May 15th Wednesday
We missed the bus the night before so we went to Stella's House and finished some visa's so the girls can come to the States this summer!
Left early Wednesday morning from Stella's House to catch a bus back to our apt, where we packed and cleaned. We met up with Nina and took her to get her nails done as a goodbye present. Anitol took us back to our apartment to pick up our luggage and say our goodbye's to Sara and Shauna.
Came back to the house where we hung out with the girls. We did our last Bible study with them. Tying into the Bible study I did on Love, I spoke about how we must love others with the same love as God loves us, and love others as we love ourselves. If we don't love ourselves we can't really love others! I spoke about how God made them exactly how He wanted them to be, from looks, to giftings and talents, to callings. All of them are different, all of them are made perfect in His image, etc. Then spoke about the different talents God's given to them is for a reason, they are their weapons from God. They must use them and sharpen them instead of letting them sit on the shelf. When the battle comes they will have the victory because God lives inside of them! Then spoke about how they are not a burden or a mistake, and showed them where it says in the bible that before they were born God knew the plans of their life. And from there told them not to worry about their future and where they will end up, God has already proven Himself faithful in their lives and will continue to. Only He knows the full picture and it's up to us to trust Him and let Him lead us.
Leah then had a game she did with the girls. We tapped pieces of paper to their backs with the names of all the girls, they had to ask the other girls different questions about the person who's name was on their back and when they guessed right we had them write down three things they liked about that girl and give it to them.
After the game Leah and I passed out the little boxes we had been painting the past week. Each one was unique, just like the girls, with different sparkely designs and colors, etc. Inside was a note of love and encouragement to them as well as a "diamond". I told the girls we put the diamond in their boxes as a symbol of how precious and valuable they are! Just like a diamond with different cuts and facets, each one of them reflects a different part of God and told them how radiant they are!!!! Dymy and Costanza had drawn me pictures while I was there so I drew some for them as well along with some encouraging words and gave it to them that night.
We had a delicious dinner, and hung out with the girls until it was time to leave. Our flight was at 5:00am the next morning so we had to leave the house at 3:30am. We stayed up all night, a few of the girls staying up with us. Some went to bed and set their alarms for 3 to say goodbye and Costanza came to the airport with us! and all of these girls had school in the morning! It was so hard to say goodbye, we were definately fighting back tears! I'm so attached to these amazing young ladies! But I am excited cause it won't be long till I see them this summer! yay!!!!!!
We missed the bus the night before so we went to Stella's House and finished some visa's so the girls can come to the States this summer!
Left early Wednesday morning from Stella's House to catch a bus back to our apt, where we packed and cleaned. We met up with Nina and took her to get her nails done as a goodbye present. Anitol took us back to our apartment to pick up our luggage and say our goodbye's to Sara and Shauna.Came back to the house where we hung out with the girls. We did our last Bible study with them. Tying into the Bible study I did on Love, I spoke about how we must love others with the same love as God loves us, and love others as we love ourselves. If we don't love ourselves we can't really love others! I spoke about how God made them exactly how He wanted them to be, from looks, to giftings and talents, to callings. All of them are different, all of them are made perfect in His image, etc. Then spoke about the different talents God's given to them is for a reason, they are their weapons from God. They must use them and sharpen them instead of letting them sit on the shelf. When the battle comes they will have the victory because God lives inside of them! Then spoke about how they are not a burden or a mistake, and showed them where it says in the bible that before they were born God knew the plans of their life. And from there told them not to worry about their future and where they will end up, God has already proven Himself faithful in their lives and will continue to. Only He knows the full picture and it's up to us to trust Him and let Him lead us.
Leah then had a game she did with the girls. We tapped pieces of paper to their backs with the names of all the girls, they had to ask the other girls different questions about the person who's name was on their back and when they guessed right we had them write down three things they liked about that girl and give it to them. After the game Leah and I passed out the little boxes we had been painting the past week. Each one was unique, just like the girls, with different sparkely designs and colors, etc. Inside was a note of love and encouragement to them as well as a "diamond". I told the girls we put the diamond in their boxes as a symbol of how precious and valuable they are! Just like a diamond with different cuts and facets, each one of them reflects a different part of God and told them how radiant they are!!!! Dymy and Costanza had drawn me pictures while I was there so I drew some for them as well along with some encouraging words and gave it to them that night.
We had a delicious dinner, and hung out with the girls until it was time to leave. Our flight was at 5:00am the next morning so we had to leave the house at 3:30am. We stayed up all night, a few of the girls staying up with us. Some went to bed and set their alarms for 3 to say goodbye and Costanza came to the airport with us! and all of these girls had school in the morning! It was so hard to say goodbye, we were definately fighting back tears! I'm so attached to these amazing young ladies! But I am excited cause it won't be long till I see them this summer! yay!!!!!!
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