Day 27

Best: God meeting me with his Word here last night and this morning, exactly as I needed it (Psalm 130, Zeph. 3:11, 15, 17); my valentine from JDM, at the Foundation; also the time I spent reading them the story of Isaiah from my favorite children's Bible ever.

Worst: cold hands. Even that makes me happy, though, because I'm in Bogotá. :)
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Today I went to the Foundation (Hogar de Paz), travelled all the way south by myself. God is good and protective!
I spent the morning finishing up the first translated draft of the document for Mr. A, and then when lunchtime came, I got some yummy soup, meat, rice, cucumber salad, and limeade for $2.50 (US) at a restaurant near the Foundation.
When the kids arrived, I loved hearing their sounds in the background--homework, laughter, working out differences, and singing. I worked on preparing a game to play with them. My lovely fantastic mother found it and sent it to me. I had been hoping to do something along the theme of Valentine's day, for some US cultural awareness, and also as an excuse to use English. So, it was a relay game where they ran from one side of the room to another and picked up a paper heart. The heart directed them to "jump", "run", "tiptoe", "crawl", or "walk backwards" back to their line. I had them read out the words in English, and then tell me which mode of moving back towards the line they had to use. They did pretty well, and got very into it.
I also read them the story of Isaiah from my favorite children's Bible ever. It makes very clear the tender love God had for the Israelites even while they were dishonoring and walking away from him. Suitable love for a redeemed Valentine's day lesson. :)

After that, we just played Ninja and "Juguemos en el bosque" and "el reloj de Jerusalen" until the moms started coming to pick them up. Then, I walked to a nearby corner to wait for Mr. A. to come pick me up. He got us snackies of roscones de bocadillo, and we drove the hour home contentedly. His company is fantastic, and his storytelling skills abound. I did my own amount of storytelling as well. It was quite a nice way to end the day.

I am in a wonderful place. My current profile photo on Facebook is so perfectly capturing where I am physically, emotionally, and spiritually at this moment that I'd like to share it here in this forum as well.

Here I am, on top of a mountain on the outskirts of Bogotá this past Saturday. Behind me lies an amazing view of the city, and, in front of me, I'm currently seeing and drinking in the glory of the other side--the mountainous, rural, verdant hermosura (beauty). As I look at His beautiful creation, marveling at it, and at how small I feel in light of it, I am praising Him. And I'm right here at the cross, searching and reaching; content just to be right where I am. Growing. Learning. Bringing myself to God. Never alone.

xox