I have 10 more days in Peru. If you count today, and today's almost gone. That's kind of the problem, my days are slipping away really fast. So I'm really busy squeezing as much loving as possible into every day.
That's why I went to the women's home 4 days this week. (Home of Life, for women who are HIV+ and their children.) That's where this baby lives, Mijaet. I call him my nephew and hold him as much as possible. Even today when I was there, a little girl that I've never seen there before came and stretched up her arms to me, so I held her on my lap and loved her. God is pouring abundant love over me, and I have so much that it gushes out of me onto these kids. I see Jesus in these beautiful women and children. After I leave, I pray with everything in me, lifting them up to my Father in heaven because I know He loves them so much more than I do.
Anyway, that's what's going on in my heart these days. But I do have times when my feet are on the ground too! We went to a gigantic fountain park, we went to the zoo and saw enormous rats, we survived another earthquake, and I was nearly ran over by a bus yesterday...kind of has a way of bringing you back to reality! I said to the team, "Follow me, I know exactly where we're going," (tongue in cheek, since I actually didn't) and proceeded to step out in front of a bus. That was after leading us onto the wrong bus earlier this week. Poor team! I guess it is time to go home!
So I'll be back in Abbotsford on my birthday, and we have 10 days of debrief there. Hard to believe. I miss you all so much, and am looking forward to seeing you. But it's really hard to leave here, this land and these people that I've fallen in love with. I'm so grateful that God is giving me peace in my heart, and reminding me that He will continue to work here long after I'm gone. A verse that we've talked about and I've thought about a lot is Psalms 65:11"...Your wagon tracks overflow with abundance." So I'm believing that, that behind us we're leaving God's wagon tracks through this country, and they're going to continue to overflow with His love onto each person that we've met here.
