Prayers

Dear family and friends,

Tami wrote you a great email about the many emotions of our day yesterday. I sit here typing as kids are starting to eat their breakfast. Bodies are weary (the physical labor is harder than we might have thought), and lots of kids didn't sleep well last night. Today is the type of day on a mission trip that prayer is so crucial and extra important.

So, I'm writing a quick little note to ask you to pray for our team often today. We're still doing great with most kids not feeling homesick, but when you here a classmate was killed in a car accident, everyone longs for their family a bit.

Pray today for physical strength. Even getting in and out of La Limonada is a climb up and down a long and steep set of stairs. Most are winded by the top, and after a full day of work, it makes the climb even harder. Pray for focus - that we will be able to power past our tiredness and many emotions we're feeling and be on point with the kids at day camp that we've been called to serve. Pray that our team would be patient with one another, as it is always easier to get snippy and crabby when bodies are worn.

As a youth director, there are too many great words to describe how our team is doing! They are pulling together, teaching each other things, praying with and for each other, and truly shining Christ's love in all that they do. As Tita (the head of the school we're working in) said to me yesterday, "Janice, many people can put on a smile and it is fake. Your team has such a positive attitude and work so hard. I can tell that they are not just smiling, but that their hearts are smiling as well -- I can see it from the inside of each of them. Yes, their hearts are definitely smiling."

Thanks for praying for us today! Many of you are probably looking forward to your phone calls home tonight! Your kids have been awesome, so ask them about all the cool things their doing and affirm that you've heard how great they are.

Okay, I'm off to find my morning coffee!!

Janice