Mission Accomplished!
It's nothing short of amazing what Flamingo Road Church accomplished at the girls' orphanage in La Victoria over the past week.
What was once a worn-down, weary-looking house now has become a bright, colorful, cheerful home for 23 precious girls. They all have new bunkbeds, new mattresses, new sheets, new paint on the walls, a new stove, new gas tanks, new toilets, new sinks, and enough hot water for everyone! Today is the third day after the "reveal" part of the extreme makeover, and I know for a fact that the girls are still only barely able to grasp what we did to their home.
One of the most important things that we can and must do as a church is to work together in community, and I'm really proud of the way that the FRC folks from Florida and from Lima worked together to make life a little better - no, a lot better - for 23 of our little sisters in La Victoria. We blessed them, but they blessed us even more.
In Matthew 19:14 (The Message), Jesus says, "Let the children alone, don't prevent them from coming to me. God's kingdom is made up of people like these."
By virtue of the FRC Extreme Makeover at the orphanage, we showed the love of Jesus Christ to 23 girls. I'm glad that heaven will be made up of people like them. I'm glad that we will be sharing heaven with them. I'm glad that they are our friends. I'm glad that they are our sisters in Christ.
What was once a worn-down, weary-looking house now has become a bright, colorful, cheerful home for 23 precious girls. They all have new bunkbeds, new mattresses, new sheets, new paint on the walls, a new stove, new gas tanks, new toilets, new sinks, and enough hot water for everyone! Today is the third day after the "reveal" part of the extreme makeover, and I know for a fact that the girls are still only barely able to grasp what we did to their home.
One of the most important things that we can and must do as a church is to work together in community, and I'm really proud of the way that the FRC folks from Florida and from Lima worked together to make life a little better - no, a lot better - for 23 of our little sisters in La Victoria. We blessed them, but they blessed us even more.
In Matthew 19:14 (The Message), Jesus says, "Let the children alone, don't prevent them from coming to me. God's kingdom is made up of people like these."
By virtue of the FRC Extreme Makeover at the orphanage, we showed the love of Jesus Christ to 23 girls. I'm glad that heaven will be made up of people like them. I'm glad that we will be sharing heaven with them. I'm glad that they are our friends. I'm glad that they are our sisters in Christ.
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