Hello,
Here at Fields of the Fatherless, we are at the end of a very busy week of youth from Chile, Brazil, and Uruguay who were here for a YWAM camp. We were "just the hosts" of the camp here at the farm, but as you can imagine, we were all involved with many things. I thinks it was a great week for them with spiritual growth, and.....it didn't hurt my Spanish immersion any either!
Above I posted just a few pics from the farm here for you to see but am in the process of sending some pictures from my last trip to the orphanage through a web album to all of you on my blog list. I can't post many pics on the blog. Hopefully you will receive it.
Next week we will plant more potatoes (papas) , and soon harvest the sweet potatoes. (boneatos) The week before I spent several days at the orphanage in a little pueblo called Ecilda Paulier, just hanging out with, helping, and loving on the kids there. There are 19 of them from ages 6 to age 17. I helped with some planting in their garden, helped with making MANY jars of Fig marmelade (higo marmelado), and peach marmelade (durazno marmelado). as well as the homemade bread they bake in the outdoor oven with wood.
Here is a HUGE PRAISE: We have had 3 days of rain within the past 2 weeks! Also there has been dew in the pastures in the mornings and things are starting to turn green again...We are soooo thankful. Please keep the need for rain in your prayers as this drought has really affected so many.
I FINALLY got a bicycle given to me by the "parents" at the orphanage as they had many bikes in a container that came from the United states for them. I had planned on buying a bicycle here but they are very cheap unless you can spend at least $300.00. I rode back from the bus station on this bike and it was pouring rain. Each time I got spashed I thought, "THANK YOU GOD FOR THE RAIN AND THANK YOU GOD FOR THIS BIKE!!!!) I felt like a little kid out playing in the rain! (its hard being an adult sometimes...) This was the first rain at the end of Jan., and hopefully is the beginning of ending the drought.
Next week I will be joining some of the staff from the orphanage and many others from Uruguay for a project in a VERY poor area in Argentina, south of Buenos Aires. Our group will travel by bus for about 15+ hrs ,and will spend 5 days there with "Proyecto America." You can look it up online if you desire more info.) We will be helping construct needed things (desks for schools, benches, etc, ) painting, repairing roofs and run-down bldgs.....just bringing the Love of God to them by means of this very needed work. There will be about 300 workers like us there from many countries. I look forward to helping in this way!
Please pray for my safely during the travel and the relationships that will be forming...
In Him,
Holly
