Lots of News

This is our precious little Danna Carolina, our new baby at the base. She is almost two weeks old now and she is more ridiculously precious than should be allowed.

In other news, it was announced on Friday that I will be leading a team to the coast for outreach. This was a huge surprise for me since I haven't been working with the school. But the other leader is starting another school that will run through outreach and they needed another leader. I will be leading with two other girls (which will be a HUGE blessing, since one of them is Rachel and we work amazingly well together). We will be working at a medical brigade for Colombian refugees in Tierra Adentro, and various places on the coast (Cordoba).

God is so cool. I love how He uses us to bless one another. The other day one of our students was crying. Rachel went to talked to her. She was discouraged about her team she was put on for outreach (with none of her friends), and confessed that she didn't have any of the necessary items for a part of training we do called NIKO. (It is kind of like a survival camp in the mountains). So Rachel and I gladly snuck out and went shopping for her to get her everything she needed. And when we got there, I just had it on my heart to go even beyond that to bless her with a couple of shirts (like most people who come, she has put on a little weight and her clothes are now too small). So we threw a couple of shirts in there, too. We snuck back into the house and I began writing her a letter to leave it all on her bed. God began to speak to me, and I wrote what I believe the Lord wanted to show her. We left it on her bed and went back to my room.

Shortly thereafter, she came home. Even from our room, we could hear shrieks and screaming. So we were thinking, "Cool, I am glad she liked it." A few minutes later she came in with tears running down her face. She choked out that she was going through so much at the moment. Her mom is in the States and hasn't been able to talk to her. In the letter I wrote her, I wrote, "Princess, don't worry." And bawling she explained how her mom is the only one who calls her Princess. God was so intimately taking care of her in the moment. Soooo cool.

God just works like that. It was so fun for Rachel and I. We were more than happy to help. God put the desire in our hearts and used it to bless her. So simple yet so rewarding.