- I love the family I am staying with. I feel right at home and they treat me like family.
- I've learned a little humility in some of the jobs I have been given at my internship. I didn't think filing papers was that important but my dad reminded me that "Every job is important". I'm still working on this. I really just want to be the one storming into brothels with a righteous anger, rescuing broken soul after broken soul. I know this sounds a little unrealistic but I want to be with these beautiful women. I want to show them the love they have never seen before. I want to bring them to the ultimate Healer and Protector of their souls.
- I hate Michigan driving. Well, I hate Michigan "turn arounds". These are caused because there are one way streets that are divided by a middle section. In order to get to the other side (where the one-way street is going the way you want it to) you need to do a "turn around". There seems to never be enough room and I have hit the curb and backed up, gone in neutral, panicked and sat in the middle of the road. I am becoming a pro at waving out my window in gratitude. I drive the same route everyday, someone is bound to notice and avoid me. Thankfully I am off the highways and mergings and all the other nonsense the GPS took me on for the first two days. I have had the privilege of seeing many areas of Michigan I didn't think I would see, just because I like to get lost every time I am in the car. I just get lost all the time; it is a grand adventure.
- I've gone with my host mom a couple of times to the Hispanic center to tutor Spanish speakers in English. It is a good review for me and they are some of the sweetest, happiest and hard-working people. A man I have been working with, Raul, works from six in the morning to six at night milking cows and then he comes to the English class to study. I love being there with them and having this experience twice a week.
- I went to my first WAR party!!! My host mom put it on and I LOVED setting up for it. Pictures will come soon!
- I have learned a lot about the products at WAR because they have had me sorting and cataloging. The jewelry is so beautiful sometimes I just have to stare at these stones I have never seen before! I took a while to sort....they probably won't want me back in that department again :)
- The organization has a big product line on "Pearls of Hope" because pearls go through so much pressure, yet they come out beautiful. That is what these women are who have gone through slavery and trafficking. They are simply beautiful.
- Being two hours away from your cousin is quite nice for frequent visits!
- At the staff meeting, the President of WAR gave us basically a devotional while mixing in the stuff we needed to know for the week. She told us to not concentrate on how big our problems are but how big our God is. He is bigger than our problems and He will carry us through. Also, she told the story of Sweetie, a baby in South America that is in an awful situation. Her mom, a prostitute, bore her and the brothel owner will not let Sweetie be touched, except beaten when she cries, so that she will not know love. That way, Sweetie will know nothing but the prostitute way of living. They have tried to save her but nothing seems to be working. They did however manage to get the cord she was tied to the bed with and replaced it with a pack and play instead. The President opened a package she had gotten in the mail and it was the cord that had tied Sweetie so she wouldn't run away. Since I was sitting closest, I was given the cord to share with those around me. It was an emotional time as we prayed for Sweetie. Just as Rahab was saved and brought into the family of God with a scarlet cord, we prayed that Sweetie too would be saved with this red cord and brought into the family of God. Please pray for her. Pray that the angels keep her happy so she won't get beat and please pray for the brothel owner and that her heart will be turned and she'll let Sweetie go from the brothel. http://www.warinternational.org/
- I have been reminded how good God really is to me all the time and I am reminded to pray, pray, pray. For He hears us when we call and He WILL deliver.
Please pray for Sweetie and all those who are living in slavery right now, both spiritual and physical.
2 comments:
Glad you are having such a great experience! Miss your face.
And I miss yours!! It was such a great experience, can't wait to share it with you!
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