Photos, mobile ER, and youth group

Life has been different recently…through a bunch of different circumstances. First, Erin’s grandfather passed away. He was 89 and struggling with dementia. Erin has been sad but we are very honored to be able to go to the memorial service in a couple of weeks in Ohio.

In this picture is Blanca (on the right), her daughter, and her mother-in-law. Blanca brings her 10 month old daughter Shayla to the clinic and the ladies at the clinic have become a community for her. Blanca stopped by our house so that we could take pictures of her daughter so she could send it to her mother who lives in the US. While not being pro photographers, it was nice to be able to help.

Late last Wednesday night, we heard that Grace (pictured with her younger sister Noemi) was sick for the fourth day and very dehydrated. Grace is the daughter of Sarah, the Dr. at the clinic. Erin and I were asked to bring a nurse, Julia, who was with one of the groups at the orphanage, and some supplies to Sarah’s house so they could start an IV. Grace looked so terrible as we entered her house (poor girl) and Brendan and Sarah were very worried. They tried a couple of times to find a vein in the screaming child but the apparatus wasn’t working. The parents were then forced to make a decision to bring her to the US or try to wait it out and try to keep getting fluids into her. Before we left, we were able to all get together and pray and really lift this child before the Lord. As I looked in on Grace to say goodbye, she looked 100 times better than when I first saw her. We were overjoyed when we got the message the following morning that she was doing much, much better!

Tonight we are having another youth group. Lauren and I have been meeting very regularly trying to figure out where God is leading. There are so many details and twists and turns in the road to a healthy meeting. Tonight we (La Mision Ministries) are going to buy pizza for the kids and invite (inspire) them to do a service project tomorrow in the community. Please pray for us as we invest in this group of kids. They are still very shy and standoffish to what is being said. We pray for their lives to open up, as we open up to them.