Can I just say that I feel as though I can never post enough blogs, and that each day is bringing a new story.
Yesterday I spent my morning at a feeding….where exactly I am not certain. Still flooded from the recent typhoons.
Through the evening team "fuego de dios" spent time at a convent. Visiting Marian's great aunt, who is the head nun. I myself have never visited a convent before but it was pleasant and peaceful. The food was amazing as well. It was a spectacular diner and a wonderful time to say the least. Simply being out with the team was just a joy in itself too!
From the convent, we travelled to a ministry called "Children's Gardens" which deals with street kids, and so we spent time with street kids from about the age of 18 months (I know that's just rediculous to me to think that a little kid that age has no home) to about the early twenties. We did a feeding with them and played with them, talked to them, played with them some more until late in the evening. Upon arriving there Josh, one of the squad leaders, mentioned that he usually feels like a human jungle gym. Which I can definitely agree on that…. I definitely felt like I was a jungle gym! However my heart broke for those children. Not only are they homeless but the only hope or future they see for themselves is staying homeless and becoming a drug addict. It's most common for them to sniff glues, paints or other fumes.
I met a few girls about my age who are prostitutes. The one I spoke to most was a girl Grace who is currently 20 and when I asked her what she wanted to be when she grew up her response was short and blew me away. All she could say was, "the job I have isn't ideal, but I need men to pay for me so that I can buy diapers for my baby and to have a home". To be honest that was something so hard for me to swallow, because I cannot give her a job nor can I supply her with all the money she and all those other kids need to be off the streets. All I can give is love and a warm embrace and to tell them how beautiful and how much they are loved. That they have value
