outreach

So are finally getting a schedule for the coming weeks which is awesome. We will be working with a local orphanage with kids that have HIV and AIDS as well as going to a school and helping them as well. The orphanage where we will be working has a hospic and while some of these kids will return to their families other will not. We will go back next week and really get a grasp of what we will be doing and which group of kids we will be working with. Talking to the woman at the orphanage I was reminded how we as people supporting these places want to only send toys when in reality they need money for food and clothing and things for the kids. The woman told us how they have an overstock of toys but last month they were praying that the Lord would provide money for food and things but businesses would send money for certain things like buidlings. It was a good reminder for myself when I heard that.

When we go to the school we will be helping teachers and kids with work. Those few months in the spring of tutoring have come in handy. The school houses the kids monday through friday and then they go back to their homes on the weekend. As a private school they are able to teach the kids about Christ. The school is small and underfunded but it is their goal to help these kids further their education and see them go on to high school. I am looking forward to working more with them and continuing to work with the youth at church.

We have been here a short time but we can already see God working. We will be joining a group of people in our apartment complex for a weekly time of prayer and we were able to join them last night. It was amazing to be welcomed into their home and just pray with them and get to know them. I am again so thankful for this oppurtunity to be here and work with all these people. Thank you again for your continued prayers and support. Pray that we all stay healthy and that we would be part of the right outreach, the one God wants us at and not where we would like to be. I am learning that my idea of where I thought I would like to work and where GOd would have me are two different things. Coming into this I wanted to work with older high schoolers maybe young adults but have found the middle school age/early high school to be where I am at. I've been able to see in the past week how God had been preparing me for the work that we will be doing. For all those times that I thought I was just taking a job to stay busy before i left or the different trails God has lead me through He was shaping me and preparing me for this. Even those times when I disliked hospic (not the people, Kim was great, but what it ultimitaly ment) I never thought that one day I would be working with them, even for a short time. Thanks again for the prayers!