God is Doing Big Things!

Last night we had a full staff meeting. Now, staff meetings by their nature are not always particularly arresting, usually full of details and notes to take. Well there were plenty of details and notes to take last night. But it was also incredibly challenging and encouraging, full of exhortation and testimony about the vision that God has placed in the hearts of the staff here for this place. This was partially spurred by a documentary we watched entitled "Reparando", directed by Scott Owen Moore, which takes a very honest look at poverty and crime in Guatemala, how this came to be, and how God is calling people here who have grown up in horrible situations and is using them to show His love and glory. If you have the opportunity to watch this documentary, I would encourage you to do so. Here is the trailer: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vIkkxVZh3_o We watched the whole thing, causing our staff meeting to go a bit late, but we wanted to screen it before possibly showing it to some of the older kids here so we would be prepared to answer their questions and reactions. Some of the kids here understand what it's like to live on the streets, others who have grown up here since they were infants have less understanding of the world outside Casa Bernabe. We want all of them to understand what it is to be blessed; we want to understand this ourselves. We want them to recognize the power of God to change lives and hearts and how they can live joyfully in Christ without fear. We want to be a part of the process of God teaching them how to love. It doesn't matter how awesome our school is here and how much knowledge we give them if we aren't actively demonstrating the love of Christ to them. As always, there is a great deal of spiritual warfare going on here. Satan desires to prey on the insecurities and wounds of these children to make them believe that they are not worthy of God's love. Please, please pray that these lies would have no place here and that mighty victories would be achieved here through the love of Jesus.

To God be the Glory.

Emily