Katie McGrew: Seeing Jesus

WOW! I forgot to tell you so much of what we have done! Things I have to tell you! So many amazing things have happened in the ministry in this last month! The girls from the Villa spent a week at home for the first time in 2 and 1/2 years ~ God blessed them and protected them in this time. The morning that they were leaving we had a long talk about what they could possibly expect and the reality of their lives became very real. Wilbert and Gloria explained to them what to do if there was no soap to wash with or toothpaste to brush their teeth with, what to do if there was not food for meals. How to protect themselves and what their rights are as young women. The harsh reality of what "home" is.... was so harsh, and they still LOVE their homes. We had several Christmas parties! The families of the girls came for dinner at the Villa, they received a "canasta", a basket filled with food and we had a pinata for the parents ~ it was awesome!!! Their is a man ...

With much peace and anticipation I write today. The longer we are here the more I realize I don't understand so many things. I know that eventually we will be in a place with so much more wisdom and understanding than we ever had, but I think before that can happen our slates have to be cleared and space has to be made for the new information we are receiving daily. Our slates can only be cleared if we are willing to let go of our own ideas and our old ways of thinking ~ our grip has loosened and God is taking the old and planting the new. Do not conform any longer to the pattern of this world (in our case the patterns of the U.S.), but be transformed by the renewing of your mind. Then you will be able to test and approve what God's will is - his good, pleasing and perfect will. Romans 12:2 Now the Lord is the Spirit, and where the Spirit of the Lord is, there is freedom. And we, who with unveiled faces all reflect the Lord's glory, are being transformed into his lik...