Picture blog from the amazing Reichard family Home:
In the beginning of the month I thought I was going to spend three weeks at an orphanage, but I soon found out that it was not at an orphanage, but it was a family…
Below are pictures that describe my time there that I cannot find the words to describe…
As we all know that normally my blogs are very wordy, long, and detailed. Well for this blog I want to let God speak through the pictures of the amazing children that I was blessed to live with and do life for three weeks. God blessed me to go be a part of a family that has adopted 28 Guatemalan children. I learned so much this past month about God’s kingdom and love through the hearts, love, and lives of these precious precious children!
“For you are honored and precious in my sight and I love you”
-Isaiah 43:4
“The Greatest in the Kingdom of Heaven:
At that time the disciples came to Jesus and asked, “Who, then, is the greatest in the kingdom of heaven?”
He called a little child to him, and placed the child among them. And he said: “Truly I tell you, unless you change and become like little children, you will never enter the kingdom of heaven.Therefore, whoever takes the lowly position of this child is the greatest in the kingdom of heaven.And whoever welcomes one such child in my name welcomes me.”
– Matthew 18:1-5
I encourage you to listen to these two songs as you scroll down looking at the pictures of the children. As we look into the eyes and hearts of a child, I believe we see a glimpse of heaven in them and are reminded of the true hope and love that we have in our Lord and Savior, Jesus Christ
Our True Hope!
Precious Monica all ready in her pj’s for bed
My buddy Issac is up and happy from his nap ready to wrestle!
Watching some cartoons after nap time
I loved when he wore his orange Nike hat!
I felt the love of God so powerfully through the hearts and love of these kiddos!
Believe it or not Nicholasa did the “With God all things are possible” pose all on her own without me even telling her so of course I had to post it!
Jacob with his wonderful smile!
The kiddos getting ready for a race!
Jose and I sitting on the swing together!
Rocking the sunglasses!
Jacob loves riding his bike!
Teaching the kiddos how to do some push ups!
My buddy Isaac!
Davie (aka stewart little or the little kid from the movie Jerry Meguire) all dressed up for church!
Family game night!
Candy swinging upside down!
Fernando and Nicholasa!
Diego doing a sweet jump!
Deborah teaching all her kids school!
I love this little guy so much!
You gotta love the milk mustache!
Getting ready to go swimming!
All the kids listening to their Dad read them a book before they go to bed
The kids Dad reading them the Jesus Calling kids devotional before bed
Lauren who was a volunteer who was there with me holding Dave and Deborah’s daughter Felicity!
Dave leading worship for his kids!
All showered up with his jamy’s on ready for bed
The kids and my team praying for Dave and Deborah and thanking for them for all they do
Javi and the team leading worship with all the kids before they said goodbye to me
ahhh I love Isaac so much..
He has such the joy, love, and life of Christ in Him!
This is precious Martina!
Meet Blanca!
Jeamy with her two brothers!
Lauren and Jamie making some popcorn for movie night!
One of my most favorite pictures with my little buddy Isaac! He would always want to go on my shoulders and the he would cover my eyes lol!
The cliff jumping crew!
The wonderful Reichard Family with their Mom and Dad at church!
For we must humble ourselves and become like a child to enter the Kingdom of God
God Bless you all and thanks for reading! If you would like to financially bless Dave and Deborah’s ministry in Guatemala please visit their website here:http://guatemalaministry.com/
If you would like to see the complete album of pictures that I took from the Reichard family home please visit my facebook page at: https://www.facebook.com/ryan.otto.543/media_set?set=a.10101960369730350.1073741838.20910567&type=3
below is a quick video of when we took the kids cliff jumping in the lake!
San Marcos Cliff Jumping from Micah Leier on Vimeo.
