To my dear family and friends,
It is time to say for our team to say goodbye today as we begin our journey back home. I feel sadness to leave the friends we have made and joy that I will be reuniting with my family and friends that I am missing very much. I have been blessed beyond words by the people of Ica, Peru. I have made friends with the most beautiful people Betty and Pepe and all of our team members that have shown me an abundance of love for helping others and a passionate heart for serving our great and glorious Lord. WOW!!! what an incredible week......
Yesterday was a day that I will never forget and one that I feel my heart must share. Earlier in the week neighbors in the community of Jose´ pleaded with us to help an older couple that was living in the community. We were able to visit them yesterday and meet Juan and Amelia who are about 60 or 70 years old. Words cannot describe the conditions that they are living in. They lost there home in the earthquake and have managed to make a makeshift canopy for the kitchen and a metal tent of some sort for sleeping in(the heat and bugs are very hard for us to deal with let alone these older people that are very weak). Amelia was sitting in a wheelchair and was struggling with a very bad cough and was very crippled and in pain. She had no ability to help herself in anyway. Juan her husband was standing and we could feel the tremendous pain he was feeling. He loves his wife very much but does not have the means or the ability to care for her the way that he would like.......My heart was aching and I know the team felt the same way........We loved and hugged Amelia and Juan and then layed hands on this old woman and prayed and cried out to God!!! Tears flowed......I know that God will move in miraculous ways for this elderly couple, my prayer is that it will be soon.......A woman named Luc that has the community kitchen in the neighborhood and a heart of gold was able to come in with us. She had not been able to see them before and now that she has she will make sure that they get food and help to move Amelia from bed to wheelchair to help with the sores she has developed on her body......Juan and I hugged and cried and it is a moment that I will never forget. He was given hope and love yesterday and that is something that will never be taken away.......Praise God for opening our hearts and the door to these beautiful people!!!
It is time to say for our team to say goodbye today as we begin our journey back home. I feel sadness to leave the friends we have made and joy that I will be reuniting with my family and friends that I am missing very much. I have been blessed beyond words by the people of Ica, Peru. I have made friends with the most beautiful people Betty and Pepe and all of our team members that have shown me an abundance of love for helping others and a passionate heart for serving our great and glorious Lord. WOW!!! what an incredible week......
Yesterday was a day that I will never forget and one that I feel my heart must share. Earlier in the week neighbors in the community of Jose´ pleaded with us to help an older couple that was living in the community. We were able to visit them yesterday and meet Juan and Amelia who are about 60 or 70 years old. Words cannot describe the conditions that they are living in. They lost there home in the earthquake and have managed to make a makeshift canopy for the kitchen and a metal tent of some sort for sleeping in(the heat and bugs are very hard for us to deal with let alone these older people that are very weak). Amelia was sitting in a wheelchair and was struggling with a very bad cough and was very crippled and in pain. She had no ability to help herself in anyway. Juan her husband was standing and we could feel the tremendous pain he was feeling. He loves his wife very much but does not have the means or the ability to care for her the way that he would like.......My heart was aching and I know the team felt the same way........We loved and hugged Amelia and Juan and then layed hands on this old woman and prayed and cried out to God!!! Tears flowed......I know that God will move in miraculous ways for this elderly couple, my prayer is that it will be soon.......A woman named Luc that has the community kitchen in the neighborhood and a heart of gold was able to come in with us. She had not been able to see them before and now that she has she will make sure that they get food and help to move Amelia from bed to wheelchair to help with the sores she has developed on her body......Juan and I hugged and cried and it is a moment that I will never forget. He was given hope and love yesterday and that is something that will never be taken away.......Praise God for opening our hearts and the door to these beautiful people!!!
As we depart today for home my prayer is that God will open the eyes and hearts of the people who come to Ica and the people who live in Ica to find the Elders here and embrace, love, touch and take care of these older people. They do not have medical care and retirement homes like we do in the US......It is absolutely heart wrenching to see our elders suffer like this.....The one thing that I did find out is that Shelter Our World takes donations which can be specified for individuals and 100% of the money goes directly to the designee. If this story moves you in anyway and you have the means to help financially I know that this would change the lives of Amelia and Juan in a big way.......
I can hardly wait to share the rest of our journey with everyone. My heart has been forever changed and I am filled with graditude for the abundance I have been given.......
Praising God, Love and Hugs to all, Lynn
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