This morning the girls went to a spanish service at the church in Coronado. I stayed back at home to help Anna with a media related project. We recorded an update for her home church in Kentucky and for most of the day I have been importing, syncing, rendering and editing. I'm actually kinda excited about it. So excited and into it that I forgot to eat lunch. Whoops. So I ate around 4pm.
The girls returned from Coronado and we began to set up for Casa Agape Service... mopping, moving furniture, preparing coffee and coming up with ways to entertain the children who came. Casa Agape holds a service on sunday nights where friends from the streets and their families will come. There are also children who have come that have been trafficked and or sexually abused. It was such a blessing to get to love on those little boys and girls. Amy did some killer face painting and they were highly entertained by the yellow balloons we blew up... especially when it came to popping the balloons.
I got to sit in on a little bit of the service as a man gave his testimony entirely in spanish. (Sidenote: A little girl named Alyssa just came and sat in my lap. My heart melted.) Being in the speaking minority really provides me with the opportunity to hear and see and feel people's hearts without the words. It was the connecting of the holy spirit. Honestly it's really hard to describe... but there were points when something he said, although I didn't understand it with my ears... my heart understood and my spirit agreed. Wow. Yeah. I haven't thought any of this through until now. As I'm writing this I am processing this for the first time. I'm a little blown away. I think I just learned something. Sorry folks. Wow. Kay. This is awesome. A shout out to my BFF Mir Mir "Isn't God Awesome!" hahaha
During the week one of the guys from the streets had a birthday so Laura made chocolate cake for him.
The night felt a little crazy with everything going on at once and with sooooo many people all in one place but it was fun. After the night was through we cleaned up and then our team spent time upstairs in our apartment debriefing, fellowshipping and worshiping.
It's been a long day and tomorrow will most likely be the same :) I can't believe it has already been a week since I got here. Amy leaves tomorrow afternoon :( Then it will be the three of us girls till I leave next sunday. I'm not gonna think about that. I'm here and in the now and it has been such a wonderful thing.
The girls returned from Coronado and we began to set up for Casa Agape Service... mopping, moving furniture, preparing coffee and coming up with ways to entertain the children who came. Casa Agape holds a service on sunday nights where friends from the streets and their families will come. There are also children who have come that have been trafficked and or sexually abused. It was such a blessing to get to love on those little boys and girls. Amy did some killer face painting and they were highly entertained by the yellow balloons we blew up... especially when it came to popping the balloons.
I got to sit in on a little bit of the service as a man gave his testimony entirely in spanish. (Sidenote: A little girl named Alyssa just came and sat in my lap. My heart melted.) Being in the speaking minority really provides me with the opportunity to hear and see and feel people's hearts without the words. It was the connecting of the holy spirit. Honestly it's really hard to describe... but there were points when something he said, although I didn't understand it with my ears... my heart understood and my spirit agreed. Wow. Yeah. I haven't thought any of this through until now. As I'm writing this I am processing this for the first time. I'm a little blown away. I think I just learned something. Sorry folks. Wow. Kay. This is awesome. A shout out to my BFF Mir Mir "Isn't God Awesome!" hahaha
During the week one of the guys from the streets had a birthday so Laura made chocolate cake for him.
The night felt a little crazy with everything going on at once and with sooooo many people all in one place but it was fun. After the night was through we cleaned up and then our team spent time upstairs in our apartment debriefing, fellowshipping and worshiping.
It's been a long day and tomorrow will most likely be the same :) I can't believe it has already been a week since I got here. Amy leaves tomorrow afternoon :( Then it will be the three of us girls till I leave next sunday. I'm not gonna think about that. I'm here and in the now and it has been such a wonderful thing.
Thanks for all of ur sharing Gabrielle! Being multilingual, I'm so in tune with what u experienced spiritually & in communication without words; it's very moving & one has to go through the experience to truly comprehend the process. I'm so glad you got to attend part of the Spanish service;one definitely has to be there to understand how the power of the Holy Spirit captures the people in attendance. That's the only kind of capturing that our Savior wants us to partake in! He grieves when we are captured by the evil one.
ReplyDeleteDay 7 photo with the wired fence (although I'm certain it was not sent to reflect what I thought about) reminded me of what I've written about in my book; captivity. Our Savior's will is to give these victims love & freedom, but instead they are imprisoned & in captivity through the work of the devil who has captured their souls! One thing I know that the devil can't take away, is His will & their will. There's a saying: "Where there's a will there's a way" I say in my book: "Where there's a will there's Power" "Querer es Poder." XO Mom