Laughter is Language
– After the first few days of ministry it is easy to be drained. We were going to be working in schools but the school year here just ended. When we went to the hospital last thursday we had as another ministry they were filled until next week so option C came in. The Lord never makes mistakes. Our contact Luis, who is an amazing man of God was helping us as these things were falling through.
Casa Maria and Casa Jackson are the two Which we were placed
Casa Maria – aka Grandpa house
Casa Jackson – malnourished babies.
Both sound amazing, we have been at Casa Maria since friday. It has definitely been tough, between the language barrier and the atmosphere it is tough. Most of these elderly people have been abandoned and brought here. Thank the Lord for a roof, food, clothes and a bed for them. Activities are tough, language barrier and the state of many of these elderly is tough to see, but the Lord has spoken to me through this. I ask to see the world through the Lords eyes don’t I? I ask for his heart and it is breaking as I walk in there. But he has put us there to show Love to those who don’t get much love. How many people volunteer at orphanages and hold babies! Many! How often to those go and love on the elderly? Not often, and I see why the Lord has us there.
Today about 30 minutes before we were done with ministry for the day I sat with a man named Miguel who was off in the corner. I have been working on my rediculous broken Spanish, the dictionary I bought is very helpful. I noticed Miguel in the Corner most of the day, I sat down and we just started chatting. Neither of us could understand a word that came out of each others mouths. I have had such a hard time figuring out how to Love these folks because i cant understand them very well but this moment in time was different. Miguel and I just started laughing! We would say random words and laughter would erupt. We saw a bird on the ledge and he did a movement as if he was hunting, we were loving it. I looked in my dictionary and on top of the most random spanish I’ve been learning I started talking about geese and gorillas and he was dying laughing. We didnt know what was going on but in that moment, we understood each other. Just spending that time together was important, a gift the Lord has given me is Joy and in this moment I was overwhelmed by it, it was exactly what I needed after a tough day.
