BARNABAS TIME

WE HAD ANOTHER AWESOME DAY IN PERU. WHO WOULD EVER GUESS THAT WE WOULD BE WEARING HOODIES AND JEANS IN PERU IN JUNE? ME EITHER! I WAS ON THE PAINTING CREW TODAY. LARRY IS SO PATIENT WITH US. HE IS CALLED GLORY BOY BECAUSE HIS CREW CONSISTS OF ALL WOMEN. I AM SURE THAT HE WANTS TO KILL US! WE HAVE GOTTEN SO MUCH DONE IN THE LAST WEEK. HANNAH'S HOME IS GOING TO BE BEAUTIFUL.

WE PICKED UP THE KIDS FROM THE ORPHANAGE AND TOOK THEM TO VBS IN A VERY VERY POOR LITTLE TOWN. WE MADE BRACELETS, PLAYED GAMES, SANG SONGS IN SPANISH, AND JUST LET THEM MAUL AND CLIMB ALL OVER US. I LOVED EVERY MINUTE OF IT! I HAVE FALLEN IN LOVE WITH THESE KIDS.... ONE WHO HAS REALLY TOUCHED MY HEART IS A 9 YEAR OLD GIRL NAMED CECILIA. HER FATHER WAS KILLED IN A ROBBERY AND HER MOTHER IS IN JAIL FOR DRUGS OR SOMETHING. SHE HAS A BROTHER AND SISTER AND THEY ARE ALL THERE TOGETHER. BREAKS YOUR HEART!!!! SHE SITS ON MY LAP AND ALWAYS RUNS UP TO ME WHEN I GO OVER TO THE ORPHANAGE.

THE REASON I TITLED MY BLOG "BARNABAS TIME" WAS BECAUSE IT IS SUCH A SPECIAL THING THAT OUR CHURCH DOES. WE SIT IN A CIRCLE A TELL SOMETHING ABOUT SOMEONE THAT HAS TOUCHED YOU BECAUSE OF SOMETHING THAT THEY DID OR SAID. I AM HERE WITH VERY SPECIAL PEOPLE THAT HAVE HUGE HEARTS FOR GOD! EVERYONE HERE HAS BROUGHT SOMETHING SPECIAL TO THIS TRIP. I LOVE TO GO ON MISSION TRIPS BECAUSE YOU GET TO KNOW THE HEARTS OF THE PEOPLE YOU ARE WITH. I FEEL SO BLESSED THAT I BELONG TO SUCH AN AWESOME CHURCH!


BECKY WARREN