A blast from the past

I have been going through old pictures while preparing for the global missions conference.  I'm trying to put together a photo storyline for Puerta de Esperanza.  And it has been so fun to look back and see how much things have changed, especially how much the babies have grown!  Look how little they were! :)

We have come a long way from the first few days and weeks.  The girls are so much more independent, making money now on their own.  They are responsible for cooking and cleaning.  Remember me writing about the grocery shopping incidents?  We had tears over green pepper for goodness sake?!?  And now they grocery shop like pros and know where to get the best deals and how to make their money stretch.  They came knowing no one in the city and they have made friends and become part of a church community.  Now we have birthday parties and have to cut down the guest list because they have people they love and trust and care about and they want them in their lives.

When they came not one of them knew about grace.  And now, whether they have accepted it or not, they have heard countless times the truth of the Gospel.  They know that the Lord loves them, that He is full of forgiveness and love towards them.  That He paid the penalty for their sin because He is just and that sin had to be paid.  But his own Son, whom He loves took that sin and suffered its consequences so that God would be glorified and they could enter into His family.  We talk about these truths every day and for the last year and half they have heard them.  Keep praying for the truth about Jesus to change their lives!  It has, and is, and will continue to do so.