
that are just starting the adoption process. Aubryella looked at me and said,
“I am glad I am part of this family”, with a smile from ear to ear. Our sweet 6
year old daughter gets it! After a year of working with kids in an orphanage
who are longing to have a family that loves them and will care for them, she is
happy to have her forever family.</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">As we head back home to Colorado in a couple weeks, our
ministry in Guatemala is not ending. Though we will no longer be living there,
we will continue to support Pastor Araceli’s ministries with the Children’s
home, Elderly home and Feeding center. We will also continue to support Lilly’s
baby home and home for teenage Mom’s who want a chance to keep their baby. Both
of these ministries are where we spent most of our year in Guatemala and have
grown to love them and the difference they are making!</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">The orphan dilemma is everywhere around us. In the US there
are over 400,000 kids in the foster care system and over 100,000 kids available
for adoption. It doesn’t matter where you live, there are kids that didn’t
choose to be without parents and deserve to be loved and cared for. It isn’t
always easy to be a foster parent or an adoptive parent but both are much
needed. What if those of us who aren’t in a position to adopt or be foster
parents could support those who are? </span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">I have journeyed with my parents this last year (from afar)
who have been foster parents to 3 kids. If you would have told them 2 years ago
that they would be foster parents, they would have laughed (especially my Dad)
and said you were crazy! But there was a need and they had hearts that said,
yes, we will help.<span> </span>What I noticed most
was the need for my parents to have a strong support system around them.<span> </span>They raised three kids of their own (many
years ago) but they could not have done this past year without the support of
many people. </span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span> </span><span> </span>Moving back home will not stop us from
fighting for kids who deserve a family. I have decided to partner with a
Non-Profit organization called Finally Home Foundation (FHF). <span> </span>Their Mission is: <i><span style="line-height: 115%;">Equipping communities
to rally around the heroes who are foster and adoptive families.</span> </i><span> </span>Not everyone is able to be Foster Parents or
Adoptive Parents but everyone is able to offer a hand to those who are.</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">For those of you who have supported us or would like to
support us, I invite you to jump on board with the Cherry Family and Finally
home foundation to start helping care for orphans/children in the US. If you
would like to make a donation you can got to <a href="http://finallyhomefoundation.net/">http://finallyhomefoundation.net/</a> (in
the Comments note “Cherry Family” ) or you can contact us at <a href="mailto:timberlineorphanministry@gmail.com">timberlineorphanministry@gmail.com</a>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">If you would like to continue supporting Pastor Araceli and
all her ministries, please contact me at <a href="mailto:timberlineorphanministry@gmail.com">timberlineorphanministry@gmail.com</a>
or you can go to <a href="http://www.hopechest.org/community/jesus-cristo/" target="_blank">http://www.hopechest.org/community/jesus-cristo/</a> and sign
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">If you would like to continue supporting Lilly’s Baby Home
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<span> </span><span style="line-height: 115%;">and put GT0204000 in the field that says "Reference Number".</span></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "Andalus","serif";">"Our one year journey in Guatemala has been
AMAZING!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! I have
learned to not take anything for granted and to always trust in Jesus, because
a lot of the people who live in Guatemala have nothing and they rely on Jesus
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hard for me to leave the people who we help, and also my other missionary
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<span style="font-size: large;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: Teen; mso-fareast-font-family: BatangChe;">Aubryella:</span></b></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-vq8O2W5qWeE/UZLCdzaAnII/AAAAAAAAAmw/_Hl5ttoZuy4/s1600/of=50,480,480.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-vq8O2W5qWeE/UZLCdzaAnII/AAAAAAAAAmw/_Hl5ttoZuy4/s320/of=50,480,480.jpg" width="213" /></a><span style="mso-fareast-font-family: BatangChe;">What has been your favorite part of living in Guatemala</span><span style="font-family: Teen; mso-fareast-font-family: BatangChe;">?<span style="color: red;"> <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">“Going to the village and seeing what the
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<span style="mso-fareast-font-family: BatangChe;">How does that make you feel</span><span style="font-family: Teen; mso-fareast-font-family: BatangChe;">? <span style="color: red;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">“It’s
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<span style="mso-fareast-font-family: BatangChe;">Why</span><span style="font-family: Teen; mso-fareast-font-family: BatangChe;">? <span style="color: red;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">“Because I want to go see
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<span style="mso-fareast-font-family: BatangChe;">What can we do to live for God after we go back home</span><span style="font-family: Teen; mso-fareast-font-family: BatangChe;">? <span style="color: red;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">“We can sponsor kids from the orphanage, I
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<b><span style="font-size: large;">Tiffany:</span></b></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Two more weeks in Guatemala! It
seems impossible that we have almost been here for a year. As we begin to wrap
things up over these next two weeks, we will have a lot of ‘lasts’. Wednesday
morning, Sean and I will meet with our discipleship kids for the last time. Wednesday
night, we will gather with youth group for the last time. Sunday, we will say
good bye to the children and staff from Jesucristo es mi Casa.Tuesday we say goodbye to all the beautiful girls from M<span style="font-size: large;">imi's House.</span> All of these
people have impacted our lives significantly and these lasts/goodbyes will be
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<span style="font-size: large;">We don’t know what to expect with
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next. I am so thankful for this year we had together as a family to grow, serve
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<span style="font-size: large;"><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-qthjP5krIdY/UZLM9ExC5nI/AAAAAAAAAnM/iCXAI3d2zxo/s1600/554693_10100599152335803_1079220326_n.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" height="265" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-qthjP5krIdY/UZLM9ExC5nI/AAAAAAAAAnM/iCXAI3d2zxo/s400/554693_10100599152335803_1079220326_n.jpg" width="400" /></a></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "Calibri Light","sans-serif"; line-height: 115%;">We came, we loved and were loved in return. We taught a little and
learned so much in return. We’ve been touched
by friends who will always remain a little part of us. </span></span></div>
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</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "Calibri Light","sans-serif"; line-height: 115%;">I thank God for the opportunity He has given our family to see His
wider Church. I’m thankful for the Body of Christ back home that has so
faithfully and generously supported us in prayer and financial gifts. I’m
proud of my three daughters and wife who have loved with abandon and grown
through the challenges of living and
serving in another country.</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Calibri Light","sans-serif"; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-fareast-font-family: BatangChe;"><span style="font-size: large;">We will forever be indebted to our Guatemalan friends who opened
their lives to us and made us feel at home.
We will miss our weekly
Discipleship with students at the missionary school, and especially
Youth Group we were privileged to lead on Wednesday nights. I have no doubt we will see many of these
people again, but even “see you laters” to someone you care about can be as
tough as a whole lot of goodbyes. We
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<span style="font-size: large;"><b><span lang="EN" style="font-family: "Bradley Hand ITC"; line-height: 115%;">Living in Guatemala has
been an experience like no other. It has helped me learn that I have way more
stuff than I actually need. It has helped me realize to take advantage of the
fact that I am able to go to school and that I have a room to clean. A lot of
the kids we work with don't have the opportunity to go get an education and
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learned to thank God for everything, especially the little things. I have been inspired to have an even stronger
faith. I have made so many great relationships, not only with kids from my
school, but also kids from an orphanage. They have all impacted my life so
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to go home and to see my family and friends, it's going to be hard leaving. Especially
these next couple weeks, when I have to say goodbye to everyone. This year has
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Mission Statementhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13385639056061384279noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7006020692092477129.post-23098762781265301612013-04-02T21:10:00.000-06:002013-04-02T21:10:04.098-06:00Praise Report<span style="font-size: large;">Great news! The 13 year old girl (living on the streets) that many of you prayed for, was picked up by the police and placed in an orphanage. She is off the streets and is now safe!</span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">Because of the people she was associated with here on the
streets, it could have put us in danger for taking her off the streets and out of the gangs.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">This is such a great reminder for me that His way is always the better way! We were so sad that day when she didn't come back so we could take her to the children's home. Instead of giving up hope we asked all of you to pray with us! The NEXT day she was picked up off the streets by the police. 2 years she had been living on the streets and was picked up the day after the body of Christ joined together in prayer for her! </span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"><i>Matthew 18:19-20 </i></span><span style="font-size: large;"><i>Again I say unto you, That if two of you shall agree on earth as
touching any thing that they shall ask, it shall be done for them of my
Father which is in heaven. For where two or three gather together as my followers, I am there among them."</i></span> <br />
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<br />Mission Statementhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13385639056061384279noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7006020692092477129.post-36235854411177631812013-03-30T17:39:00.001-06:002013-03-30T17:51:08.213-06:00He gives us hope<!--[if gte mso 9]><xml>
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us. They were awesome! 46 people all here to give up their spring break and
serve the least of these! We decided to take this team to an orphanage we
hadn’t taken teams to in the past. This orphanage had never had a team from the
US come and serve so this was new for them.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">Monday was our first day there and it was like most of our
trips to an orphanage. There were a lot of really cute kids, all with different
stories. </span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-DS56c25PqHY/UVd43z6glVI/AAAAAAAAAl8/BK8j289_S5Y/s1600/480515_10200892044291516_2066576955_n.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-DS56c25PqHY/UVd43z6glVI/AAAAAAAAAl8/BK8j289_S5Y/s320/480515_10200892044291516_2066576955_n.jpg" width="240" /></a></span></div>
<span style="font-size: large;">A 2 month old baby that had been abandoned in a Hotel, a 2 year old
girl and 5 year old boy that were both with their mom when she was shot and
killed and they both suffered from bullet wounds, a 5 year old girl that was in
the process of being adopted by a family in the US but didn’t get out in time
before adoptions closed down. I could keep going with story after story.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">We spent Monday getting to know the kids and helping with
chores around the orphanage.When we returned Tuesday morning we noticed there were two
new girls there. The staff told us that they had arrived Monday shortly after
we left. These girls were older than most of the kids at this home and it was
obvious they weren’t comfortable there yet.</span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<span style="font-size: large;">The girls had been living on their own because their
mother ran off with her boyfriend. The only way the authorities found out was
because the youngest of the 2 (8 years old) had a seizure Monday and someone
called for help. The girls were then taken to the orphanage when they realized there
was nobody caring for them.</span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<span style="font-size: large;">Tuesday while we were there the 8 year old was taken to the
hospital because of another seizure. After she returned her older sister
(probably 11/12 years old) took very good care of her to make sure she got food
and something to drink. Throughout the day I noticed the younger of the two was
really having a hard time there. She would lash out at the other kids and cry
when she got in trouble. </span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<span style="font-size: large;">Wednesday we returned with some of the Doctors from the team
to examine all the kids. While the Dr’s saw the kids one at a time, the rest of
the team entertained the rest of the children. The 8 year old girl was throwing
fits and becoming very violent with the kids and the nannies. We were concerned
about this and all the nannies seemed to be too but none of us knew how bad it
was about to get.</span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<span style="font-size: large;">As the day went on the girl had gotten really angry. After
being removed from the room where all the other kids were, she then was trying
to leave the orphanage to run away. As the nannies and people from our team
would try to stop her, she would try to hit them with sticks or throw anything
at them she could find. At one moment she threw a brick at me and thank God there
were no kids near me and she didn’t throw it hard enough because it came short
of hitting me.</span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<span style="font-size: large;">One of the nannies was able to get her into a room away from
everyone, where the girl screamed and cried and tried to break the windows. The
nannies appeared to be very scared of her and just stood back as she started
throwing things all over the room. When she started to attack one of the
nannies they asked me to run and get her older sister. She seemed to be the
only one that could calm her down. Her sister came in and got her to lie down
but she continued to scream and kick and throw herself around. </span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<span style="font-size: large;">At this point everyone within that orphanage was very
concerned. Nobody knew what to do. The director of the orphanage had been
working for the last two days to get the girl moved somewhere else where they
could better care for her. Because it was Holy week, everything was closed so they weren't having any luck.</span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<span style="font-size: large;">It was time for us to leave back to the guest house but it
didn’t feel right leaving them with this going on. It was only getting worse.
They told us they had finally gotten someone to agree to come get her and they
were on their way. They asked if we could please stay until they got there
because at this point they had 4 people restraining her and needed help with
the rest of the kids. We took the rest of the kids outside to play, while the
young girl continued to scream and cry while being contained until someone got
there. </span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<span style="font-size: large;">Both of the girls were moved. Unfortunately they had to be
split up. The older girl was sent to an orphanage with girls her age and the
younger girl was sent to a Neurological Hospital.</span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<span style="font-size: large;">I can’t help but think about the choices that were made by
the parents of these girls and how it is affecting them today. They didn’t ask
to be where they are today. </span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<span style="font-size: large;">Tomorrow we celebrate Easter and this gives me hope for them
and all the orphans/people around the world suffering like them.</span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div>
<div class="first-line-none">
<span style="font-size: large;"><b><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Arial Black","sans-serif";">1 Peter 1: 3-9 </span></i><span class="text"><sup>3 </sup></span><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Arial Black","sans-serif";">All praise to God, the Father of
our Lord Jesus Christ. It is by his great mercy that we have been born again,
because God raised Jesus Christ from the dead. Now we live with great
expectation, <span id="en-NLT-30339">4 and we have a priceless inheritance—an
inheritance that is kept in heaven for you, pure and undefiled, beyond the
reach of change and decay. <span id="en-NLT-30340">5 And through your faith, God
is protecting you by his power until you receive this salvation, which is ready
to be revealed on the last day for all to see.</span></span></span></i></b></span></div>
<span style="font-size: large;"><b>
</b><b><span id="en-NLT-30341"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Arial Black","sans-serif";">6 So be truly glad.<span style="font-size: large;"> </span>There is wonderful joy ahead, even though
you have to endure many trials for a little while. <span id="en-NLT-30342">7 These
trials will show that your faith is genuine. It is being tested as fire tests
and purifies gold—though your faith is far more precious than mere gold. So
when your faith remains strong through many trials, it will bring you much
praise and glory and honor on the day when Jesus Christ is revealed to the
whole world.</span></span></i></span></b></span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;"><b>
</b><b><span id="en-NLT-30343"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Arial Black","sans-serif";">8 You love him even though you
have never seen him. Though you do not see him now, you trust him; and you
rejoice with a glorious, inexpressible joy. <span id="en-NLT-30344">9 The reward
for trusting him will be the salvation of your souls.</span></span></i></span></b></span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;"><b>
</b><b><span id="en-NLT-30345"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Arial Black","sans-serif";"><br /></span></i></span></b></span>
<br />
<div class="MsoNormal">
<span style="font-size: large;">Evil does not win! <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Sometimes today, it seems that the bad guy
often wins. It seems that there is no hope for the orphans or the poor on the
street to ever get ahead.</span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">I imagine the disciples and the followers of Jesus felt on this day almost 2000 years ago that evil had won. But on the
third day He rose again and because of that we all have hope! So tomorrow I will celebrate Easter a little differently........ with hope!</span><br />
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Mission Statementhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13385639056061384279noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7006020692092477129.post-57074719371362569552013-03-19T21:24:00.003-06:002013-03-19T21:24:42.208-06:00She didn't come backLast night was hard. I woke up many times thinking about this lost 13 year old girl. I prayed for her and then would try to fall back to sleep not thinking of what should be. I woke up this morning really tired but feeling hopeful for her with all of you praying.<br />
<br />
We arrived at the church/feeding center to finish our painting. I found myself looking at the clock every 30 min or so and noticing she hadn't come by yet. At one point I asked Emily what time she came yesterday and she told me around lunch time. I took a deep breath and thought oh good, we still have time.<br />
<br />
Next thing I know we were serving lunch and she still hadn't come. We saw a lady there that was friends with her and we asked her where this girl was. She told us that she went to Zone 1 to try and get some money.<br />
<br />
I have heard from many people that Zone 1 is one of the places where prostitution is really bad. I felt like I got hit by a truck. My eyes swelled with tears, I saw Emily who had loved this girl the last few days break down. I was sad, angry and hurt all at the same time.<br />
<br />
Tonight as we all prayed for her I remembered the story of Katia from Haiti. When we all came to a point where we were mourning this little girls death, God had a bigger plan and 4 weeks later she was found and taken to the hospital to be healed. Today Katia is alive!<br />
<br />
Though we are all hurting tonight, we know that God loves her more then us. He is hurting for her just like us. We will continue to pray for her. Thank you for joining us in that prayer.<br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">This week we are serving with some amazing young men and
women from our home Church. </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">We went to paint Pastor Araceli’s church and
feeding center today. We had told Pastor Araceli that we wanted some of the
people who attend the church and feeding center to come paint with us. </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">When we showed up Saturday they had already started working.
There were 4 men, a wom<span style="font-size: large;">a</span>n and a 13 year old girl working with us. Pastor
Araceli introduced us to these people and then later shared a little bit with
us about their story. These people were all homeless with alcohol/drug
addictions. Some of them lived on a corner about two blocks from the church. </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">We had driven past that corner many times and saw them all
sitting (or passed out) on the grass. I always prayed for them and felt a
little sick to my stomach every time we passed by. I knew they came to eat at
the feeding center almost every day but I didn’t expect them to be the only
people that showed up to help us paint. They were happy to work alongside us
and to give back to the place and people that have given so much to them.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">As the day went on we started to hear more about the 13 year
old girl that was there working with us. She was sexually abused by her father
at a very young age. She started smoking marijuana and was then kicked out of
her home by her mother. She was now involved
with drugs, prostitution and some scary people.
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<span style="font-size: large;">She started to warm up to a few of us and started to open up
a little more. Especially a girl named Emily. She sat down beside me and said
to me (through Emily who translated for me) “what do you want to know about my
life? Ask me anything”. I was really taken back by her question and I replied
saying “you can tell me anything you want me to know about you”. She told me
that she smokes marijuana, and that a lot of her friends are really bad, they
kill people and do bad things. She told me that she doesn’t want to live like
this anymore. She asked me if I could help her. I told her that I would do
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<span style="font-size: large;">She later told Emily that was translating for us that she
didn’t want to go to a children’s home, she just wanted a mom and dad to adopt
her.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">As I talked with the pastor, it didn’t seem like there are
any options in Guatemala for a girl like this to get help. That night I made a decision that I wouldn’t
stop there because I know that God can do anything. I saw him close down an
orphanage in Haiti when everyone in child protection was against us. God cares
about this girl!</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">When we left that day she gave me a big hug and would not
let go. Then she ran to the car to hug Sean. As she walked away and looked back
at us, I saw in her eyes, a young girl, longing for a second chance and someone
to love her.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Today we went back and she showed up all smiles with some of
the new clothes our girls and friends had given her. A friend had given me a
number of an organization that might be able to help her. Pastor Araceli and I
went into her office to call this organization. I could tell by the look on her
face and the tone of her voice it was good news. She got off the phone and
said, “they will take her”!!! We celebrated together then we said lets go tell
her. We pulled her and Emily aside and said we wanted to talk to her. The first
thing she said to us before we even got a chance to say anything was, “I don’t
want to go to a home”. My heart sunk…. The reality is, if she doesn’t take this
opportunity, she will probably end up dead. She has to make a decision
tomorrow. Please pray with me that she will let us take her to the home!</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 14.0pt;">The last nine months we have learned so much. We
learned that living with more is not what makes us happy. We can be just as
happy or even happier living with less. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 14.0pt;">We
learned that what we consider as “living with less” is still a lot more then
what most people in the world have. </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 14.0pt;">We
now know what we need vs what we want. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 14.0pt;">We
learned how important relationships really are. We learned that only having
cold water is better than having no water. </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 14.0pt;">Our
kids have learned that they might be hungry but they are not starving; because
we have seen starving. </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 14.0pt;">All
of these were things I thought we knew, but now we really know.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 14.0pt;">Coming here I thought a missionary was someone who
left their friends and family to move to another country to serve God. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I now believe that we are <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">all</b> missionaries and we <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">all</b>
have the same calling!</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 14.0pt;">As
Christians, we are called "out of darkness into His wonderful light".......</span></div>
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<i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><b>1 Peter 2:9</b> But you are not like that, for you are a chosen people. You
are royal priests, a holy nation, God’s very own possession. As a result, you
can show others the goodness of God, for he called you out of the darkness into
his wonderful light</span>. </i></div>
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<span style="font-size: 14.0pt;">Jesus
commands all of us to go and share the gospel......</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><b>Matthew 28:19-20</b> Go therefore and make disciples of all the nations,
baptizing them in the name of the Father and the Son and the Holy Spirit,
teaching them to observe all that I commanded you; and no, I am with you
always, even to the end of the age</i></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 14.0pt;">He
tells us how to do this……….</span></div>
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<br /></div>
<i><span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="font-size: 11pt;"><b>Matthew
22:36-40 </b>36 “Teacher, which is the most important commandment in the law of
Moses?”37 Jesus replied, “‘You must love the Lord your God with all your heart,
all your soul, and all your mind.38 This is the first and greatest commandment.
<span id="en-NLT-23886">39 A second is equally important: ‘Love your neighbor as
yourself.40 The entire law and all the demands of the prophets are based on
these two commandments.”</span></span></span></span></i><br />
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<i><span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="font-size: 11pt;"><b>Matthew
5:43-47 </b><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>43"You have heard
that the law of Moses says, 'Love your neighbor' <a href="http://www.blogger.com/blogger.g?blogID=7006020692092477129" name="a"></a>and hate your
enemy. 44But I say, love your enemies! <a href="http://www.blogger.com/blogger.g?blogID=7006020692092477129" name="b"></a>Pray for those who
persecute you! 45In that way, you will be acting as true children of
your Father in heaven. For he gives his sunlight to both the evil and the good,
and he sends rain on the just and on the unjust, too. 46If you love only
those who love you, what good is that? Even corrupt tax collectors do that
much. 47If you are kind only to your friends, <a href="http://www.blogger.com/blogger.g?blogID=7006020692092477129" name="c"></a>how are you
different from anyone else? Even pagans do that. </span></span></span></i><br />
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<i><span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><b>1 Corinthians 13</b> <span style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">Three things will last forever—faith, hope,
and love—and the greatest of these is love.</span></span></i></div>
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<span style="font-size: 14.0pt;">He
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other. </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 14.0pt;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I now believe a calling is not a place, it is
a lifestyle; a lifestyle that we can choose to live in Guatemala, Africa, or
even Fort Collins, Colorado.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 14.0pt;">When we decided to move here, we made a year commitment
to serve God in Guatemala. After much prayer, our family has decided to move
back to Colorado the end of June and to continue to serve as missionaries there.
We are not sure what that will look like, but are trusting God in all of this.
Just as it was hard to leave Colorado to come here, it will be hard to leave
Guatemala to return home.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Since Dec 18<sup>th</sup> we have been blessed with family,
friends and teams visiting and serving with us in Guatemala. It has been great to share this experience
with so many people. In the midst of this busyness we had to find a new house
to live in because we are getting closer to opening the baby house! </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Last week we had an awesome team from Foundations Church in
Loveland, CO here to serve with us. One of the things we did was go to the city
and serve at a feeding center that we have done some work at and is run by
Pastor Araceli. The feeding center is a place that provides one meal a day to
people in the community. For the majority of the people that come here, this is
their only meal of the day. So the long distance they walk to get there is not
a problem for them.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Every time we go to the feeding center we meet new people
and hear new heart breaking stories. This time was different………….</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">We were at the feeding center with the Foundations team and
we say these two women walk in with a young girl and a baby boy that appeared
to be a new born. Of course this precious baby boy caught the eye of most of us
there. As a group formed around these ladies to see this baby, their story
started to be revealed to us. The older woman carrying the baby was the baby’s
grandmother. The other lady that appeared to be in her late twenties was the baby’s
aunt. The young girl (who looked to be 10) was 13 and she was the baby’s mom.
As soon as I heard this part of the story I felt my body almost crumble.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">The Grandmother of the baby boy shared the story with us.
Her 13 year old daughter had been raped. They do not know the man that did it.
While hearing this story I watched the young girl with emptiness in her eyes
and a blank stare on her face. </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">We noticed that they were feeding the baby a bottle of sugar
water and found out that is all that they had been giving him for 40 days (that’s
how old he was) because they could not afford formula and the mother was having
problems nursing him. One of the ladies on the team was a nurse and was able to
explain that this was not good for the baby and tried to help the mom and
grandma understand what they needed to do for him.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">I couldn’t take my eyes off the 13 year old girl. She had the look of someone who was in shock
or walking in a daze. She looked at me for a moment and I motioned her to come
sit beside me. She walked over and sat down. I then placed my arm around her
and slowly pulled her against me. My eyes swelled up with tears. I closed my
eyes and pictured our daughter Alyssa who is 13 years old. </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"> I could not imagine
her going through what this girl was. How could this be? She is still a
child/teen. What does her future hold for her and her baby boy? It took
everything in me to hold it together that day.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Yesterday we met another amazing servant here in Guatemala!
He is a Guatemalan man that runs a ministry to serve people on the streets or
living in the dump. As he shared his testimony with us, he made a statement
that keeps replaying in my head. He said, “everything we go through in life, is
like training for the next job God has for us”. Over the last few months here,
I have seen that come full circle for me. Some of the hardest things I have
been through in my past, I am now being faced with people going through a
similar situation. I was not able to help that young girl. I was able to hold
her in my arms, hurt for her and know a small piece of the fear and pain she
might be feeling that comes along with being a young mother.</span></div>
Mission Statementhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13385639056061384279noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7006020692092477129.post-31933186435994959832012-12-29T21:07:00.000-07:002012-12-29T21:13:34.380-07:00<a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-bxN_Al79wwo/UN-8x1XcM5I/AAAAAAAAAkk/qCxVl8xZzeA/s1600/hsp.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" height="200" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-bxN_Al79wwo/UN-8x1XcM5I/AAAAAAAAAkk/qCxVl8xZzeA/s200/hsp.jpg" width="150" /></a><span style="font-size: large;">Today Sean's Mom (visiting for Christmas) and I spent the afternoon at a small clinic here in Guatemala. As I sat in the small dark room I started to gain a different perspective.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">A young girl from a small village far away from Guatemala City heard of Mimi's House through some other missionaries. This young girl was pregnant but knew it would not be an option for her to keep her baby. She had no means to care for this new baby and she didn't have family that could support her. a few months into the pregnancy she had decided that she would have Mimi's House take the baby. </span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">Friday she was admitted into the clinic and ended up having to have a c-section. This morning the baby was able to go home to Mimi's house and the young mother is still in the clinic healing.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">We sat in her room as she tried to sleep. We could tell she was in pain but with my limited Spanish couldn't offer much support. We would rub her head, adjust her blankets and try to show her we cared. My heart was breaking for her. This story hit close to home for me.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">I had my oldest daughter when I was young and thank God I had the resources and a family that rallied around me for support. As I look at my beautiful daughter Mikayla, I am so thankful for every minute I have had with her. I remember how scared I was when I found out I was pregnant. </span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">But what if I had nothing and could not feed her or care for her and what if I didn't have family willing to help? What would I have done?</span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;"></span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">Then years later I got to be on the other end of it. We adopted a beautiful little girl who's young birth Mom told me through a translator "It is not that I don't love her, I just don't have the means to care for her". Aubryella is such a gift to us and we are blessed to have her in our life!</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">When we first moved here and I started hearing about all these women giving up their babies. I must admit I was a little judgemental with the thoughts that went through my head. Then one day here Aubryella said to me "Mommy, why didn't my Mom want me?"</span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;"> I asked her what she would do if she got a new puppy and she could not feed it or take care of it and it was crying because it was hungry and thirsty. Would she keep it or give it to a family that could care for it? She quickly responded with "I would give it to a family that could care for it so it wouldn't be sad"</span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">My answer brought her peace and she moved on. I wasn't really sure it brought me peace.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">Today baby Emily was brought home, to Mimi's house.</span> <br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">As I sat with the young birth mom I realized this was not easy for her. Who am I to judge if this is right or wrong. Maybe we are supposed to bear one anothers burdens <em><span style="color: black;">Galatians 6:2 Bear one another's burdens, and so fulfill the law of Christ.</span> </em></span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">and open our hands to the needy and poor <span style="color: #990000;"> <span style="color: black;"><em>Deuteronomy 15:11</em> <em>For there will never cease to be poor in the land. Therefore I command you, ‘You shall open wide your hand to your brother, to the needy and to the poor, in your land.’</em></span> </span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">Today I feel like I have a better understanding....... every story and circumstance is different and I don't have to understand it, I shouldn't try to. Our job is to be there to help. To support her as she heals physically and emotionally and to continue to support Mimi's house who has opened a home for children like Emily who deserve a chance and a forever family.</span><br />
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<br />Mission Statementhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13385639056061384279noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7006020692092477129.post-67852030141256434962012-12-25T17:51:00.001-07:002012-12-25T17:54:54.945-07:00Merry Christmas<span style="font-size: large;">This Christmas was a little different for the Cherry family. We didn't have many decorations, but we love our very little Christmas tree that we do have.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">We didn't bake Christmas cookies with my family and the cousins, but some new good friends invited us over to make cookies. </span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;"></span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">We didn't go to the candle light service on Christmas Eve and then enjoy dinner with our family, but some friends invited us to their Christmas Eve celebration and we all had a great time.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">It didn't snow Christmas Eve, but we saw the most AMAZING firework show we had ever seen. Words can not even explain how amazing it was.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">We didn't wake up Christmas morning and open presents with the whole family watching, but we were incredibly blessed to have Sean's Mom , Aunt and Uncle join us here for Christmas and share in the joy of the kids opening their gifts.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">We didn't get dressed up and join the entire family for a Christmas meal and games today, but we had some good friends that we shared a Christmas lunch with and celebrated a common interest of the new baby home getting ready to open.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">Though many things were different this year one thing remains CHRISTmas is a celebration of the birth of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ! So in a different country, with different traditions, we celebrate Him!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Calibri;">The <strong><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span style="color: lime;">Season </span>of <span style="color: red;">G</span><span style="color: red;">iving</span></span></strong> has always been a happy time of year
for me! I love giving gifts to people, gifts that have meaning and bring a
smile to their face. As a child it always felt better to receive the gift than
to give it. Not for my nephews, I am so proud of them! </span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Calibri; font-size: large;">My oldest nephews Cody and Austin have led their church two
times in collecting items for “the least of these” in Guatemala.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The first time they collected shoes for kids
in a village and the second time they collected baby supplies for the new baby
home. Both times it was their idea and they took the initiative to get their
church involved.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Calibri; font-size: large;">Then there are my youngest nephews, Jacob and Andrew. They
were saving up their money to buy a new video game. When the opportunity came
for them to give a little money to help the baby home get started, they came to
their parents, with their little piggy banks and they decided to give ALL their
money to the baby home!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Calibri; font-size: large;">During this <span style="font-size: x-large;"><span style="color: lime;">S</span><strong><span style="color: lime;">eason</span> of <span style="color: red;">G</span><span style="color: red;">iving</span></strong></span> I am asking you to consider
giving a small gift to help get supplies we need for the baby home. We need
cribs, window coverings, high chairs, changing tables, diapers, formula, and
rocking chairs to just name a few things. This is all stuff that we are
required to have to open up the baby home. We can’t do this on our own.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Calibri; font-size: large;">I have a goal to raise $<span style="color: lime; font-size: x-large;"><strong>5</strong></span>000 by Christmas! If 1000 people
gave $<span style="color: red; font-size: x-large;"><strong>5</strong></span>, that is all it would take! I know there are needs everywhere,
including right where you are. That is why I am asking everyone to play a small
part and maybe ask <span style="color: lime; font-size: x-large;"><strong>5</strong></span> of your friends to do the same? In <span style="color: red; font-size: x-large;"><strong>5</strong></span> minutes, you can make
a donation online or stick it in the mail and help bring the abandoned babies
of Guatemala home! Please know that 100% of your donation will go directly to
the baby home. Gifts for the baby home are not used to support our family.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Calibri; font-size: large;">For your <span style="color: lime; font-size: x-large;"><strong>5</strong></span> min donation go to </span><a href="https://www.justgive.org/basket?acton=donate&ein=26-3624540"><span style="color: blue; font-family: Calibri; font-size: large;">https://www.justgive.org/basket?acton=donate&ein=26-3624540</span></a><span style="font-family: Calibri; font-size: large;">
and put baby home in the “designate donation” box. Or you can mail it to<span style="font-family: Times New Roman;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">:</span></span></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Calibri; font-size: large;">IF you decide to participate in this tax deductible donation
and get other people to do the same, please share your stories with us as it is
such an encouragement to us! You can email us at
cherryfamily@photasministries.com</span></div>
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</span>Mission Statementhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13385639056061384279noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7006020692092477129.post-7463141964745224412012-11-24T13:16:00.001-07:002012-11-24T13:25:18.330-07:00Not just holding babies<a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-EqsDg_cas4M/ULEsMJHx33I/AAAAAAAAAhQ/cCKK3_OGo3o/s1600/Nov+24,+2012+1:20:53+PM.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="240" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-EqsDg_cas4M/ULEsMJHx33I/AAAAAAAAAhQ/cCKK3_OGo3o/s320/Nov+24,+2012+1:20:53+PM.jpg" width="320" /></a>Well, we got the baby home and are moving forward! A couple weeks ago we stepped foot into the future baby home for the first time. Since then we have been busy! With help of our Guatemalan friends, we have been cleaning and painting and cleaning and cutting down trees and cleaning and slowly purchasing things we need in the house, and working to get hot water (still don't have) and cleaning some more. <br />
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It has been a busy couple weeks but I have seen a transformation in this home and in only a couple weeks! It's amazing! I am amazed at how hard these people work and how many countless hours they have willingly put in. What a difference they have made.<br />
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One of the projects we did with a few of our friends that were here visiting us was to help carry blocks to the area where our new team house is being built. Just so you know, these block are heavy. These men that work here carry these around like it's no big deal. Me on the other hand, I thought I might die! I was sweating and hurting and had blisters all over my hands.<br />
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Isn't that how we are? We always want to see what's on the other side. We want to know the results or when it will end. I think sometimes God allows us to not see because that is what is better for us. I can think of many things that I wouldn't have done if I knew how hard it would be but then in the end, I was glad I did it.<br />
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<span class="note">So as we move forward with getting the baby home ready, <strong><em>2 Corinthians 5:7 "For we live by believing and not by seeing.".</em></strong> We trust His word, His plan and His way.</span><br />
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<span class="note">For those of you that think all we do is hold babies everyday, you now know that is not true. :)</span><br />
<span class="note">I did manage to get some baby time in and met a sweet little baby boy that is a year old. He was recently taken to an orphanage because his mom tried to sell him to a man and the police found out about it. This sweet little boy stole my heart. His beautiful eye, with long lashes were full of tears and fear. They had taken him to a Dr and said he had worms and was malnourished. I know he will be ok because the lady that runs the orphanage is amazing and she will make sure he is cared for. </span><br />
<span class="note">But I just don't get it and it continues to break my heart. <strong><em>2 Corinthians 5:7 "For we live by believing and not by seeing.".</em></strong></span>Mission Statementhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13385639056061384279noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7006020692092477129.post-17506012673435001692012-11-07T21:28:00.002-07:002012-11-07T21:28:15.410-07:00How quickly we forget
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grade girls. Today the speaker in chapel talked about the bible story where
Jesus and his disciples were on a boat and a big storm came up. While the
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decided to go have lunch. While we were sitting in the restaurant eating we
noticed that we were having an earthquake. Now this happens often in Guatemala,
we have felt 4 in the short time we have been here. We looked around the restaurant
and noticed other people looking around too. The earth quake kept going and
started to get progressively worse. As we looked around, we started to notice fear on
everyone’s faces. As it continued to get worse and we heard dishes
breaking on the floor, a panic filled the room. People started diving under tables and
running out of the restaurant. My friend grabbed my hand and we ran out as fast
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I was shaking terribly and couldn’t even eat my lunch. I sat in the chair
worrying about whether or not it would happen again, and what if it was worse
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<span style="font-family: Calibri;">Just 1 hour before this 7.5 earthquake, we had just heard a message,
that when everything was ok, made me feel safe and strong, like I could conquer
the world with Jesus by my side. Why is it that when we are in the storm, it is
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Some people are very happy with the results and others are feeling discouraged
and maybe even fearful. For some people, this could feel like a storm. If we
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Mission Statementhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13385639056061384279noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7006020692092477129.post-49324830270500068662012-10-15T17:43:00.004-06:002012-10-15T17:48:35.329-06:00Please pray for this little girlToday we have heavy eyes, but even heavier hearts. Last night a little girl, 2 1/2 years old was dropped off at Mimi's House. Not for a couple hours, for the rest of her life. Her Mom did not want to care for her anymore. Within a matter of 30 minutes this little girls world was turned upside down. <br />
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As we all tried hard to distract her, nothing worked. She continued to cry for "Mama" and point in the direction where she knew she had last seen her Mom. Words can not even describe this moment. The fear in her eyes was indescribable. Eventually she gave up the fight, buried herself in my chest and fell asleep. <br />
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As I layed in bed with her, I could not fall asleep. I was so sad for this little precious girl. I tried to come up with every reason in my mind why this happens. Nothing made sense to me. As I began to pray for her and her mother, I started to think about the message we had just heard at Church an hour before she arrived here. We had been going through a series called "When God?" by Andy Stanley for the last three weeks. He tells the story of Lazaras, a man Jesus said was the greatest who ever lived. And yet, even this man struggled with God's inattentiveness. But the story of Jesus raising Lazarus from the dead offers a picture of hope in the midst of a hopeless situation. If we continue to trust God through our pain or lack of understanding, he will eventually show His glory.<br />
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Today, I have seen His glory! As I played a small part in helping this sweet little girl adjust last night, I knew that my role moving forward would be different. As much as I would LOVE to be the person to fill the void in this lovable girls life, I know that I can not commit to being here with her the rest of her life. But God has given me a front row seat to see an awesome ministry with BEAUTIFUL people who have stepped up for this girl in such a short time with short notice.<br />
They took her to the Doctor today and determined she was pretty sick with an ear infection, throat infection a fever and a bad cough. She started her medicine and is a different girl this afternoon! They have played with her, hugged her and made her smile.<br />
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She was not safe where she was but by the Glory of God, She is safe and with her forever family at Mimi's House!!<br />
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<br />Mission Statementhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13385639056061384279noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7006020692092477129.post-87688819269039960052012-10-03T15:55:00.003-06:002012-10-03T15:55:58.073-06:00Back on track<br />
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I haven’t written a blog post for a couple weeks because I wasn’t sure what to say. I didn’t want everyone to know that I was having second thoughts. Second thoughts about why we sold everything and why we moved our family here. I was having second thoughts about helping start this baby home. I kept asking myself “what was I thinking? Who am I to think we could get enough money to help start a baby home? We are not good at fundraising, or asking for money. Why in the world did I think this was a good idea? Surely this all wasn’t from God, right?" This is what the last couple of weeks has consisted of for me.</div>
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I got so caught up in the circumstances around me the past two weeks. Aubryella, (our 5 year old) has been crying at school almost every day and struggling with some anxiety and fear. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I allowed my insecurities/fears about asking people to support the baby home financially overcome me. I got scared and I lost focus. </div>
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<span style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;">As I think about the issue of babies being abandoned here, and as we work toward opening this Family Style Home for abandoned babies, I pray that God can use all of us to help write their story. I pray this home can be a place that will lead them to a story of life in Him. I pray that God will bring people who want to be a part of their story, to pray for them, care for them and help support them.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: small;">We invite you to help care for the babies of Guatemala who have been abandoned! There are many ways you can partner with us. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: small;">Most important, we need you to lift this project up in <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">PRAYER</b>. This is big but we know God is bigger. With your prayer support, we know the paper work (already in progress) will be finished in a timely manner. The upfront costs will pour in as needed and we will overcome the spiritual battle that can sometimes come with a project like this. We also ask you to pray that His will be done, not our own.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: small;">We would love for you to send <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">TEAMS </b>that can assist with fixing up the house that we will be renting for the Baby Home. We should have the house by Nov 1st! The teams can bring supplies for the babies. Most of the stuff needed is much cheaper to get in the US. Once we have the babies, the teams can come and share the love of Jesus with them and the staff. The profit from the Guest House will help fund the home.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: small;">This project will be requiring <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">FINANCIAL SUPPORT. </b>We are asking people to pray about a monthly faith promise they can commit to the project. We are praying the Guest House will eventually support the home, but to get it going we will need financial supporters. Please see below the approx cost of running this home. </span></div>
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Mission Statementhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13385639056061384279noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7006020692092477129.post-55972081584879579862012-08-24T09:09:00.000-06:002012-08-24T09:15:47.691-06:00Becoming Dependent<a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-lMdMVCYdG6M/UDeXR8PHAdI/AAAAAAAAAZ0/EQxM3WtTQDo/s1600/293061_4201450470696_930565475_n.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" height="200" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-lMdMVCYdG6M/UDeXR8PHAdI/AAAAAAAAAZ0/EQxM3WtTQDo/s200/293061_4201450470696_930565475_n.jpg" width="150" /></a>Well, we did it! We got all three girls through their first week of school. Here is a picture of them on their first day. We had our first night of Youth Group Wednesday night. Did I mention Sean was asked by our Pastor here to be the youth group leader? I am so proud of him! The first night of youth group was great! Getting through all of these things might not seem like much but let me tell you, when you are living in a third world country that is new to you, all of the accomplishments are HUGE!<br />
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Today as I was driving the kids to school, (I said I would never drive here) I was scared for our lives! It was crazy! Now hear me on this, the path to school is not a bad one (compared to other routes) and it is fairly close the where we live but my goodness, it adds 15 grey hairs to my head every time I drive it! There are lanes here but nobody uses them and there are turn signals but they are optional and I think there might be a speed limit but I have never seen one and I am pretty sure nobody else has either. <br />
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Last night as I prepared myself for today's drive to school I realized something...... I am becoming very dependent. I am becoming VERY dependent on God! This kind of dependency is new to me. Don't get me wrong, I prayed before we came here and I <em>tried</em> to rely on God but it was different. Living in Colorado, I had everything I needed. It was easy to get to where I needed to go or to get what I needed. It was easy to go to the Dr if we needed. If there was ever a problem we could call 911 and trust all the people that showed up to help us. There was very little <em>need </em>there. <br />
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Things are different here. I completely depend on God to get us to and from school or anywhere else we are going. To bring my husband home safely from the airport at 4:00am in the morning. To protect us from getting sick if we eat something that wasn't prepared correctly. To give us strength to deal with the severe poverty that we see all around us. Strength to care for the children we work with at orphanages, some who are sick or some longing for a mommy and daddy. I have become dependent on God bringing me peace when I miss my family and friends or when our family and friends are hurting and we can't be there for them because we are so far away. I have no control here over anything.<br />
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To be honest, it is a little scary to not have control but everyday that I can give up a little more and become a little more dependent, I feel a little more peace. It is starting to make sense to me! A good friend reminded me today.......<br />
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Without Him, I can truly do nothing!</span>Mission Statementhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13385639056061384279noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7006020692092477129.post-59400052086924774882012-08-06T22:25:00.000-06:002012-08-06T22:25:56.563-06:00Thank you for the prayersOne of the craziest things I have seen here is the number of people who drive at nights without their lights on! The streets here aren't well lit, there are a lot of curves in the road and the traffic is usually moving at a very fast pace. It is so scary!! People go flying around a curve with little time to stop and you can not see the cars without lights until you are almost on top of them! There is a reason cars have lights, right?<br />
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The other day a friend asked me how we do it. She had googled Guatemala to try and learn more about it and she wondered how we could live hear and not be afraid.<br />
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As I thought about this question I realized we don't do it. We are completely dependant on Jesus and prayer. The prayer support that we are getting from friends, family and even people we don't know, is what helps keep us going.<br />
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If I really stop and think about where we are, what we are doing, how will we do it, it would be easy to live here in fear. Almost everything we do here could lead us to some level of fear. We all feel peace here. Don't get me wrong, it has not all been easy and there have been moments of fear but for the most part we have chosen faith instead. There have been some nights of little sleep and a lot of prayer but we have been able to wake up to a new day of comfort and peace. It is truly amazing and hard for me to describe.<br />
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<em><strong>Luke 18:1</strong>Then Jesus told his disciples a parable to show them that they should always pray and not give up.</em><br />
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Getting through a day without prayer; would be like driving in the dark, really fast, around curves, without lights. SCARY! Thank you for being 'lights' for us. <br />
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So for everyday and everything we do, we will continue to pray.<br />
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<strong>Psalm 55:17</strong>Evening and morning, and at noon, I will pray and cry aloud; and He shall hear my voice.Mission Statementhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13385639056061384279noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7006020692092477129.post-66816997521772664742012-07-31T13:01:00.001-06:002012-07-31T20:33:31.785-06:00An Invitation to Guatemala from Eduardo Ramos<span style="font-family: "Courier New", Courier, monospace;">Hello to all who visit this blog. My name is Eduardo Ramos I am from Guatemala City and this time my friend Tiffany gave me the opportunity to share with you in the blog.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Courier New", Courier, monospace;">I want to tell you about my country is a very nice place with big mountains and volcanoes, plains, lakes, rivers, pleasant weather is called "The Land of Eternal Spring". The people are very friendly and somewhat dare I say "happy." But there is something called poverty is a disease that affects my country and in most cases the children die for lack of food. Actually not only poverty is the country that attacks so is the lack of education, health and safety, these being the most relevant points. That's why with your help and God will make a big change, not that I mean you end up with all the bad but we will impact many lives and share the love of Christ.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Courier New", Courier, monospace;">We are beginning to work in an area called Cerro Alto, Chimaltengo. In it we are building houses (since most live in houses made of cane and metal roof where in winter the water is filtered making this an unsuitable place to live), installing wood-saving stoves (in this place cooked over an open fire using wood and smoke affects people), cages for chickens (do this for people to have an income because they need to care for the chickens, feed them and when they sell a healthy weight buy more and so on, almost business) and share with the children at school.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Courier New", Courier, monospace;">By this I invite you to come and share with people how much Christ loves us and He is so great that we never imagined traveling hundreds of miles to change the lives of many people. I thank you for taking the time to read this and tell them they are always welcome.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Courier New", Courier, monospace;">With love, God bless you always.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Courier New", Courier, monospace;">John 3:16</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "Courier New", Courier, monospace;"> For God so loved the world that he gave his one and only Son, that whoever believes in him shall not perish but have eternal life.</span><br />
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The Dr began too look her over and started to speak to the parents......... Eduardo (my translator) didn't say a word but I knew why. I was able to pick up enough Spanish to hear the Dr say that Kelly was severely malnourished. the Dr then asked the parents how many other children they had and they told her 10 more. The Dr firmly but nicely told them that was a problem. She said it is very expensive to care for one kid well, let alone 11 kids total. She told them to tell all their friends and family the same. The room was silent.<br />
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The Dr said that her scabies were gone, she saw the scars from them. What is left on her and still causing her discomfort is mainly due to malnutrition and too much sun. Se asked the family to bring Kelly back next Friday to meet with a nutritionist. she also told them it is necessary for them to put sun block on her 3 times a day.<br />
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This is hard thing and you see it here a lot, families with a lot of children. Life is hard and it is hard to properly care for all your kids when you have so many. I think some of it is due to a lack of education. Please hear my heart on this, they are very good people, they work very hard for their family. The dad works all the time and the Mom gets up at 3:30am every day to make tortillas to sell. All this to make ends meet and provide as much as they can for their family. I can tell they love their children very much.<br />
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Please continue to pray for this family. Pray that they will bring her back next Friday to see the nutritionist.Mission Statementhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13385639056061384279noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7006020692092477129.post-45815242996220665002012-07-26T16:51:00.000-06:002012-07-26T16:51:10.588-06:00A post from Sean, written last night<br />
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<span style="font-family: Calibri;">Tonight there is an unsettled feeling about us and a stark
reminder that we have an adversary who desperately wants to distract us from
slowing down to love the people of Guatemala.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>I’m not one to look for Satan “under every rock,” but tonight, after a
series of frustrations, distractions and strange issues to deal with I know we
need the prayer and support of those back home who are in the all-important role
of covering us in prayer.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Calibri;">I’ve been learning about “loving one another” at our Sunday
night church, as well as in reading John’s gospel and letters.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>God tells us bluntly if we want to be a
disciple, then love one another.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Today I
both struggled to do that and excelled at that.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>I failed in loving my wife very well today, was distracted by issues
with my business at home and a plethora of appliances etc breaking here and at
our house in Colorado today, and thrown into a difficult situation by the
abrupt firing of our Guatemalan maid by our landlord.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Calibri;">All this is taking place while we’re trying to focus on a
very poor family from a village we chose to love by inviting them into our home
and to needed medical care out of reach for their beautiful scabie-ridden
daughter.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Calibri;">We have spoken of 5 year old Kelly before.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>She has been plagued by a chronic and severe
case of scabies (we know all about scabies after Tiffany got them at an
orphanage in Haiti).<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>We have provided
medicine at a cost less than most of us spent out at lunch today, but with no
clean water or change of clothes at her dirt-floor house there’s little hope of
beating the scabies. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Calibri;">So we brought her family to our home today… shared a meal
and as much conversation as we could.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>They are very appreciative.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>In
the morning we will take them to get medical care for their girl, some new
scabie-free clothes and hopefully some education on how to fend off these
aggravating bugs.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Calibri;">As I tried tonight to focus on showing God’s love to this
family I found my mind and my feet pulled in so many directions.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I know God’s enemy doesn’t like when His
disciples do the simplistic thing of slowing down to look the “least of these”
level in the eye and meet a basic need.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>Imagine if I and all the others I “share a pew” with did this on a
regular basis?<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Satan would be quite
unsettled.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Calibri;">Tonight,<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>l’m thankful
for those of<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>you keeping us in prayer,
those of you looking level into the eyes of someone in your “village,” and one
or two of you that might pray that Kelly can beat these scabies very soon.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Calibri;">“… let us love one another, for love comes from God.”<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>1 Jn 4:7</span></div>Mission Statementhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13385639056061384279noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7006020692092477129.post-85046503248164810582012-07-14T22:02:00.002-06:002012-07-14T22:02:23.331-06:00"Just Jump"On Friday we went Zip Lining through the jungle near lake Atitlan. This was my first time going zip lining so Thursday night leading up to this adventure I was a bit nervous. I had crazy dreams that night about it and woke up thinking, this is crazy, we should not do this in another country.<br />
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Once we got there we had a 20 min hike up the mountain. It was beautiful! We saw a monkey and water falls, it was amazing! This helped keep my mind off what we were about to do. We make it to the top and there is a line of people waiting to get hooked to the cable. As I am standing in line I am thinking, this is crazy... I need to just hike back down this mountain and call it good. The line was moving quickly and soon it was my turn. The guide calls me up. I stepped up and I completely froze. The guide hooked me up and said, "Go" I couldn't move..... He said , "just jump".... JUST JUMP?!?!?!?!? ARE YOU KIDDING ME?!? If the equipment fails me I will be jumping to my death. <br />
At this point, with the encouragement of my husband and some friends, I realized I had to just jump, there was no turning around. So I jumped, I held my breathe and closed my eyes and jumped. two seconds in, I opened my eyes to see if i was still alive, I was, and it was AMAZING!!! It was like flying through the jungle! I loved it (good thing because we had to do it 7 more times to make it to the bottom)!<br />
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This is a lot like life. I was so scared to do something I had never done before but the reward of doing it was so great! Sometimes you have to"just jump". So we are going to jump. We are going to move forward with starting a baby home here. It won't be easy, and I am scared because I don't know how we will make it happen. We don't have an extra $4000 a month for all the expenses, but we are going to jump knowing that God's does not fail us and His word is our encouragement.</div>
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<span class="text Jas-1-27" id="en-NIV-30294">Religion that God our Father accepts as pure and faultless is this: to look after <sup class="crossreference" value="(<a href="#cen-NIV-30294A" title="See cross-reference A">A</a>)"></sup> orphans and widows <sup class="crossreference" value="(<a href="#cen-NIV-30294B" title="See cross-reference B">B</a>)"></sup> in their distress and to keep oneself from being polluted by the world. </span><br />
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<span class="text Jas-1-27"><strong><span style="font-size: large;">Matthew 25:34-40</span></strong></span><br />
<span class="text Jas-1-27">"Then the King will say to those on his right, ‘Come, you who are blessed by my Father; take your inheritance, the kingdom <sup class="crossreference" value="(<a href="#cen-NIV-24043E" title="See cross-reference E">E</a>)"></sup> prepared for you since the creation of the world. <sup class="crossreference" value="(<a href="#cen-NIV-24043F" title="See cross-reference F">F</a>)"></sup> <span class="text Matt-25-35" id="en-NIV-24044"><span class="woj"><sup class="versenum">35 </sup>For I was hungry and you gave me something to eat, I was thirsty and you gave me something to drink, I was a stranger and you invited me in, <sup class="crossreference" value="(<a href="#cen-NIV-24044G" title="See cross-reference G">G</a>)"></sup> </span></span> <span class="text Matt-25-36" id="en-NIV-24045"><span class="woj"><sup class="versenum">36 </sup>I needed clothes and you clothed me, <sup class="crossreference" value="(<a href="#cen-NIV-24045H" title="See cross-reference H">H</a>)"></sup> I was sick and you looked after me, <sup class="crossreference" value="(<a href="#cen-NIV-24045I" title="See cross-reference I">I</a>)"></sup> I was in prison and you came to visit me.’ <sup class="crossreference" value="(<a href="#cen-NIV-24045J" title="See cross-reference J">J</a>)"></sup> </span></span> </span><br />
<span class="text Matt-25-37" id="en-NIV-24046"><span class="woj"><sup class="versenum">37 </sup></span></span> <span class="text Matt-25-38" id="en-NIV-24047"><span class="woj"><sup class="versenum">38 </sup>When did we see you a stranger and invite you in, or needing clothes and clothe you?</span></span> <span class="text Matt-25-39" id="en-NIV-24048"><span class="woj"><sup class="versenum">39 </sup>When did we see you sick or in prison and go to visit you?’</span></span><br />
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Here is a picture of another precious child we met. This is Angel, he is approx 20 days old and was abandoned at the hospital by his mother who said she could not care for him. This story is very common here.<br />
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In 2008 International Adoptions from Guatemala shut down and still have not opened back up. This has caused a huge problem in Guatemala. Most orphanages are full with not enough staff. The number of children being placed in homes has not gone down, yet they are no longer being adopted out. There has been a rise in babies being abandoned all over the place. Whether it be on the side of the road or in the hospital, the number of babies needing care has gone up. When you visit a babies home here there are a lot of babies with only a few staff. These women work so hard without vacation days yet it is impossible for every baby to get the attention they need on a daily basis.<br />
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Dr. Karyn Purvis is the Director of the Institute of Child Development at Texas Christian University (TCU), she states,” As revealed in Scripture and confirmed by science, all humans are designed as relational beings. Yet ‘children from hard places’ miss out on so much of the nurture and development that is ideal and serves to build a strong foundation of trust early in life.” She also talks about how Through play, children learn to develop the social and emotional skills they need to succeed in life. She talks about touch and how touch is a universal language - more dynamic and powerful than any other form of communication. More than an integral part of everyday life. Touch is essential to our very existence. <br />
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We have been asked by the Greene family/Catalyst Resources International <a href="http://www.catalystresources.net/mimishouse.html">http://www.catalystresources.net/mimishouse.html</a> to partner with them in opening a babies home. <br />
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We first met the Greene’s when we adopted Aubryella 5 years ago. They are well established missionaries here and have been running a ministry called Mimi’s House. The girls at Mimi’s House have come to them from difficult family circumstances. Mimi's House provides a positive Christian atmosphere in a family-style environment. The girls of Mimi's House are able to prosper in ways that would never have been possible in the world of extreme poverty in which they lived. It is their desire to see these girls receive a Christian bilingual education that will position them for a better life!<br />
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Mimi’s House has seen a need and through much prayer has decided to move forward in opening up a babies home. This will be a Christian home with a family-style environment where Guatemalans will be hired to care for approx 4 babies. The house parents/staff will be trained on the importance of holding the child, nurturing the child and also providing proper nutrition and education for the children as they grow. They hope to open their first home within the year but then to be able to duplicate this model all over Guatemala.<br />
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Please join us in prayer as we partner with the Greene’s in opening the first baby home. Please also pray about how you can be a part of this with us.Mission Statementhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13385639056061384279noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7006020692092477129.post-62935503857818283142012-07-02T20:04:00.000-06:002012-07-02T20:04:02.180-06:00Our first week here and sweet KellyWe made it through our first week. It's amazing how everyday gets a little easier. Last Sunday when we arrived, I couldn't imagine ever feeling comfortable in this new house. The smells are different, the noise is different, the humidity is different. As I sit here tonight writing this post, I realize the smells have become normal (at least most of them), the noises have faded to the background and I am figuring out ways to get use to all the things that humidity causes like smelly towels, sticky tile floors, stretched out clothes etc. What seemed impossible a week ago, seems much smaller today. I hope I can apply this to everything we come across in this journey, the impossible is possible and the light is always there. It may take time to see it but it is there. <br />
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This first week was packed with visiting a babies home, visiting a village, serving at a feeding center, going to a quinceanera for one of the orphans turning 15, teaching songs to children at another children's home and so much more. Each day packed with a lot of stories to share. <br />
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One thing that is standing out in my mind is a story of a little girl named Kelly that we met in the village. Kelly is a 5 year old beautiful girl (the size of a three year old). We met a lot of kids in the village that day but Kelly stood out because she was covered in scabies. She had them all over her face, her lips, all around her eyes. They covered her arms and legs. For those that aren't sure what scabies are, it is a little bug that burrows under your skin and causes major discomfort and makes you very itchy. I can say this speaking from experience. The children at the orphanage in Haiti all were covered in scabies. On one of our trips to Haiti, I got scabies. I had to lather in a cream every night before I went to bed. I had a pill I would take every day. I had to wash my sheets every morning and wash my towels after one use. As soon as I changed my clothes I had to throw them in the wash. I showered often. This was the only way to get rid of them. Mine never got even close to as bad as the children in Haiti or Kelly's.<br />
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This day in the village, Kelly clung to our daughter Alyssa but you could tell as happy as she was to have a new friend, she was very itchy and uncomfortable. Through a translator I asked her if she had any medicine for the scabies and she said yes, she had a cream but it wasn't helping. We asked if she could take us to meet her mom so we could see if we could help her. She gladly took us to her home. Her home was three walls with a tin roof. The floor was the dirt on the ground. We asked her mother if it would be ok for us to go to a pharmacy and see if they had any other medicine that would help her. She agreed and was happy that we offered. The pharmacist gave us a medicine that is stronger then the cream and would hopefully help but she really needed to have hot showers and wash her bedding and clothes in hot water often. Unfortunately, they don't have the access to hot water like we do in the states. <br />
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I am sure glad I had scabies because now I know what Kelly. <br />I pray that the medicine is helping her and her scabies are gone. Please join us in praying for sweet little Kelly and her family. We will check on her soon to see if the medicine is working.Mission Statementhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13385639056061384279noreply@blogger.com4