My fourth day here at Grace Children’s Home. Today started a bit rough… I was feeling pretty lonely and overwhelmed and didn’t admit it to anyone who was asking me how I was or to myself for a long time. But when I finally realized that I really was longing for community I decided the least I could do would be to pray about it. The coolest thing was that by this evening I was sitting in Tia Helen and Tio Lionel’s (the house Grandparents) trailer chatting for a bit with them and another English speaking couple. It’s funny how even those 15 minutes were an answer to prayer. Thank You Lord for giving me exactly what I need.
Also, the food bank came today to deliver all kinds of foods to the house. This is good because the food shed was starting to run a bit low… I like the food they cook here and all, but tonight’s dinner of beans spread on a piece of bread wasn’t too appetizing. But now we have everything from poptarts to mac and cheese. Needless to say they don’t have a lot of fruits and vegetables here…although they have had a lot of apples and oranges lately. In fact, yesterday I discovered my Mexican version of apple pie: Cut apple into thin slices. Microwave for 45 seconds. Put cinnamon on top. Yum! Note: This apple recipe is NOT good in a corn tortilla!!! I love the apple and cinnamon creation. I love corn tortillas especially these ones that are still warm when you eat them. But the two just don’t go together : )
I love and miss all of you at home sososososo much! Pray that God speaks loudly and clearly to me here. Right now my brain is fuzzy from speaking Spanish and English and more Spanish so my conversations with God have been fuzzy too.
Another prayer request is that I help with a certain homework group at the school made up of a lot of the kids who have a lot of difficulty learning and who don’t listen very well. It can be really difficult to help them to get their work done on time. So I ask for them that God would soften their hearts and give them the desire to learn and the willingness to try. And for me and the other Tias, I ask for prayers for creativity and for encouragement that these kids will accept.
Until next time,
Tia Emily
3 comments:
So...it's like helping me, Casey or Mary in school with a language barrier. You have my sympathy.
Exactly!!! It's pretty intense : )
I've had zucchini cobbler, which was made the same way as apple cobbler without the apples. It tasted exactly the same. You may want to try it out if you have zucchini and no apples?
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