Wednesday, July 7th, 2010

Change of pace today. Today we traveled to a different part of the city for clinic. Urban. Downtown. Stilt houses by the river. Heavy commerce. Extreme poverty. We held clinic in an established church in the community of Belen. And after seeing around 150 patients today, Grace Ann (my fellow triage nurse) and I decided to climb one more set of stairs to the top of the church. Past the classrooms where the Word of God was taught when we were not there. Across the empty terrace. There, our view of the city was breathtaking. Not because we were encountering great beauty, but because it was like no other place I’d seen. Crowded roofs. Dirty streets. And breaking through the chaos was a clean, white cross. I just breathed it in. He was here. Very present. Alive. Again, I am humbled and grateful to have a place in the greatest love story ever told. Ever lived.

It was here that I also discussed the possibility of leading a trip next year with my mission friend, Anne. What an incredible opportunity and what a prayer. But I’ll pray it. And I can’t wait to see where God leads me in this new dream. This new adventure.

This afternoon at SportsReach, at Sol Naciente, we were only greeted by about 30 kids, learning that most of the children had returned to school for the rest of the week. What precious moments we had already spent with them though. They’d heard the good news, and now it is by faith that I believe that God will continue to pursue their hearts even after I’m gone. And I do believe that this is His plan. So we played a little volleyball with the remaining 30 and rested a while. God knew we needed that at this point. As He always does.

Matthew 13:10-17 (MSG)

Love,

K

The church where we held clinic at Belen.

Clinic at Belen

Meet Cristal. She loves Tootsie Pops.

Our view from the rooftop.

Down by the river...