Well, we made it home late Saturday night.  It was bittersweet, though, because it was so good to be home yet I can’t wait to return to both Peru and Ecuador.  There is much work to be done in both places, however I believe that both are in good, capable hands.

Personally, I enjoyed both segments of the trip about the same.  It was an unbelievable experience to be a part of the baptisms that took place on Saturday of the Peru trip and so cool to see the progress being made at Hannah’s Home.  It was equally impactful to visit 8 Compassion children, not in a park like we usually do, but in THEIR homes and schools.  I wish I could figure out how to put pictures on this site, pictures speak much better to the experience.

Lastly, today is Luz Mery’s birthday and another reminder that we desperately need to get her “home.”  She is rapidly becoming a young lady and that scares the crap out of me.  Here sits a young woman with no self-esteem, no hope or direction and all kinds of pressures.  Statistically if you start adding up everything, it won’t be much longer that the help she needs will turn to a whole different kind of help.  Please join me in praying not only for Luz, but for all the young ladies that are, or will be soon, facing the very thing I’m talking about.