Author: Adventures

     The first time I saw her I cried. We were at the dump and had just gotten all the kids to sit down on the wooden floor of the open shelter where we serve them lunch. Alyssa, who was standing next to me, discretely pointed out one little girl who was sitting rather sheepishly on the wood plank wearing a pink shirt and muddied little skirt.      I hadn't noticed her before this week. As I looked at her, she leaned over a little and the swoop neckline of her pink shirt fell just low enough to see that her chest was covered in bruises, burn marks, and...

Ephesians 2:4-5 But God, being rich in mercy, because of the great love with which he loved us, even when we were dead in our trespasses, made us alive together with Christ- by grace you have been saved.        One of the most shockingly ugly yet beautifully life changing realizations I've had on this trip stemmed from one instance at the dump. My teammate Victoria and I were sitting on the far side of this open wooden structure where we serve the people lunch every week. There was a group of boys probably from ages 12 to 23 standing below just outside, as...