Dear Friends,
So sorry for the space between our last post and this post. Let me catch you up quickly on what we've been up to...
On Thursday, we taught the children about the power of prayer through the story of "Daniel and the Lion's Den". On Friday, we taught that the victory we have in Christ's death for our sins is the best and most effective tool we have in our "tool belt" to face life's challenges.
The last day of holiday club is always a bittersweet one; we spent the day celebrating the victory we have in Jesus, but ALL of us (adults and kids alike) knew in the back of our minds that this was the last time we'd see the kids on this trip. Sandy, the teacher at Hope Prep that originally cast the vision for this school for children affected by the AIDS pandemic, spent time with us after Friday's dinner telling us the heart breaking stories of several Hope Prep students. Now that we know their stories and have gotten to see how vibrant and loving these kids are in the midst of some extremely tragic circumstances, we are ready to come back to New York as ambassadors of sorts for these children, and for other people that face adversity. These children have forever changed our hearts, and we hope that the stories we have to tell upon our return will forever affect yours.
Everyone is packing up the van with our luggage, and they might leave me behind if I don't skeedaddle, so we'll leave you with a lyric from the praise song we sang most this week that I think captures the sentiment of all of us most closely as we depart. " He has made me glad, He has made me glad, let my soul rejoice for He has made me glad."
written by Hillary
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