We are entering our last weeks of ministering! I need your help. Please keep us in your prayers and please, please pray for the families we have been ministering to. I can’t imagine how I am going to say ‘Good bye’. You see it is pretty close to impossible to keep in touch with these families once we leave. They have no address to receive mail by. Many have no phone. Even if I come back here, if they move (which is not unusual) there will be no way to track them down.
I am very sad to be leaving them and I am definitely having to trust God with all of this. I am praying that He will continue to grow in their lives and become real to them beyond all imagination. I am also praying that He will give us the words to share with them in these final visits. I fear that many of them know about Him, but do not know Him. We have been attempting to demonstrate His love and there is nothing else we can do, but pray that their eyes may be opened.
First, there is Crystal and Carla. I have shared about these two little angles in the past. They are 6 and 7 years old and very precious. They love playing dress up and having tickle fights. Their father is in and out of the picture. When he is around he is abusive. Their mother works two jobs to provide for them and their brothers, so all of the children are left unsupervised for most of the day. This past year they have learned how to hug, how to play, how to be normal little girls. They have also been very hurt by the situation that they are in. I am specifically praying that they see God in us and that He loves them more than they can comprehend. I pray that more Christians will rise up around them providing for the needs of the family and that God’s provision is ultimately recognized. I pray that they will remain safe and that God’s love rain down on them, flooding their hearts past all of the pain of this world. 
Next is my Mexican Mama, Graciela. This is a family that is not exactly smiled upon by the church here. The legalities of what is right and wrong has gotten in the way of loving one another. Graciela has grown up around the church and has much of the knowledge that comes with that, but I fear that the understanding of the love God has for her has not yet become a reality. She is sad that we are leaving and keeps saying, “You are leaving and never coming back.” Though I desperately want to visit her, I can not promise that it will happen. For Graciela and her family I pray that God give us the words and courage to share with her the love of God and that her eyes may be open to the One that will never leave her side. I pray that others will come along side her and encourage her walk with the Lord.
The final family that I will share about today is grand. The mothers name is Vanessa. There are four adorable children. Every time we visit the father is at work, yet this family is barely making it through. They have shown much kindness towards us despite the language barriers. I pray that they continue to seek God as their provider. That they realize that the prayer requests that have been answered this year have been God’s provision. I also pray that their relationships and reliance on the Lord continue to grow and that they may rise up to be lights in a neighborhood full of darkness. 
Thanks you for reading all of this. Please join me in prayer for these families and all the people that we have been ministering to during our time here.
