Tuesday, February 12, 2013

Grateful hearts and a tough goodbye

God is Good.  Life is good.  It is so great to have Avis (the orphanage founder) back with us after a well deserved 3month visit with her family in the States, and to work on her new book, which we are all very excited about!
We have just been having a wonderful time this week with the Canadian team being here.  Thank You God for sending them, they are such a blessing to us!  Thanks to them we now have all new solar powered lights up all around the orphanage, and today they started installing much needed new doors for all the houses.  Thank you team!

This week we also say farewell to a beautiful young woman of God - Mandy, who Casa de Paz has been blessed with for the past 15 months as she has served here volunteering as a house mom, and teaching at the school.
Today the kids put on a surprise dance-off show for Mandy.  It was awesome...we have got some pretty talented young dancers here, with some cool moves too! lol. The boys team won.  After the dancing was a special treat - cake and ice cream! and Mandy was presented with a big bouquet of flowers and a Pacasmayo t-shirt lovingly signed by all the kids.  Mandy will be missed by all here, and we so appreciate all the work she has done in her time at Casa de Paz.  Jake and I both know from our own experiences that being a house mom/dad to a house full of 12+ kids is not one of the easiest jobs!  It is a loud, crazy, exhausting 12 hour shifts...but at the same time it is also a fun, loving, and truly one of the most blessed things to be be part of.  It is amazing the bonds created spending time with these kids getting to know each one...you just fall in love with them all! They become family.  And saying goodbye to family is not easy, so we know as  Mandy leaves here she will carry the Casa de Paz family in her heart wherever she goes.  We pray the Lord would continue to bless her in whatever she does and wherever He leads.
We also pray for more willing hearts to come serve at Casa de Paz - right now we are feeling a need for help and have room for about 4-5 volunteers.  We are so thankful for a God who always provides and is always faithful, and trust that He will send the right people at the right time. Praise God His timing is always perfect!

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