The Plans He Has For Me--

What an amazing week it has been! We had the opportunity on Wednesday to visit an orphanage for HIV positive children that we will be working at. As soon as we arrived there I just had this wonderful peace that this was a place I needed to be working for the next few months--we will be working with some of the hospice children in the mornings and then working on homework and hanging out with kids in the afternoon--I am so beyond excited about going back tomorrow and working with them! I can't wait to get to know these sweet kids are share the love of Christ with them and I know that they will probably be more of a blessing to me than I could ever be to them. That night we had the opportunity to go to our cell group bible study and it was amazing! I am so thankful that the Lord has blessed me with a great and loving church family while I am away from my own. They truly make me feel at home and are such an encouragement. Thursday we went to Aurora which is a school started by a lady from the church we attend here. It is about 30 minutes from where we live--Children come from shanty and shack towns a few miles away to attend school here. They are getting an amazing education compared to what they would be getting in their actual towns--however there are still things they need. Please pray for the people who are over the school and that the Lord will provide for their needs in amazing ways. The kids are so great--I am so thankful that the Lord is allowing me to work in places that He has given me a heart for! The weekend was interesting because I was a little sick, but I'm feeling much better now! Sunday at church the Lord just laid on my heart that having compassion for people is just not enough--we must act on it. It's not enough to just realize that people are hurting and in need--I must act in love and allow the Lord to use me to minister to them in however He sees fit! This week has been such a blessing and I have been so encouraged, as well as overwhelmed by the need for Him everywhere I look--Please continue to pray for us as we start a game night for people in our complex and strive to build relationships there. I can't wait to see what all He is going to do over the next few months! Thank you all so very much for your prayers and encouraging e-mails and messages. The Lord has blessed me beyond belief with wonderful friends and family who constantly encourage me! I am so thankful for my wonderful parents who get up every tuesday morning at2:30 just to talk to me and my awesome best friends who woke up this morning at 4 and waited til the internet was working at 5 just so we could talk. I can't express to all of you how much I love you and how big a role you are playing in what the Lord is doing here. I am only as strong as the prayers of the people around me and I am so thankful that I am surrounded by y'all!!! And I promise that more pictures will be posted next week!!