A few months ago NLCM and Church Public went on a missions trip to Hogar De Esperanza (aka Home of Hope) in Salvary, Peru. It was a trip that helped to change the way I view the world alot. We went for two weeks. While there, we fixed up and built a playground for the kids, the guys created a cover for the well so that allgie will not grow in it and pollute the water, and we harvested alfalfa.
I don't even know where to start or how to tell people what I felt on the trip. The things I thought about, experianced. Its hard to tell where to start because nothing can word it right. Its an experiance you just have to live.
The smile on an a child's face as you push them on a swing. Helping a boy learn new Spanish words.... when you cant speak a word of it yourself... ;-)
The little girl that puts her half broken neclace around your neck and says "so you don't forget me." Knowing you never will... never could. Having a terrible feeling of lonliness on the eight hour drive through poverty while on your way back to the plane headed for the states. Wanting to turn around and run back to the children.
Realizing that you have to go back and drop everything behind you. friends family work. Not understanding why, just praying you get the chance to...
I left my Heart in Peru.
