Special Delivery: Food and Prayers

July 30

     Today was food distribution day. We started out a little rough though. Well at least for me anyway. Heydi came to me asking how we would decide who among the girls would go when. The plan was to make 4 trips, 2 in the morning and 2 in the afternoon. We would take one girl with us each time, so Heydi suggested we draw lots. I told her I would only number the papers from 1 to 3 since Melissa would be in class all morning, so it was understood that she would go in the afternoon. Apparently that upset Heydi and she was insisting that I made 4. I tried to explain to her that it didn’t make sense to do that, but she was being stubborn and started saying that she didn’t want to go. Unfortunately, that pretty much set my mood for the rest of the day. I was in a rather irritable mood. It’s interesting though how earlier that morning during our mentor time we were talking about the importance of dealing with our own stuff before dealing with other people. How we feel inside can greatly affect our interaction with other people. I think it was good that I was reminded of those things early on because I was then very careful to not let me mood cause me to say or do anything that I would regret. I had to keep my cool…

     We packed up our backpacks with bags of food and cans of green beans and headed out with Milagro for our first trip. We decided to go to the families that we listed on our first survey trip two weeks ago. The families were very welcoming and grateful for the little we had to give them. We even got front row seats to a live concert! Haha! One of the men at the first house we visited was a missionary who played several instruments in different churches, so Evelin asked him if he could play us a song. He was put on the spot, but was kind enough to do so.

     After each house we visited we asked if the family has any specific prayer request and we prayed for them. We were running short on time though after our first trip, so we decided to save the rest for the afternoon. Once we were through with lunch, we set out for round 2! This time we went and visited the families that Jen and I listed when we were out on our challenge. It was a good reminder of how God showed up that day. Heydi went with us this time. I’m not sure what she thought of all of that, but I hope it had some kind of impact on her. Whether it did or didn’t though, it was still seed.

     On our way to the families that lived quite a ways behind the Catholic Church, we passed by Mercedes’ house, not knowing it was her house until we saw her. She invited us in and we visited with her a little bit. The timing was perfect because it started raining not long after we got there. God was watching out for us, no doubt.

     Once we were through with that trip we figured it was too late to make another one, so we were done for the day. Total, I think we gave out 16 bags of food. I think it was good for the girls to be a part of this. Hopefully it opens their eyes to see how blessed they really are to have what they have here. I know that’s what it does for me.