Imagine a mosh pit. Now imagine a mosh pit with 110 Guatemalan girls singing in a foreign language along with a group of Americans. One would think there is nothing in common. That one would be wrong. It is who we are singing about that brings us together as one:
Jesus.
Last night we had our first chapel service. After a full day of meetings, packing luggage, unpacking luggage, more meetings, a choppy boat ride, and the first of many encounters with these young girls, we came together to hear a message of encouragement, hope, and finding your identity. The teaching was great...the worship was amazing. These girls wasted no time in showing their enthusiasm to clap, praise, and jump up and down. While we couldn't understand everything being said we knew what the message was about.
The teaching was about David. David had dreams and so do all these girls. They each have something they are dreaming about. What breaks our hearts is now knowing that their past and present circumstances want to hinder those dreams from coming true.
Our first understanding of what these girls have been through came in the form of a video we saw during a team meeting Saturday night. These girls have seen everything from violence, killings, sexual and verbal abuse, and more. It broke all of our hearts...and made us more eager to get to the camp.
Now that we are here and have had a chance to meet the girls. Each with different stories. Each with their own challenges. Our hope and prayer is to plant a seed in their lives one beautiful memory at a time. We can't do it without your prayers and support. So keep it coming! We are stronger together!
Stay tuned...there is much more to come!
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