i have officially been in honduras four days!! it feels so great to be back in this amazing country!! i love the girls on my team terra and christina!! they are so precious and we are getting along beautifully. the past two days we have visited the transitional home and today we visited the girls at casitas. they were all soooo beautiful!! as soon as i got there margerie (a girl at casitas) brought me a picture elizabeth had given her. after that i had about 50 girls run to me asking me if i was maria´s sister. they were all telling me how much they loved maria and how beautiful she was. (sweet lizzy, i definitely think you underestimated the impact you made on all of these girls. they absolutely adore you!!)
i was able to somewhat communicate with the girls. i will definitely blog more in depth after i spend more time with girls. :)
we have visited the girls at the transitional home the past two days. (they all remember you lizzy). they are really great girls. i have played the wii with them!! they are all so good at it. my competitive side has come out and the girls think it is so funny when i get mad and start talking to myself!! (thank you dad for my competitive side)
tomorrow we hope to visit nueva esperanza and las brisas. i absolutely cannot wait!! the Lord is already showing me and teaching me so much. i have never been more content in my surroundings. i love this place, i love these people, i love everything!! i would ask that you pray for me. i have struggled with some feelings of inadequacy. i have no idea if what i am saying and doing are what the girls need to hear. it is my prayer that God would guide my tongue and my heart.
even though the little spanish i speak is horrible, and i have a hard time understanding the girls, i trust that the Lord will work through me.
the Lord told Moses:
¨Who has made man´s mouth? Who makes him mute, or deaf, or seeing, or blind? Is it not I, the Lord? Now therefore go, and I will be with your mouth and teach you what you shall speak.¨ Exodus 4:11-12
thank you for taking this journey with me!!
i´ll update again as soon as i can!!
:)
Caitlin. I am so proud of you. I cannot wait to hear from you again. There are no words to express how thankful I am that you are getting to love on the girls i love and miss so much. You are just going to fall even more in love as time goes on. I love you so much!!
ReplyDeleteCaitlin,
ReplyDeleteI am so happy for you. I know this experience will stretch and encourage you in many ways. Praying for you.
Love,
Barb
Sweet Caitlin,
ReplyDeleteI'm praying for you! It is hilarious that YOU of all people are struggling with feeling of inadequacy. I understand the feelings, but let me just say that you are one of the most wonderful people I have ever known. God is going to move in you so powerfully you won't even know whats happening. I love you deeply from the heart. Can't wait to reunite in Auburn. You. are. precious.