Live from the Dominican Republic
Melanie - November 4, 2008
As we may have mentioned once or eleven times, I'm in the Dominican Republic this week with Compassion.
I left San Antonio on Sunday morning at 9:30 and arrived in the Dominican on Sunday night around 10:00 p.m. There were various time changes along the way, but I can't really explain them to you because in some way they involve math skills and I am not a fan of the math.
We spent most of Monday visiting the first of many Compassion projects we will visit this week and it was an amazing experience. It was only Day One and I've already seen precious faces that I'll never forget.
I also saw poverty like I've never seen before.
But the thing is that Jesus sees it all. He sees the beautiful faces, the sweet smiles and the hearts that are learning to love Him even in the midst of these circumstances.
He knows their name.
He knows their heart.
He holds them in the palm of His hand.
And, hopefully, this week many of them will become sponsored children because God moves hearts to see their need.
You can read everyone's stories by going to the Compassion Bloggers site.
Melanie
Melanie
Sophie
Sophie
Paige
Paige
Kris
Kris
Comments (1)
Mmm—how I love seeing their faces.
Praying for you, Melanie. Praying for everything you need to be available—words to speak and share, love to pour out and SUCH a filling, as you have never known before from the Lord.
With Love, Holly
Posted on November 4, 2008 3:26 PM