We arrived around noon, unloaded, ate lunch with the kids, and headed to the juvenile prison to deliver the sweatshirts and red t shirts. We met Pastor Alejandro and his wife there. The warden and the guards were all so welcoming. They took us into a large room and then the young men all came in and lined up from the smallest to the biggest. The pastor gave them a message, and I asked if I could share a word with them? I wanted to let them know that God had a plan for them, and that He loved them. They applauded when I was done, I don't know if it was out of respect or that they applauded God for second chances.
The warden took us outside to show us the mural that was painted on a wall and asked for paint for the boys to learn how to express themselves through painting. He has an artist willing to teach them. I gave the Pastor money to help buy paint.
We prayed and headed back to the orphanage, but stopped and ate some great food on the way back. We'll head back home this morning after breakfast. There's people coming over this afternoon to bag beans and rice for our church.
I'm trying to get a year end news letter together and in the mail, so much has happened this year it'll be difficult to sum it all up, but we know that God is Good, God Provides, and we don't need to worry about anything. Blessings to you all. Oh yea, we recieved a truck load of beans monday.
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