What started off as a list of about 15 children has dwindled down to 2 or 3...
It's frusterating, I admit it. There's many obstacles for these children to overcome during the summer: sometimes, their parents make them work with them at the open markets, which mean long hours and little money, the boys have fútbol practice , others simply want to take advantage of the cool evening air after being cooped up inside all day hiding from the blistering sun. A couple of the parents have also simply banned their children from coming because of behavioural problems...
Whether or not they have an excuse doesn't interest me much, however I long to see the Lord's hand in this in the long run. The hard part is that I may not see much, if any, fruit from being here this year... but the Lord is faithful and His plans are perfect.
Jessica on top, from left to right, Mikaela, Camilla and Belen
The kids club is held in Jessica's house, Mikaela and Cami live next door and Belen is banned from coming.
It's frusterating, I admit it. There's many obstacles for these children to overcome during the summer: sometimes, their parents make them work with them at the open markets, which mean long hours and little money, the boys have fútbol practice , others simply want to take advantage of the cool evening air after being cooped up inside all day hiding from the blistering sun. A couple of the parents have also simply banned their children from coming because of behavioural problems...
Whether or not they have an excuse doesn't interest me much, however I long to see the Lord's hand in this in the long run. The hard part is that I may not see much, if any, fruit from being here this year... but the Lord is faithful and His plans are perfect.
Jessica on top, from left to right, Mikaela, Camilla and Belen
The kids club is held in Jessica's house, Mikaela and Cami live next door and Belen is banned from coming.
The next 3 are sisters and live next door to the kids club... Mikaela is the 3rd born of the family. She's a determined little girl, slightly shy, until she feels completely accepted, then there's no stopping her.
Flor is the baby of the family, she is VERY loud and loves to scream at the top of her lungs and can be heard all the way from the fútbol fields about 7 or 8 houses down from her house
Camilla is the 2nd child, as you can probably tell in the picture she is very shy, the complete opposite of her baby sister. I've maybe heard her say a sentence the whole time I've been there. Her faint whispers and determination to sing her favorite song "brilla mis ojos Señor", which doesn't actually exist are the highlight of the hour for me. She really wants to sing "brilla Jesus (shine, Jesus, shine)" or "abre mis ojos Señor (open the eyes of my heart)"... we're still trying to help her to realize they're 2 different songs.
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