After lunch we went to visit a girls home for Filipino girls who had been sexually abused by their fathers, uncles, cousins etc....We passed out shoe boxes to girls ranging from 4-16 years old.....It was amazing to see the girls who had such tragic situations in their pasts have fun and be kids for just a brief moment....They had a blast!!!
It was fun for us too, because for a brief moment we felt like we were miniature American Idols....They wanted to take picture after picture....It was so cool!!!!
All along the way I have been watching for shoe boxes with address in them so I could take a picture of the child who received the box and then send that pic to the person who sent the box...So far I have about 15 addresses.....I would absolutely LOVE it if someone did that for me, so I thought I would do it.....Most of the boxes we are passing out are from the west coast and Alaska and Hawaii......
It has really been amazing to see the shoebox process in its entirety....It is SO amazing what God can do with a little box packed with His love....Yesterday, I saw a very athletic girl receive a box full of different types of sport balls and a hand pump to blow them up....She was so excited to have her own soccer ball....I saw another girl get a purple shirt that fit her perfectly.....Each box DEFINITELY has a divine appointment with an amazing little child that needs exactly what is in each one.....
Last nigth after the girls home, we did an outdoor evangelistic concert for a community on the other side of town...I was so honored to sing with the church's amazing praise band called "Adoration", which by the way would give Hillsongs a run for the money....THEY ARE GREAT!!!!!! They asked me to sing My God My Savior by Aaron Shust, who all of you faithful blog readers know is my favorite....I gave the band my Aaron Shust CD ( I am still trying to get over the loss!!!!) so that they could learn all of his songs.....My Filipino brother Philip (that's with one "L" not 2 also nicknamed FLIP!) loves the CD. I am sure he has already figured out how to play them all!!!
During the concert we gave away door prizes...Here is what the prizes were...
Rice
Mop Buckets filled with all kinds of goodies
5000 pesos ( about 100 dollars, more than 3 months wages for most of the people we
were singing for
a real live pig ( it was too funny!!!!!!)
Today is kind of an off day for us....We are doing some fun "touristy" stuff....After the emotional roller coaster of yesterday, it is definitely needed so that we can finish strong on Thursday and Friday morning.......Email if you can...mrdearybury@hotmail.com
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