Tico Tuesday, February 5th

Happy Tuesday to you once more!

What a week it has been! The volunteer season has started up at the Bible Home, School starts tomorrow for all the children, last night we had our first meeting for camp leaders to reveal the theme and start preparing ourselves, today I translated in one of the houses and again in the evening for my landlord's family (since they used to be house parents and one of the volunteers who knew them came over to say hi)....whew! The pace of life at the Bible Home is really picking up again! This is good though, in many ways. The kids have been starting to get kind of stir crazy without having school, and everybody LOVES having volunteers around! They painted the entire school in two days! And had a dentist and hygienist seeing children all day yesterday and today. Then to have them in the houses playing and sharing with the kids and house families in the afternoons and evenings is just amazing! Place yourself in the children's shoes for a second: You're family is a mess, you don't know who your dad is, you've been abused in multiple ways, you're teased at school, you don't get good grades, and you don't get along with others easily. Then, someone comes to visit you from another country and without even being able to speak your language, this person loves on you, plays with you, gives you loads of attention and tells you about the love of Jesus. Wow! Can it get any better than that??? Praise God for our volunteers!
On a side note, I'd like to request prayer for a friend of mine who just lost her grandmother. I went through that 11 years ago and it was incredibly hard (and sometimes still is!). Please pray for God to give her peace and strength in this tough time, and for me to be a good, supportive friend to her.
Thanks!
Love,
Carrie