This past week has been hard but so good. We spent the majority of our time at Elisa Martinez boys' orphanage. If I had to sum up this week in as few words as possible, I would say "heart change." It was incredible seeing the interns' change of heart as the week progressed. After hanging out with the boys on Sunday, most were worried about really being able to connect with them in the coming days and about the anger they showed towards each other. By the end of the week we didn't even want to leave the boys that we had gotten to know so well, and the boys didn't seem to be fighting as much.
Here's a sweet picture of how God has been moving at Elisa Martinez: A boy named Lester got to leave the orphanage and go home at the end of the week. Despite how awesome that was, he told one of the translators that this had been the best week of his life because he accepted Christ as his Savior! Yay!!!
A lot of things broke my heart this week too. One day my group took prayer requests with the boys, and a little guy named Mario asked us to pray that his dad would miss him. I loved being at the boys' home, and I'm excited that we will get to go back there for an afternoon next week. For our last week here, we'll be at Manchen girls' orphanage with Park Cities Baptist Church.
