Amazing Love.....

Today....
When we planned this trip we had no idea how things would go.  We wondered how our kids would react to being in a different country with a different language and away from all the things they are used to.  Overall,  I am amazed at my munchkins.  I can't say that there weren't moments because there were and have been.....however, there there will be moments like these whether we are back home or somewhere in China and I am sure there will be more before this trip ends. 

I saw a totally different side of my kids today.  They were so loving and caring with the little kids, patient, kind and compassionate.   It was truly awesome and almost brings me to tears as I sit here reflecting on the day that has gone by.  We spent the day helping with the little ones and meeting some of the many new children at Fundacion Salvacion.  A bunch of the children that Rob and I and the groups met thoughout the years are no longer at the orphanage.  We hope and pray that they are being well cared for no matter where they are.  We definitely trust that God will protect those children and that He has a plan for their lives wherever they may be.

Rob Antonio, and I spent the afternoon covering books for the kids for school.  This is a task that  I am so glad that I do not have to do back home.  It is definitely something that gets easier the more you do it and I am sure the first couple of books I covered we secretly redone without my knowledge!!!

Tomorrow brings helping with laundry (the pila way) and more time with the kids at Fundacion Salvacion.  Our kids kept asking tonight if we were going back to the orphanage tomorrow and they were so excited when we said yes.  So I am assuming they are having a great time too! 

Many blessings to all of you back home and I hope you are not freezing too bad....it was a balmy 75-80 degrees here and Rob managed to burn his head yet again!  Oh, when will he ever learn!!!!

Do you not know?
   Have you not heard?

The LORD is the everlasting God,
   the Creator of the ends of the earth.
He will not grow tired or weary,
   and his understanding no one can fathom.
He gives strength to the weary
   and increases the power of the weak.
Even youths grow tired and weary, 

and young men stumble and fall;  

but those who hope in the LORD
   will renew their strength.
They will soar on wings like eagles;
   they will run and not grow weary,
   they will walk and not be faint. 

Isaiah  40:28-31