Orphan: one who has had some protection or advantage taken away
We are all orphans in one way or another either partially or completely for many different reasons. It does not feel so good does it? There is a yearning to fill painful voids when they occur.
Imagine being orphaned by both parents as a child.
I will be leaving November 7 on a trip to LaSenda orphanage in Guatemala with a group from Bee Creek United Methodist Church. The orphans at LaSenda have had the disadvantage of both parents being taken away at an early age for various reasons. They are now in the protective arms of God and LaSenda orphanage, a Christian based establishment headed up by Steve and Pam English. www.twop.org Please click and take a look around.
I will be helping with everything I can! Photography, cooking, cleaning, painting, and playing with the children to name a few. I am so fortunate to be able to do this and gather more memories for my own personal hard drive... images only your mind can capture. I will also have images to share with the help of a camera.
I only have one week to help at LaSenda. Only one week of my time and energy. It is too short. I know because I also traveled to Northern Vietnam on a medical mission in 2008 with www.gsmedicalministry.org I wanted to do more after ~3 weeks and still do.
The mission with Good Samaritan Medical Mission changed my life and gave me a richness that cannot be obtained any other way. Giving is the richness. For the segment of time you give you get back exponentially. It is a "sense"about you only obtained by the experience... you can't measure it like counting a pile of money. No amount of money can buy that richness.
I hope to become one of the richest woman in the world.
I am attaching some photos or my riches captured on film. I can't attach them all because there is not enough room in cyberspace! There are many more in mind but those you will never see but you might get a "sense" from me...
Love to all of you!
LA
